Public lectures

40 series

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2025 - 2026

Special events

The hospital of the future

Avenir Commun Durable, Philippe Sansonetti

16 Mar 2026 → 17 Mar 2026

2023 - 2024

Special events

The city of the future

Avenir Commun Durable, Patrick Boucheron, Philippe Sansonetti

30 Nov 2023 → 01 Dec 2023

The future is in the city. In 2022, 56% of the world's population - some 4.4 billion people - lived in urban areas. If this trend continues, by 2050, 7 out of 10 people will be city dwellers.

2025 - 2026

The hospital of the future

2023 - 2024

The city of the future

2022 - 2023

Tribute to François Gros

2021 - 2022

How do you stop pandemics ?

2019 - 2020

Ultima verba

Ultima verba

A world without germs ?You will love your germs as yourself

2018 - 2019

Chronic and recurrent infections

Chronic and recurrent infections

2017 - 2018

Symbiosis, antibiosis, eubiosis, dysbiosis : when bacteria dare..

Symbiosis, antibiosis, eubiosis, dysbiosis : when bacteria dare..

Microbiome and Human Evolution: (Micro)Biology Meets Anthropology

2016 - 2017

Emerging concepts for emerging diseases

Emerging concepts for emerging diseases

How Host Microbe Coevolution Forged the Immune System

2015 - 2016

Man and microbes : the ultimate challenge

Man and microbes : the ultimate challenge

Communication among Complex Microbial Populations and Their Host

2014 - 2015

No lectures this year

No lectures this year

Seeing Is Believing (3) From Ultra Small Images to Ultra Big Data

2013 - 2014

The microbiome : the hidden face of the planet microbe-human

The microbiome : the hidden face of the planet microbe-human

Microbiota, Nutrition and Metabolism

2012 - 2013

Inequality in the face of infectious diseases

Inequality in the face of infectious diseases

Zoonoses and Emergence of New Infectious Diseases: Biology Meets Anthropology

2011 - 2012

How pathogenic microbes take control of the host

How pathogenic microbes take control of the host

Seeing Is Believing (2) Superresolution Meets Superbugs

2010 - 2011

Pathogenic microbes breach the body's barriers

Pathogenic microbes breach the body's barriers

The Commensal Microbiota: From Homeostasis to Disease

2009 - 2010

Man and microbes: an (almost) perfect symbiosis

Man and microbes : an (almost) perfect symbiosis

Vaccines of the Future: Learning from Nature to Identify New Targets and Do Better than Nature

2008 - 2009

Microbes and men. War and peace on mucous surfaces

Microbes and men : war and peace on mucous surfaces

Microbes and men : war and peace on mucous surfaces

Seeing Is Believing: Imaging Infectious Processes in Vitro and in Vivo

A world without germs ?
You will love your germs as yourself

Seeing Is Believing (3)
From Ultra Small Images to Ultra Big Data

Seeing Is Believing (2)
Superresolution Meets Superbugs