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Nathalie Béchon

Weizmann Institute of ScienceORCID 0000-0002-0838-7946Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Erez YirmiyaiD· 3 shared Ilya А. OstermaniD· 3 shared Rotem SorekiD· 3 shared Gil AmitaiiD· 2 shared Jeremy GarbiD· 2 shared Nitzan TaliD· 2 shared Philip J. KranzuschiD· 2 shared Renee B. ChangiD· 2 shared

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Functional diversity of phage sponge proteins that sequester host immune signals

Romi Hadary, Renee B. Chang, Nathalie Béchon, Nitzan Tal, Ilya А. Osterman, Erez Yirmiya, Jeremy Garb, Miguel López Rivera, Gil Amitai, Philip J. Kranzusch, Rotem Sorek

The paper investigates the functional diversity of phage sponge proteins that sequester host immune signals, identifying new specificities against CBASS, Pycsar, and Thoeris systems.

Nature Microbiology · Jun 2, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Structural modeling reveals viral proteins that manipulate host immune signaling

Nitzan Tal, Romi Hadary, Renee B. Chang, Ilya А. Osterman, R.L. Jacobson, Erez Yirmiya, Nathalie Béchon, Dina Hochhauser, Mercedes Rivera, Barak Madhala, Jeremy Garb, Moshe Goldsmith, Tanita Wein, Philip J. Kranzusch, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek

The paper identifies viral proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling by analyzing structural and biophysical traits, and develops a computational pipeline to predict such proteins in phage genomes.

Science · Mar 5, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Systematic discovery of TIR-based immune signaling systems in bacteria

Erez Yirmiya, Azita Leavitt, Bohdana Hurieva, Alla H. Falkovich, Nathalie Béchon, François Rousset, Ilya А. Osterman, Rotem Sorek

The paper systematically identifies TIR-based immune signaling systems in bacteria, finding they exist in 8% of bacterial genomes and use signaling molecules similar to those in plant and human immunity.

bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Identification of V. parvula and S. gordonii adhesins mediating co-aggregation and its impact on physiology and mixed biofilm structure

Louis Dorison, Nathalie Béchon, Camille Martin‐Gallausiaux, Susan Chamorro-Rodriguez, Yakov A. Vitrenko, Rania Ouazahrou, Romain Villa, Julien Deschamps, Romain Briandet, Simonetta Gribaldo, Jean‐Marc Ghigo, Christophe Beloin

This study identifies adhesins in V. parvula and S. gordonii that mediate co-aggregation and shows its role in biofilm structure without affecting cell-cell communication.

mBio · Nov 11, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology