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Cecilia has received a PhD fellowship from the French Government for 3 years and will join our group in Oct. 2026.
Rome has received a PhD fellowship from the EID@Lyon for 3 years and will join our group in Oct. 2026.
Axelle has received a PhD fellowship from the ANRS-MIE for 3 years and will join our group in Oct. 2026.
ESV Junior Group Workshop “Imaging Viruses 2026” (Madrid, Spain)
Orthobunyavirus entry: receptors, endocytosis, and fusion cues
Pathogenicity of Rift Valley fever virus: Organ-specific clinical outcomes and hidden drivers of virulence – a narrative review
PhD defense of Maëva Duboeuf, Lyon, France
PhD defense of Yu Gu, Lyon, France
NSs: the multifaceted bunyavirus virulence factor
PhD defense of Celia Nuovo, Lyon, France
Maeva received a travel award from the American Society for Virology meeting 2025 to give a flash talk and a poster presentation in Montreal (Canada, 2025/7).
“Analysis of negative-strand rna viruses by RT-qPCR: Rift Valley fever virus and Toscana virus” and “Making Rift Valley fever viral particles fluorescent”
Glucosylceramide in bunyavirus particles is essential for virus binding to host cells.
PhD defense of Qilin Xin, Lyon, France
Illuminating bunyavirus entry into host cells with fluorescence
The phenuivirus Toscana virus makes an atypical use of vacuolar acidity to enter host cells
PhD defense of Jana Koch, Heidelberg, Germany
Alexandra received the prize for the best-illustrated poster at the 1st Virology Day of CIRI-IVPC (Lyon, 2023/6).
Jana received the prize for the best oral presentation at the 25th meeting of the Club Endo-Exo in Lacanau (France, 2023/6).
PhD defense of Zina Uckeley, Heidelberg, Germany
Jana received a travel award from the Bunyavirus 2022 meeting to give an oral presentation at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK, 2022/6).
The orthobunyavirus Germiston enters host cells from late endosomes