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Caro Goujon
@carogoujon.bsky.social
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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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it’s that time of year again… the virus snowflakes are back! 😊
socialinfluenza.bsky.social Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · 7d
If you'd like to celebrate the biology of viruses - or the fight against viral diseases - this winter, try out our free and updated #VirusSnowflake designs.
Please share, and if you have any photos of Virus Snowflakes in your area it would be lovely to see them!
cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...
A flurry of snowflakes with text reading 'Virus Snowflakes: a collection of paper art viruses by Ed Hutchinson - Download now!' along with the logo of the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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euprojectappeal.bsky.social
🟢Great energy at the APPEAL General Assembly 5-6 Nov 25 in Barcelona!
Thank you, @leitat.bsky.social, for hosting us at the Parc Científic de Barcelona — two days of collaboration, innovation, and inspiration!
#HorizonEU #Innovation #Virology #Antivirals
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
Last week, our Horizon Europe consortium #APPEAL met in Barcelona for its annual meeting, beautifully organized by @leitat.bsky.social. Inspiring and productive discussions as we strengthen our efforts toward pandemic preparedness!
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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,...
www.pnas.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
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!
July 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
carogoujon.bsky.social
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
July 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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...
www.lemonde.fr
May 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
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
April 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
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 @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
April 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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bmeyer.bsky.social
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
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
Just submitted my abstract for #NSV2025, which will take place in Montpellier in June - What about you?
carogoujon.bsky.social 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
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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oliviermoncorge.bsky.social
#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
March 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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irim-life.bsky.social 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
March 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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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...
March 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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"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...."
March 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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oneyrolles.bsky.social
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.
March 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
carogoujon.bsky.social
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?´
adrianaguatame.bsky.social 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
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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.
March 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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oliviermoncorge.bsky.social
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
March 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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oliviermoncorge.bsky.social
Negative-Strand RNA Virus meeting #NSV2025 registration is now open!
Visit www.negativestrandvirus.org/home
February 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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irim-life.bsky.social
#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 6: meet Elodie Bishop, PhD student in @caro_goujon's team
February 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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amersocvirology.bsky.social
Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
Graph showing that prior to 1963 when the measles vaccine was introduced, there were around 300,000-700,000 measles cases per year. Within a few years of the vaccine, the number of cases fell below 20,000/year. There were a blips where cases rose, but shortly after the second vaccine dose was recommended in 1989, annual cases have generally been well below 1,000 cases. In 2000, measles elimination was declared in the US. Now we have sporadic outbreaks that typically spread among unvaccinated people. Chart is from Center for American Progress and is based on CDC data on measles cases.
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
#WomenInScience @irim-life.bsky.social ! Meet my favorite autophagy expert!! 👇
irim-life.bsky.social IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · Feb 13
We continue celebrating our fantastic #WomenInScience
@irim-life.bsky.social!
Day 3: Meet @lucileespert.bsky.social, team leader and autophagy expert!
February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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belvir.bsky.social
An interesting meeting for those studying negative strand RNA viruses!
carogoujon.bsky.social 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
February 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
carogoujon.bsky.social
#WomenInScience celebrations @IRIM_life
! Meet our amazing Mary who, despite a full time teaching position @umontpellier.bsky.social (she's 'PRAG'), does some cool research work with us!!!
irim-life.bsky.social IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · Feb 13
Day 3: Meet Mary Arnould, lecturer @umontpellier.bsky.social and researcher in @carogoujon.bsky.social's team!
February 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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#WomenInScience celebration @irim-life.bsky.social, Day 2: Magali Abrantes, a technichian in Bruno Beaumelle's lab
Magali's portrait
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM