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Newsletter #33
April 27th, 2026
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Dear all,
Last week to apply to our 2026 PhD call, this year 5 fellowships are available. Note that this will be the last PhD call of BioConvS, the 5-year program coming to an end soon.
Pint of Science is also coming up in May, we hope you got your tickets! And last but not least, another big announcement from our team...
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Our innovation manager goes on maternity leave!
Carole Oudot, our cherished innovation manager and leader of the program Innovators of Tomorrow, will be on maternity leave starting mid May. We are all thrilled for her and we wish her health, happiness and all the best for this great new adventure!
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Our 2026 PhD call closes on May 4th
Still a few days left to apply to our 2026 call for 5 PhD fellowships. Please read all about eligibility and prioritary topics in the call's page.
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Our 2026 equipment grants call is open
With a provisional budget of ~1M€, this call will finance small to large equipment to academic labs in Ile-de-France to a maximum of 66% of funding rate. Apply until June 1st!
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BioConvS is on HAL
By collecting the articles recensed through our latest laureates report, we have put together a collection of BioConvS laureates articles on HAL. Do you want to add your lab to the list? Contact us!
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Pint of Science is coming
BioConvS is happy to present its 2026 program, in collaboration with the Faculty of Science of Université Paris Cité! Find out all about our three evenings and the inspiring talks that we'll showcase.
From May 18th to May 20th!
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Pitch your startup at VivaTech with BioConvS
Again this year BioConvS will attend VivaTech at the Ile-de-France stand and will give the opportunity to at least 3 startups to pitch their project. Apply to attend by May 18th!
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Call for applications – Prix des Innovateurs 2026
Researchers and entrepreneurs in Île-de-France are invited to apply to the Région Île-de-France's Prix des Innovateurs 2026, supporting breakthrough innovations with strong societal and economic impact.
The call targets projects across key sectors, including health, biotherapies, and biotechnology. Winners benefit from financial support and high-level visibility within the regional innovation ecosystem.
👉Open to research teams, startups, and SMEs in Île-de-France!
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Genopole's Shaker #19 opening soon
The next call for applications to the Genopole Shaker program will run from April 29 to July 15, 2026.
Shaker supports early-stage projects at the interface of biotechnology, health, and environmental innovation. The program is designed to accelerate the transition from scientific concepts to high-impact startups, through tailored mentoring, training, and access to the Genopole ecosystem.
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Apply now – D4Gen Hackathon 2026
Form a team and apply to the D4Gen Hackathon to accelerate your biotech project through digital innovation.
Selected teams will benefit from 3 days of mentoring and networking, working with experts to leverage data and computational tools to overcome scientific and technological bottlenecks.
A €10k prize will be awarded by the jury to the most promising project! |
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The MEARY Center is looking for a production technician for its platform of innovative drug development - Learn more and apply
Harry Sokol's team "Microbiota, Gut and Inflammation" at Hôpital Saint-Antoine is looking for a postdoc with expertise in bioinformatics and shotgun megagenomics. Learn more and apply
Job opportunity – Sorbonne UniversitéAn Engineering Assistant ( IE – Ingénieur d’études, research engineer position) is open within the Development, Adaptation and Ageing Unit (Dev2A – UMR8263-U1345, joint research unit) at the Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, on the Pierre and Marie Curie campus (Paris). The position is based on the iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cells) core facility, focusing on the management and use of human iPSC lines. Main responsibilities:
- Reprogram, centralise, and quality-control iPSC lines (pluripotency, genome integrity, health status), and ensure their distribution
- Train users in best practices for iPSC culture, differentiation, and phenotyping
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
EnvironmentDev2A (Development, Adaptation and Ageing) is a research unit created in 2025, gathering ~250 staff across 19 teams. It operates under the supervision of Sorbonne Université, the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), and the Inserm. Research spans from development to ageing, including environmental adaptation, across multiple biological scales. RecruitmentPublic-sector competitive examination (external track). For more information or to apply, consult the official recruitment portal and contact sakina.mhaouty-kodja@upmc.fr
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Census of BioConvS labs
Starting January 2024, all labs affiliated or wanting to participate in a DIM BioConvS activity will have to be registered. Why? Most importantly because we want to build a cartography of biotherapy, bioproduction and synthetic biology in Ile-de-France and you want to make sure that you're on it!
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Recent publications
Do you want to see your paper featured in our next newlsetter? Write to chiara.fracassi@u-paris.fr
Castellanos Franco, E.A., Radawiec, R., Slaviero, A., Grady, C.J., Ricker, B., Pelled, G., Hochgeschwender, U., Kim, T., Gilad, A.A., n.d. Magneto-Photonic Gene Circuit for Minimally Invasive Control of Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells. ACS Omega 11, 16765–16774. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c13335
Mordret, E., Hervé, A., Tesson, F., Vaysset, H., Clabby, T., Loubat, A., Shomar, H., Planel, R., Lavenir, R., Cury, J., Bernheim, A., 2026. Protein and genomic language models uncover the unexplored diversity of bacterial immunity. Science 392, eadv8275. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adv8275
Qiao, L., Wang, Z., Tang, S., Tian, J., Ye, H., Cai, F., 2026. Engineering smart bacteria for the next generation. CR Med 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102681
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Action financée par la Région Île-de-France
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