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24 October 2024

By: PYL

NSs forms a filamentous E3 ligase to degrade host cell proteins

The iWays team collaborated with the laboratory of Ke Peng (Wuhan, China) to reveal that the NSs protein of Rift Valley fever virus coordinates the assembly of an E3 ligase to promote viral replication.
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24 June 2024

By: JT

IVPC seminar – Anna-Bella FAILLOUX

Anna-Bella FAILLOUX – Institut Pasteur, Paris – Mardi 02 Juillet – The treat of arboviral diseases: the chikungunya in the context of climate change
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15 May 2024

By: VR

Pint Of Science. Asian Tiger mosquito and viruses : Dangerous Liaisons?

BUNYA team in Pint Of Science 2024 talking mosquito-borne viruses
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17 April 2024

By: PYL

The iWays team has been awarded the FRM label

The iWays team has been awarded a FRM Team 2024 grant for its project entitled "Rift Valley fever virus and its protein NSs as a novel model for studying amyloid aggregation", scheduled to last 3 years.
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11 March 2024

By: JT

IVPC seminar– Yannick Simonin

Yannick Simonin Université de Montpellier, Pathogenesis and Control of Chronic and Emerging Infections (PCCEI) présentera le Jeudi 14 Mars 2024 le "Programme ArboSud: une approche holistique de suivi des arbovirus" (Séminaire en français)
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04 February 2024

By: PYL

Zika virus prM protein contains cholesterol binding motifs required for virus entry and assembly

The lab of Ralf Bartenschlager in collaboration with the iWays team has identified cholesterol-binding motifs in the Zika virus prM protein essential for virus entry and assembly
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09 November 2023

By: MV MD

Teaching children the “Scientific process”

Maëva Duboeuf (iWAYS team) and Marie Verneret (PR2T team) took part in the Science Festival in mid-October to raise children's awareness of the scientific process through various workshops. An online MOOC will be available for free in November to train and encourage primary school teachers to use this approach with their pupils.
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08 November 2023

By: JT

IVPC Seminar – Lesley Bell-Sakyi

Seminar of Lesley Bell-Sakyi, University of Liverpool, UK "The Tick Cell Biobank: tick and insect cell lines for vector-pathogen research"
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30 October 2023

By: MR

PhD defense of Adrien Thiesson (BUNYA team)

Reminder: Adrien Thiesson will defend his Ph.D. thesis (ED472, EPHE-PSL), entitled "Comparative study of two strains of Toscana virus and impact of viral genetic diversity on its replication cycle. " On Friday November 3rd, 2023, at 2:00 pm in the G2 amphitheater on the Gerland campus (UCBL1, 50 avenue Tony Garnier, 69007 Lyon).
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18 October 2023

By: PYL

Cell entry of Toscana virus

A study from the iWays team unravels the earliest stages of cell infection by Toscana virus and reveals an atypical use of endosomal acidity to penetrate the cytosol
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18 October 2023

By: PYL

Cell entry of the orthobunyavirus Germiston virus

A new study by the iWays team provides a comprehensive analysis of the molecular and cellular mechanisms used by the orthobunyavirus Germiston virus, and points to a major role for late endosomes in the cell entry of this virus.
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19 October 2023

By: clx

Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency: An updated review

A comprehensive review on Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency has been published by the PR2T team
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17 November 2023

By: PYL

Reminder: PhD defense of Qilin Xin

Qilin Xin (aka Colin) from the iWays team will defend his Ph.D. thesis on Thursday, November 23, 2023 (University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France) entitled “Link between molecular composition, ultrastructure, and infectivity of Germiston viruses (GERV) derived from mammalian and mosquito cell lines”. Venue, Amphi G1, 50 avenue Tony Garnier, 69007 Lyon
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05 October 2023

By: PYL

PhD defense of Jana Koch

Jana Koch from the iWays team defended her thesis on Thursday, July 27 (University Heidelberg, Germany) entitled “The zoonotic viruses Toscana virus and SARS-CoV-2 make a differential use of endosomal acidification for infectious entry”.
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05 October 2023

By: VR

MOUS’TEAM : a citizen science project towards a better understanding of the Asian tiger mosquito

A citizen science operation on the Asian tiger mosquito
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30 August 2023

By: JT

IVPC seminar Wednesday September 13th, 2023; 11am

Fasséli Coulibaly – Monash University– Wednesday September 13th, 2023 – The architectures of two beneficial viruses reveal novel twists in the assembly of complex viruses
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26 April 2023

By: CLx

Marie Verneret (PhD student PR2T) at the "Scientific Game Jam" 2023

Marie Verneret, doctoral student in bioinformatics in the PR2T team, has participated in the Online edition of the "Scientific Game Jam" 2023. She and her FERMION team developed "Where is hERVa? », a game on endogenous retroviruses in sheep, the subject of her thesis. Discover in a playful way the universe of endogenous retroviruses and their potential impacts on herds. Come and play!
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26 April 2023

By: MR

Characterisation of the antiviral RNA interference response to Toscana virus in sand fly cells

A new publication of the BUNYA team reports on the characterisation of the antiviral RNA interference response to Toscana virus in sand fly cells
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26 April 2023

By: FA

RVFV vaccines and route of inoculation

The BUNYA team reports on hight mortality rate in mice after exposure to Rift Valley Fever Virus Live-Attenuated Strains
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26 April 2023

By: FA

Phlebovirus and IFITMs

A new publication of the BUNYA team reports on the complex and differential interaction between Toscana and Rift valley fever viruses and the cellular IFITMs from the animal species they infect.
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26 April 2023

By: JT

PhD Defense Mehdi Chabert Ben Cherifa

Mehdi Chabert Ben Cherifa from the BUNYA team will defend his PhD on "Study of the impact of genetic diversity of the Rift Valley fever virus on its virulence and replication cycle" on Wednesday the 7th of December (amphithéâtre G2, Université Lyon 1, Gerland)
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