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Special VIM session - 8 March 2012

Science journal cover (24 January 2012)

Vincent Béringue (VIM)

"Facilitated cross-species transmission of prions in extraneural tissue"

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Across species prion transmission: the hidden side-door - 27/01/2012

Transgenic mouse
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in mammals, better known as prion diseases, are caused by an infectious agent whose propagation ultimately leads to brain degeneration. For the firs...

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INRA Jouy-en-Josas - 9 December 2011

Pierre Goloubinoff

Pierre Goloubinoff (Faculté de Biologie et de Médecine, Lausanne)

"The molecular mechanism of bacterial Hsp70 as an ATP-fuelled polypeptide unfolding enzyme"

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New knowledge and tools to control infectious salmon anaemia - 07/07/2011

Trout infected by ISA virus
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is a highly contagious disease that has already threatened salmon farming in many countries. INRA researchers of the Molecular Virology and Immunology Unit have focu...

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INRA Jouy-en-Josas - 30 June 2011

Joint Workshop VIM (Jouy) - VIRO (Alfort)

Joint Workshop between our Unit and the UMR Virologie of ENVA (Maisons-Alfort)

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INRA Jouy-en-Josas - 9 March 2011

Norihiro Okada

Norihiro Okada (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

"Establishment of mammalian phylogeny using short interspersed repetitive elements"

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Paris International Agricultural Show - 19>27 February 2011

Paris International Agricultural Show

The VIM Unit at Paris International Agricultural Show

In February 2011, the VIM Unit from INRA Jouy-en-Josas was solicited to animate the INRA stand at Paris International Agricultural Show, the largest European agriculture event.

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About the Unit

The laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology (VIM-UR892) studies pathogens affecting farm animals

Our research activities range from the molecular characterization of pathogens to host-defense mechanisms.

We are mainly interested in respiratory viruses in mammals and birds, fish viruses and bacteria, and non-conventional agents such as prions.

We study host-pathogen interactions in target species (swine, cattle, sheep, trout) or model species (mice, zebra fish).

Scientific issues:
1) Structure and expression of pathogen genomes
2) Structure-function relationships of macro-molecular complexes
3) Virulence-pathogenicity factors and escape from host defenses
4) Plasticity of host responses during evolution and development
5) Fighting strategies: vaccination and therapeutical approaches

The laboratory is organised around three main fields of interest:

  • Animal respiratory viruses: host-virus interactions, immunity
  • Prions
  • Fish infectiology


Director: Bernard Delmas
Co-Director: Sabine Riffault
UR0892 INRA Centre de Recherche de Jouy-en-Josas
F-78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex