News

Happy 3-kings day from the Blokesch lab

Published:08.01.26 — Galette des Rois (Three Kings Cake) for the team – yummy

Danyuan Li joins the Blokesch lab as new postdoc

Published:08.01.26 — The Blokesch lab welcomes Danyuan Li

Blokesch Lab Enjoys Wine Tasting, Dinner, and Secret Santa Evening

Published:13.12.25 — End-of-Year Event in the Blokesch Lab: Wine Tasting, Dinner, and Gift Exchange

Congratulations to Marianne on receiving an EMBO Fellowship

Published:10.12.25 — EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded to Marianne Broc

The Blokesch lab welcomes postdoc Tianyi Luo

Published:06.10.25 — A warm welcome to our new postdoc – Tianyi (Seven) Luo who joined us on Oct 1st 2025.

New reviews on defense systems in pandemic V. cholerae

Published:06.10.25 — Two new reviews published by the Blokesch lab on bacterial defense systems in pandemic V. cholerae strains

Ana Acedo Morato joins the lab as intern student

Published:14.09.25 — A warm welcome to Ana Acedo Morato, who joins the lab as a new intern student.

Vibrio cholerae bacteria, photo taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope. 2025 EPFL/Graham Knott et Melanie Blokesch - CC-BY-SA 4.0

How cholera bacteria outsmart viruses

Published:26.05.25 — EPFL researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America.

Welcome to new postdoc Marianne

Published:06.05.25 — We are are happy to welcome Marianne Broc as a new postdoc in the lab.

New publication in Genome Biology and Evolution

Published:06.05.25 — Congratulations to former PhD student Natália on latest publication.