Institut Jacques Monod scientific clubs
To promote scientific exchange within the Institut Jacques Monod, scientific clubs have been set up to organize meetings and encourage discussion of results, methods and prospects in their respective fields of research.
The transdisciplinary nature of the clubs and the participation of people from different scientific backgrounds make them excellent opportunities for fruitful and original scientific exchanges.
These clubs meet on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Participation in these “clubs” is open to all members of the Institut Jacques Monod and, in some cases, to colleagues from other laboratories.
In September 2008, Véronique Brodu founded the “Cytoskeleton Club” to bring together different laboratories in and around Paris, around the common research theme of the Cytoskeleton. The club brings together 42 teams from 18 research institutes, representing some 300 people. A wide variety of model organisms, biological systems and experimental approaches are represented.
Club Cytoskeleton meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 9:30 am, alternating between the Institut Jacques Monod, the Institut Pasteur and the Institut Curie. During these monthly meetings, two or three speakers present their recent work.
What’s more, since 2020, with Antoine Jégou and Guillaume Romet-Lemonne, who co-lead the “Regulation of actin assembly dynamics” group at our institute, we have been organizing the “Paris Cytoskeleton Day”, a full-day conference. On this occasion, two keynote speakers working in Europe are invited, as well as various national speakers. Oral communications and posters are also selected from abstracts submitted by participants.
Le Young Scientist Club est une association de jeunes scientifiques mêlant Ingénieurs, Master, PhD et postdoc, qui a pour but de créer une cohésion scientifiques au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod, à travers des déjeuners scientifiques où des membres de l’Institut sont invités à présenter leurs sujets favoris, et à travers un système de parrainage pour les nouveaux Masters et des soirées d’intégration.
The fly/worm club brings together researchers from IJM and BFA working on Drosophila flies and Caenorhabditis elegans. Each month a person presents their work and discuss their latest findings over pizzas. The fly/worm club provides a collaborative and relaxed environment for scientists to learn more about each other, share methodologies, and explore interdisciplinary approaches to advance our understanding of these model organisms. The meeting aims to foster collaboration, inspire innovative research, and address common challenges in Drosophila and C. elegans research.
Frequency of the meeting: monthly
The BioInfo Club brought together scientists from Université Paris Cité (Institut Jacques Monod, BFA and Epigénétique) who wanted to develop their bioinformatics skills. It ceased its weekly meetings in 2020.
It enabled many biologists to learn how to analyze and manipulate a variety of data, using the Linux command line, Python programming and other suitable tools.
We’re looking for volunteers to take over the organization of this club!
Contact : Virginie Courtier, +33 (0)1 57 27 80 43