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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Jun 25

Bravo, Roy!!! 👏🏻

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Sophie Desgraupes @sdesgraupes.bsky.social · Apr 27

Super excited for the ANEmone colloque tomorrow reuniting families, clinicians and scientists in order to better understand ANE1 !
@arhelnathalie.bsky.social

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Apr 25

Bien joué, Jim!!!

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Apr 25

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Apr 23

En direct des #JFV2025!
@sfvirologie.bsky.social

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Nathalie J Arhel @arhelnathalie.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our latest collaborative study with the Pasteur Institute and University of Toronto on the role of RANBP2 in #influenza -associated hyperinflammation #AcuteNecrotizingEncephalopathy @aneinternational.bsky.social @ribonucleicacids.bsky.social @irim-life.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The genetic driver of Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy, RANBP2, regulates the inflammatory response to Influenza A virus infection

Influenza virus infections can cause severe complications such as Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy (ANE), which is characterised by rapid onset pathological inflammation following febrile infection. H...

www.biorxiv.org

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Juan Martin Serrano @juanmartin-serrano.bsky.social · Mar 21

Very intriguing connection between our beloved MITD1 and antiviral activity by interferon. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

MITD1 is a brain-specific interferon-inducible factor that inhibits flavivirus replication | PNAS

West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are closely related mosquito-borne neurotropic flaviviruses that share common transmission cycle and c...

www.pnas.org

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Jim Zoladek @jimzphd.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨 New study in @pnas.org ! 🚨

We identified MITD1, a brain-specific interferon-inducible factor that 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, including WNV, USUV, ZIKV & DENV.

🔗 Read the paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
👇 Thread with take-home messages below!

#Virology #Flavivirus #Interferon

MITD1 is a brain-specific interferon-inducible factor that inhibits flavivirus replication | PNAS

West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu virus (USUV) are closely related mosquito-borne neurotropic flaviviruses that share common transmission cycle and c...

www.pnas.org

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Mar 20

Huge thanks to our amazing collaborators Sam J Wilson, Massimo Palmarini, Yannick Simonin, @arhelnathalie.bsky.social and others for their invaluable contributions! 🙌👏
And special kudos to @jimzphd.bsky.social for conducting this study! 👏🎉
#TeamScience #Virology #Neurovirology

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨 New publication in @PNAS!
Our team @irim-life.bsky.social identifies MITD1 as a brain-specific ISG that blocks the replication of neurotropic flaviviruses (WNV, ZIKV, USUV...) in microglia! 🧠🦠
@inserm.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

www-pnas-org.proxy.insermbiblio.inist.fr/doi/10.1073/...

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Société Française de Virologie (SFV) @sfvirologie.bsky.social · Mar 3

Pierre-Olivier Vidalain, Chercheur à @CIRI_Lyon, nous fera une présentation sur les « Modulateurs métaboliques: vers une nouvelle classe d’antiviraux à large spectre? »

#Virologie #JFV2025

Plus d'infos 👉 https://jfv-2025.sciencesconf.org/

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Feb 19

Check our latest opinion piece, just out in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social! We delve into how the antiviral RNase ISG20 targets viral RNA and how some viruses escape it.
@irim-life.bsky.social @ciri-lyon.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/micro...

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Julien Pompon @julienpompon.bsky.social · Jan 29

Julien Pompon @julienpompon.bsky.social · Jan 24

preprint advancing #flavivirus transmission understanding: 1. Flavivirus-infected #mosquito saliva always contain sfRNA inside lipide #vesicles. 2. Salivary sfRNA increases transmission by inhibiting MDA5-mediated interferon signalling.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Multiple orthoflaviviruses secrete sfRNA in mosquito saliva to promote transmission by inhibiting MDA5-mediated early interferon response

Numerous orthoflaviviruses transmitted through the bites of different mosquito species infect more than 500 million people annually. Bite-initiated skin infection represents a critical and conserved s...

www.biorxiv.org

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Guillaume Beauclair @gbeauclair.bsky.social · Jan 8

The Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) is seeking to recruit new group leaders to join the Virology Department.
The application deadline is March 15th, 2025
www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr
www.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/I2BC-Virology-call_2025.pdf

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Nathalie J Arhel @arhelnathalie.bsky.social · Dec 3

Acute Necrotising Encephalopathy 1 is a rare disease that triggers devastating brain damage in young children following a viral infection. Please would you consider giving to help 19 kids with ANE1 from 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺 attend a science-patient conference in 2025 🙏 #GivingTuesday
fondsguilhem.fr/projet/souti...

Soutien à l'organisation d'une rencontre de patients atteints d'ANE1 - fonds guilhem

En avril prochain, cet événement aura pour but de promouvoir un partage d’expériences et d'apporter un soutien grâce à la rencontre entre familles, chercheurs et médecins autour de l'ANE1.

fondsguilhem.fr

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Société Française de Virologie (SFV) @sfvirologie.bsky.social · Dec 16

📢 Vous souhaitez soumettre un résumé pour les #JFV2025 ?
1️⃣ Connectez-vous à votre compte personnel http://Sciencesconf.org (ou créez-en un).
2️⃣ Inscrivez-vous aux Journées Francophones de Virologie via le bouton "Connexion" en haut à droite.
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XXVIIèmes Journées Francophones de Virologie - Sciencesconf.org

Les XXVII èmes Journées Francophones de Virologie organisées par la Société française de virologie (SFV) auront lieu à

jfv-2025.sciencesconf.org

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Darragh Duffy @darraghduffy.bsky.social · Dec 14

Open call for new research groups @pasteur.fr in Paris lots of immunology themes welcome #immunosky #IDsky #Scisky 🧪🥼🔬 get in touch if you have questions

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Dec 6

Bravo, Floriane!!

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · Dec 6

@institutcochin.bsky.social is opening a position for a scientist wishing to establish his/her independent team. Application deadline 21/01/2025. For details and application:
institutcochin.fr/en/node/24264

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · Nov 20

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