Biosphera Scientific Days: first edition

Published: Oct 14, 2022 by FME Lab

The first Biosphera Scientific Days were held on October 13 and 14, 2022 on the Campus Agro Paris-Saclay. Dedicated to the launch of its eight thematic programs with scientific presentations and workshops led by the coordinators of these programs (Stéphane from FME & Ariane Bize from PROSE Unit presented the coordination of the Microorganisms program).

the Biosphera 2022 Scientific Days brought together nearly 200 participants, including 95 master’s students. This participation reflects the links between research and education that Biosphera is building.

These days were also an opportunity to exchange on scientific results through posters. Congratulations to Sybille Tabuteau (FME master2 student) who was the winner in the Master category with our poster entitled : Food-Borne Bacteria Undercover - MAGs (metagenome-assembled genomes) can reveal biases in cultured food bacterial isolates and help identifying new species and strains.

A short video of the event here :

https://cirrus.universite-paris-saclay.fr/s/fzbfM9xnMiWg24B

HoloGen symposium on microbial meta-community modeling

On October 21, 2026, Julien Tap participated as an invited speaker in the Microbial Meta-Community Modeling symposium, organized by Karoline Faust at the Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium, as part of the HoloGen doctoral network retreat.

Fermented foods at the Fête de la science Paris-Saclay 2026

On October 3–4, 2026, Stéphane Chaillou and Alice Lima took part in the Village des sciences at ENS Paris-Saclay for the Fête de la science, France’s annual science festival. This year’s theme, “Saveurs savantes”, invited visitors to explore the science behind food and flavour.

From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology

Stéphane Chaillou participated in a joint reflection with a group of international researchers, coordinated by the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), on the terminology used to describe certain microbial communities. The collective of experts proposes replacing the term “synthetic community” (or SynCom), sometimes perceived negatively, with “Defined Microbial Community”.