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A look back at the LabEx IBEID conference "Adapting to Change: Emerging Infectious Diseases in a Shifting Climate"

  • Mercè Guzmán Vendrell
  • Mar 7
  • 2 min read

By Mercè Guzmán Vendrell, Project Manager – GO


The LabEx IBEID held a scientific conference last October to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The major shifts in climate that have been occurring for several years are posing new infectious challenges, requiring scientists to reconsider strategic research priorities. 

For this event, the LabEx IBEID opened its doors to the international community: 56% of participants came from outside the LabEx, including more than 8% from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), mainly from the Pasteur Network. The travel grants offered allowed several people to come and present their research as oral or poster presentations. 

 

The conference was intended to serve as both a showcase for current research in the LabEx IBEID, led in particular by the young talents supported by the IBEID "Springboard 2 Independence" program, and an international event, with 19 external scientists invited. In total, more than 32 oral presentations and around 40 poster presentations stimulated discussions over the three-day event dedicated to the future of research into (re-)emerging infectious diseases and health in France, Europe and worldwide. 

 

Over the past 15 years since it was founded, the LabEx IBEID has established a community of scientists working on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Bringing together the expertise of the Institut Pasteur, Alfort National Veterinary School, ANSES, Inserm, the Paris Public Hospital Network (AP-HP) and Santé publique France, the project has been an effective driver for research, with more than 1,400 publications and 56 patents filed. 

 

Cassandra Koh, laureate of the LabEx IBEID S2I program, presenting her research on the ecology of mosquito-borne viruse
Cassandra Koh, laureate of the LabEx IBEID S2I program, presenting her research on the ecology of mosquito-borne viruse

Thanks to the support of the sponsors and the Institut Pasteur's infrastructure, the organizing committee put together an extensive interdisciplinary program touching on multiple topics, with reputed guest speakers such as Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum (WHO), Monika Gulia-Nuss (University of Nevada), Adrian Hill (University of Oxford) and Sarah Gilbert (University of Oxford). The presentations by the inspiring line-up of speakers were recorded and are now available so that as many people as possible can find out about their research, scientific discoveries and reflections. 

 

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