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@irim-life.bsky.social
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Based in Montpellier, South of France, the IRIM (Institute of Research on Infection of Montpellier, #CNRS, #Montpellier University) is dedicated to research in #infectiousdiseases #bacteriology, #virology, and #immunology

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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Take a look at the Opinion paper by Jules Bouget, Emma Partiot and Raphaël Gaudin, just published in Trends in Neurosciences! It introduces a new concept termed “cognitive virology”, which arises from clinical observations showing that a broad range of viruses can impair human cognition. 1/2
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Nouvelle étude de Bruno Beaumelle publiée dans PloS Pathogens, ou comment le VIH peut favoriser la multiplication d'autres pathogènes intracellulaires Les personnes vivant avec le VIH sont sensibilisées aux infections par d'autres pathogènes, en particulier Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). 1/4
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you want to know more on the differences between Zika virus strains and IFN susceptibility, check out the new study led by Inès Bribes in @sebnisole.bsky.social's team: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
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African strains of Zika virus resist ISG-mediated restriction
Author summary Interferons (IFNs) are secreted antiviral cytokines, which commonly exert their activity by inducing an antiviral state, conferred by antiviral factors encoded by IFN-stimulated genes (...
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Read the latest opinion piece by @arhelnathalie.bsky.social on global health! journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Fostering better science by releasing biomedical research and innovation from the grip of rich nations
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Bravo à @jimzphd.bsky.social de l'équipe de @sebnisole.bsky.social pour le prix obtenu pour son poster aux #JFV2025 !
Picture of Jim Zoladek on stage doing a flash talk to present his poster
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Fiers d’annoncer que deux projets portés par des chercheurs de l’IRIM ont été sélectionnés dans le cadre de l’Appel à projets 2024 du PEPR Maladies Infectieuses Émergentes, financé par le plan d’investissement France 2030 ! anrs.fr/fr/actualite...
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Lauréats de l’appel à projets 2024 du PEPR MIE
9 projets de recherche multidisciplinaire ont été retenus pour financement pour un montant total de près de 16 millions d’euros lors de l'appel à projets du PEPR MIE.
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Last week to apply in order to join us as a group leader at @irim-life.bsky.social!
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Sébastien Nisole 🦋 @sebnisole.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨 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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Nathalie J Arhel @arhelnathalie.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Latest paper from the VTRIS team @irim-life.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social 👏👏👏
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lucileespert.bsky.social @lucileespert.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Very proud of Marie @marieviii.bsky.social (best short talk) and Guilhem (best poster) for their prizes !! Thanks to all the CFATG12 organizers, it was an amazing congress (as usual ;)) @cfatg.bsky.social @irim-life.bsky.social Thanks to supports @sidaction.bsky.social and @anrs-mie.bsky.social
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 11: meet Delphine Muriaux, team leader
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 10: meet Lise Holsteyn, research assistant (engineer) in Jean-Luc Briant and Laurence Battini's team
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 9: meet Julie Couston, PhD student in @mickael-blaise.bsky.social and @lucileespert.bsky.social's team!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 8: meet Marion Cannac, postdoc in @arhelnathalie.bsky.social and @sebnisole.bsky.social's lab
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 7: meet Sophie Desgraupes, postdoc in @arhelnathalie.bsky.social and @sebnisole.bsky.social's lab!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 6: meet Inès Bribes, PhD student in @sebnisole.bsky.social and @arhelnathalie.bsky.social's team
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social , Day 5: meet @cdaussy.bsky.social young CNRS PI in @lucileespert.bsky.social and @mickael-blaise.bsky.social team!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We continue celebrating our fantastic #WomenInScience @irim-life.bsky.social Day 4: Meet @drlisechauveau.bsky.social young CNRS PI in Battini/Briant's team!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We continue celebrating our fantastic #WomenInScience @irim-life.bsky.social! Day 3: Meet @lucileespert.bsky.social, team leader and autophagy expert!
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Diana Brychka @dianabrychka.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Meet me 😁
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 2: meet Diana Brychka who did her PhD in Raphaël Gaudin's team
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We will celebrate all the amazing female scientists from @irim-life.bsky.social over the next few weeks by posting here their portraits. Ladies, you rock!! #WomenInScienceDay #WomenInScience
Portraits of all women at IRIM
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Check out the latest study by Marylène Mougel's team @IRIM_life just published in Journal of Cell Biology ! "Translation of unspliced retroviral genomic RNA in the host cell is regulated in both space and time": rupress.org/jcb/article/...
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Caro Goujon @carogoujon.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Latest preprint from @morielab.bsky.social #CRBM and our team @irim-life.bsky.social! Fantastic collaboration, started over a Zoom on an evening of the lockdown in April 2020 with María exposing us her ideas... >4,5 years later, here are the results! biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/5
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SARS-CoV-2 predation of Golgi-bound PI4P primes the massive activation of the DNA Damage Response kinase ATM in the cytoplasm
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, relies on host cell resources to replicate. Our study reveals that, among these resources, SARS-CoV-2 hijacks the oxysterol-binding prote...
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Lise Chauveau @drlisechauveau.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The last study from my postdoc @irim-life.bsky.social is available on BioRxiv!👇 We studied how the metabolic environment in human plasma affected HIV replication in primary CD4 T cells using the recent medium HPLM. Surprisingly, CD4 T cells had lower energy metabolism but higher HIV replication! 🤯
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lucileespert.bsky.social @lucileespert.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
All you want to know about the role of peroxisomes during a viral infection authors.elsevier.com/a/1kFMV3QxxS... @irim-life.bsky.social @ANRS-MIE @Sidaction @cnrs.bsky.social @Marie Villares @cdaussy.bsky.social
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Massive congrats to emmapartiot.bsky.social from Raphaël Gaudin's lab @irim-life.bsky.social for her well-deserved Prize in 'Major advances in Biology' from Foundation Mergier Bourdeix, @academiesciences.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social #CNRSBiologie (From X: x.com/AcadSciences...)
Emma Partiot's picture with the texte "Prix des grandes avancées françaises en biologie, Fondation Mergier Bourdeix"
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
So glad to have you back among us @drlisechauveau.bsky.social, now as a tenure CNRS researcher! Welcome back Lise and we really look forward to the cool science you will develop here!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We're hiring a Group Leader in Infection Biology! 🧬 Apply now to join us at the IRIM in Montpellier, and lead cutting-edge research in pathogen virulence, host-pathogen interactions or drug resistance, and shape the future of infection biology! 🦠🧫 Please RT (and follow us!) 🗓️ Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
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Suzana Salcedo @suzanasalcedo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
So proud of Dr Amandine Blanco for a brilliant PhD defense yesterday at @irim-life.bsky.social. Thank you @namurxa.bsky.social , Julie Guignot, Javier Pizarro and Anne Blanc-Potard for the great discussion. And thank you Stephan Köhler and the Bonazzi Lab @cmbbi.bsky.social for hosting us. #ProudPI
Photo taken after PhD oral defense of Amandine Blanco at the center of the photo, the jury members and myself as a proud PI
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Karim Majzoub @karimaj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A starter pack for all virologists out there on the blue side ! Might be missing some people but it’s a good start ! go.bsky.app/DmphBCT
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#ViroSky #ImmunoSky (and is there a #BacterioSky ??) Please share!
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We're hiring a Group Leader in Infection Biology! 🧬 Apply now to join us at the IRIM in Montpellier, and lead cutting-edge research in pathogen virulence, host-pathogen interactions or drug resistance, and shape the future of infection biology! 🦠🧫 Please RT (and follow us!) 🗓️ Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
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