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Newsletter #32
March 10th, 2026
Dear all,

Don't miss our 2026 opportunities for funding, all open now!
  • PhD call (5 fellowships this year)
  • Equipment call (total budget 1M€!)
  • Funding for conferences
  • Funding for trainings
...and the other opportunities we think might be of interest to you.

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BioConvS news
Our 2026 PhD call is open
You can now apply to our 2026 call for 5 PhD fellowships, deadline May 4th! Please read all about eligibility and prioritary topics in the call's page.
Apply now
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!
Apply now
We sponsor your training
One of the objectives of BioConvS is to support technical training around its thematics (bioproduction, biotherapy, synthetic biology). Since the members of BioConvS vary greatly in their needs in terms of training, we decided to allocate funding on demand, as no one knows our community’s needs better than our community itself.
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Apply for a conference funding
Every year, BioConvS supports events in ĂŽle-de-France around its thematics (bioproduction, biotherapy, synthetic biology) as well as scientific communication events, or events who catalyse the interactions between the private and public sector in biotechnologies.
Apply now
Learn more
Want to get a free ticket? Contact us
Attend the Congrès France Bioproduction 2026
This year too, BioConvS will sponsor up to 15 tickets for you to attend! The 10th edition of this national event will bring together over 600 stakeholders from research, biotech, CDMOs, industry, and institutions to share expertise and strengthen collaboration across the bioproduction sector. The program includes conferences, round tables, technical workshops, startup pitches, and extensive networking opportunities.
đź“… April 15th-16th, 2026
📌 Tours
Innovation news
Join the Innovators of Tomorrow : Tools, networking, mentorship and courses to help young researchers take their first steps in innovation. 
Meet Sofinnova partners:
Save the date for the next Innovators of Tomorrow meeting (english/french) in person: on Thursday, March 19, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Sofinnova partners.

The event is open to all participants of the BioConvS program Innovators of Tomorrow.

Join
Learn more and register
MOOC – Innover avec la recherche publique 
Registrations are open for the march session of the certified online course "Innover avec la recherche publique", developed by SATT Ouest Valorisation and the Réseau C.U.R.I.E. The MOOC introduces researchers and PhD students to the key principles of research valorization and technology transfer. 
📅 9th - 29th March 2026
Format: one online module per week | Free registration
March 16–20: European Deeptech Week by BPI
This is the major week dedicated to innovation with various events and meetings.
The main objective is to create collaborations between startups, large companies, and investors, and to help finance and industrialize breakthrough technologies.



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•    March 25–27: Innovation Awareness and Support Days – Tremplin Inception Program
If you are interested in attending one or more sessions, please contact us at: contact@bioconvs.org

Might interest you
Europe: Next webinars from the MSCA National Contact Point (PCN)
Webinar Writing Tips – MSCA COFUND, on March 10th
More info - COFUND
Webinar Writing Tips – MSCA Staff Exchanges, on March 16th: 
More info - Staff Exchanges
Join BioConvS
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

Ammar, D., Sanges, C., Henderson, D., Schapitz, I., Hudecek, M., Luu, M., Schüssler-Lenz, M., Buchholz, C., Franz, P., Reiche, K., Köhl, U., Ifrah, N., Quesnel, B., Thermeli, M., Kersten, M.J., Locatelli, F., D’Amore, M.L., Bonini, C., Casucci, M., Philippar, U., Doeswijk, R., Thielen, F., Groot, C.U., Theelen, J., Schröder, B., Kremer, A., Quaranta, M., Prosper, F., Brulle, J.V. den, Grawunder, U., Donnadieu, E., Galy, A., Ferrand, C., Worel, N., Busch, D., Briones, J., Sellner, L., Kuball, J., Sureda, A., Awigena-Cook, J., 2026. Call for preserving specialized knowledge and contributions of the CAT to advancing ATMPs in Europe. Cytotherapy 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcyt.2025.09.007

Chartral, U., Galaine, J., Giverne, C., Auxenfans, C., Reppel, L., Marton, C., Thiant, S., Clémenceau, B., Derenne, S., Sabatier, F., Veran, J., Moisan, A., Rouard, H., Tertrais, K., Dachy, G., Demerle, C., Calmels, B., Chabannon, C., Forcade, E., Viel, S., Bensoussan, D., de Vos, J., Galy, A., De Oliveira, C., Boucher, H., Magrin, E., Fabreguettes, J.-R., Cavazzana, M., Larghero, J., Deschamps, M., Martinet, J., Boyer, O., Ferrand, C., Yakoub-Agha, I., Diana, J.-S., 2025. Securing raw materials, reagents, and consumable supplies in the academic bioproduction UNITC network: because the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Bone Marrow Transplant 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-025-02756-2

Hahn, J., Harimoto, T., Chen, Y.-Y., Liguori, F., Leong, K.W., Danino, T., 2026. Design and Modeling of Biosensor-Driven Encapsulation Systems for Systemic Delivery of Bacterial Cancer Therapy. ACS Synth. Biol. 15, 481–489. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.5c00598

Filo, M., Aoki, S.K., Hou, M., Anastassov, S., Khammash, M., 2026. Engineering sensor-based antithetic integral controllers for enhanced dynamic performance and noise attenuation. cels 0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2025.101512

FDA go-ahead to test cellular rejuvenation therapy in humans, 2026. . Nature Biotechnology 44, 164–164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03037-z

Kim, N., Carluccio, G.D., Zhang, K., Collins, J.J., 2026. Generative AI for synthetic biology: Designing biological parts, circuits, and genomes. cels 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2026.101533

Lee-Kin, J.W., Baghdasaryan, O., Contreras-Llano, L.E., Wang, A., Tan, C., 2026. Therapeutic Applications of Engineered Cell Death, Arrest, and Persistence. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-bioeng-110824-021221

Levrier, A., Soudier, P., Garenne, D., Izri, Z., Bowden, S., Lindner, A.B., Noireaux, V., 2025. A synthetic cell phage cycle. Nat Commun 17, 557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67249-8

Périan, S., Castellano, E., Costa, C., Martinello, C., Galy, A., Froment, G., Orentas, R., Valeri, A., Verhoeyen, E., 2026. Baboon endogenous retrovirus (ERV) envelope pseudotyped lentiviral vectors outperform human ERV lentivectors for transduction of T, B, NK and HSPCs. Gene Ther 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-025-00587-w

Ren, D., Chauveau, G.A., Vendomele, J., Cabon, E., Pineiro, A., Vignal-Clermont, C., Saliba, H., Ronzitti, G., Galy, A., Dalkara, D., Pulman, J., Ail, D., Fisson, S., 2026. Inter-individual variability in immune response to AAV ocular gene delivery across species impedes immunomonitoring. JCI Insight. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.199587

Senn, G.V., Nissen, L., Benenson, Y., 2026. Synthetic gene circuits that selectively target RAS-driven cancers. eLife 14, RP104320. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.104320

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