Bacterial-fungal interactions: a federative field for fundamental and applied microbiology

The summary report is now available from the international Jacques Monod conference that took place on 11 December 2013 in Roscoff, Bretagne.  To view this report, please click here :  Conference Report

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Conference Summary

The first International Jacques Monod conference took place in Roscoff (Bretagne) from 7 to 11 December.  This conference co-organized by CNRS, INRA and Labex ARBRE was titled « Bacterial-fungal interactions: a federative field for fundamental and applied microbiology ». No fewer than 77 scientists of 15 different nationalities (France, Europe, United States, Mexico, Sri Lanka) participated in learning more about the wide cross-sectoral nature of this area of research which is rapidly gaining momentum. Representing a wide cross-section of research areas (agronomy-forestry, environment, agri-food, medicine, biotechnology, synthetic biology and cultural heritage), these researchers in turn discussed their most recent results relevant to ecology and the molecular mechanisms of bacteria-fungius interactions and their applications and implications to all areas combined.  The dynamic momentum created by this conference led participants to a program a similar event for 2016-2017 and to formalize the development of an international network of laboratories working on this theme. This network is open to any and all laboratories interested (contact A. Deveau; deveau@nancy.inra.fr).