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Caro Goujon

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Virologist (Inserm) and group leader at IRIM (@irim-life.bsky.social), Montpellier University, CNRS. RNA viruses and innate immunity. #FirstGen. Views my own.

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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @harmitmalik.bsky.social! There are still many aspects of the mechanism at play with the enigmatic MX1 protein that we do not yet understand. Further research needed! ☺️

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

and last but not least @irim-life.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

Special thanks to great collaborators @sarahgalloism.bsky.social @corentinaube.bsky.social Emiliano Ricci, Manu Labaronne, Nadia Naffakh, Bénédicte Delaval, Raph Gaudin @gaudinlab.bsky.social, our funding agencies @erc.europa.eu @frm-officiel.bsky.social,

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

Highly collaborative work between Joe and many former and current team members @irim-life.bsky.social: Jimmy Cadènes, Francisco Garcia de Gracia, Mary Arnould, Ana Luiza Chaves Valadão, Marine Tauziet, @arebendenne.bsky.social et @oliviermoncorge.bsky.social.

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

transiently associates with them, and induces their retrograde transport via dynein and the microtubule network toward a perinuclear region near the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC), where the vRNPs remain sequestered.

schematic showing MX1 mode of action

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

Contrary to previous assumptions, we show in this study that the human restriction factor MX1 most potently inhibits human influenza A viruses during the late stages of replication. MX1 appears to sense trafficking viral ribonucleoproteins (vRNPs) en route to the plasma membrane,

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 2d

After years in the making, Joe McKellar @viroscope.bsky.social’s final PhD paper is finally out today in PNAS! 🎉 🎉🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Human MX1 orchestrates the cytoplasmic sequestration of neosynthesized influenza A virus vRNPs | PNAS

Interferon-inducible Myxovirus resistance 1 (MX1) proteins are known to restrict influenza A virus (IAV) transcription/replication process. Herein,...

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jul 10

The Goujon Lab at the gala diner, Abbaye de Vallemagne

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jul 10

Finally taking the time to post about the fantastic conference #NSV2025, which was held at the #Corum, here in #Montpellier, South of France, and co-organized by Paul Duprex, Wendy Barclay, Sean Whelan and @oliviermoncorge.bsky.social! My whole team was there and we had a fantastic time!

Opening of #NSV2025

The Goujon Team with former member Joe McKellar

NSV2025 beach party venue

The Goujon Team at the beach party, feet in the sea!

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks Nate!!!!

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jul 9

New job offer in the team! If you're an experienced virologist (with a PhD), join us to work on Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project in the vibrant city of Montpellier, South of France! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/359640

Research assistant (postdoc level) in molecular virology, EU-funded project APPEAL (Montpellier, France)

The research assistant with a PhD in molecular virology (RA, 'ingénieur de recherche' in French) will work on the Horizon Europe-funded APPEAL project involving 13 partners from 6 countries, including...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Jun 26

congrats Roy!

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Marc Gozlan @marcgozlan.bsky.social · May 17

Un nourrisson atteint d’une maladie génétique ultra-rare reçoit un traitement personnalisé inédit
A lire sur 'Réalités Biomédicales'
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...

Un nourrisson atteint d’une maladie génétique ultra-rare reçoit un traitement personnalisé inédit

Un nourrisson atteint d’une maladie génétique aussi rare que sévère a bénéficié aux Etats-Unis d’une technique innovante, appelée édition de base, capable de corriger une seule lettre de son ADN. Cett...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Apr 25

A new article estimates that even a 10% DECLINE in MMR vax coverage in the US could lead to 11 MILLION US measles cases over 25 years.

IF instead MMR coverage INCREASES by 5%, cases would falled to <10K.

Given infectiousness of Measlies, it's VITAL to ⬆️ MMR vax rates.

Measles info below 1/2

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Abstract submission and registration deadline for #NSV2025 coming super soon, don't miss it: it will be a fantastic meeting in our lovely city of Montpellier! Please repost ☺️

oliviermoncorge.bsky.social @oliviermoncorge.bsky.social · Mar 28

#NSV2025 Two weeks left to register! The abstract submission/registration system on the website will CLOSE Friday, April 11, 2025. Visit www.negativestrandvirus.org/home

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Björn Meyer @bmeyer.bsky.social · Apr 6

Seems very unecessary. Get vaccinated

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

A second child has died in the Texas measles outbreak

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to attend the child's funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday.

www.nbcnews.com

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Apr 4

Just submitted my abstract for #NSV2025, which will take place in Montpellier in June - What about you?

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Dec 9

Working on Negative Strand RNA viruses? Here is the THE meeting you don't want to miss in 2025: #NSV2025!
It will take place in vibrant Montpellier, South of France, and is organized by Wendy Barclay, Paul Duprex, Sean Whelan and Olivier Moncorgé

Please share widely! #ViroSky #LoveVirology

ad for NSV 2025 meeting with views of Montpellier and the Mediterranean sea

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oliviermoncorge.bsky.social @oliviermoncorge.bsky.social · Mar 28

#NSV2025 Two weeks left to register! The abstract submission/registration system on the website will CLOSE Friday, April 11, 2025. Visit www.negativestrandvirus.org/home

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Mar 27

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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · Mar 24

Last week to apply in order to join us as a group leader at @irim-life.bsky.social!

text of the call

text of the call

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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · Mar 27

Claire Lacouture, jeune chercheuse à @irim-life.bsky.social (équipe dirigée par D Muriaux et C Favard) s'engage pour la recherche sur le VIH avec @sidaction.bsky.social et participe à la campagne de collecte de dons :

www.tf1.fr/tf1/sidactio...

www.france.tv/france-2/sid...

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · Mar 15

"This week, Elon Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.' Elon's words reminded me of this: Anthropologist Margaret Meade noted that the first sign of civilization was a healed human femur...."

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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · Mar 8

Le HCERES est-il lui-même évalué ?
Question quasi shadokienne mais qui pourrait conduire à l’économie des 30 millions d’argent public annuel que coûte ce parasite institutionnel.

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Mar 7

well after my technical training, I joined one of the best universities in France (ENS Lyon), did a PhD, a postdoc in a fantastic lab in London, and have been a PI for 10 years now… not sure what became of that toxic postdoc though!
don’t let anyone undermine you! #WomenInScience 💪🏻💪🏻

Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · Mar 7

I also have a few examples of my own… as a #FirstGen student, I started with a technical training. during my first intership, a postdoc asked me what I wanted to do afterwards and when I said pursuing my studies and do a PhD, the reply was ‘oh, but you’d need to be clever for that… didn’t you know?´

Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩‍🔬

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

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oliviermoncorge.bsky.social @oliviermoncorge.bsky.social · Mar 5

Don't forget to register and submit your abstract for #NSV2025 in Montpellier! The abstract submission/registration system on the website will CLOSE Friday, April 11, 2025.
Visit www.negativestrandvirus.org/home