2025 Start network Day - ANRS Emerging infectious diseases

The Start network Day will take place on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the Institut Pasteur in Paris

31 March 2025

The essential

The second meeting of the Start network Day of the ANRS Emerging infectious diseases (ANRS MIE) will take place on Monday, March 31, 2025, in the afternoon at the Conference Center (CIS) of the Institut Pasteur. For the second consecutive year, ANRS MIE organizes this great meeting, preceding the 2025 Scientific Days. This event offers the young researchers community a development, networking, and exchanges opportunity

Start Day meeting

We invite you to participate in the second meeting of the Start Day of the ANRS Emerging infectious diseases on March 31, 2025, at the Institut Pasteur.

With a convivial approach and science as its central theme, this meeting is dedicated to become a key event for bringing together and federating the next generation of scientific researchers around the agency’s themes: HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STIs, tuberculosis and emerging infectious diseases.

For the second consecutive year, the ANRS MIE organizes this event just before the 2025 Scientific Days to offer the young scientific community an opportunity for development, networking, and exchange.

Following the network meeting, you are invited to participate in the Scientific Days on April 1 and 2, 2025. This year, special attention will be given to the next generation of researchers, with a focus on promoting the Start program. Several initiatives are planned, including a poster space dedicated to young scientists and an exchange corner to facilitate meetings and discussions.

The event will be held exclusively in person, with presentations given in French or in English, depending on the speakers.

Call for posters

The call for posters is now closed.

As part of the ANRS Emerging infectious diseases Start Network Day, we invited young researchers to present their work in poster form. These will be displayed in the hall of the Institut Pasteur’s conference center, where the agency’s 2025 Scientific Days will be held. This will be a valuable opportunity to showcase your research, present your results and exchange ideas with the scientific community, which will be present over the two days.

Deadline for submission (in digital format): 08/03/2025

Poster submissions were offered as part of ANRS MIE’s support for young researchers. They were therefore reserved for early-career scientists and were subject to the following eligibility criterion: being at a career stage between a Master’s 2 and up to 8 years post-PhD.

Expected format:

Dimensions (special vertical format): width 70cm x height 100cm
Language: French or English
Framework: a framework is available (2 choices) for download here
Submission format: high-resolution PDF file
Content: the poster must include a clear title, the names and affiliations of the authors, an introduction, methodology, results, discussion and references if necessary.
Printing: ANRS MIE will print your poster and display it on site.
Closing: you will be able to leave with your poster at the end of the Scientific Days.

Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to promote your research within your scientific community!

Start Day programme

1.45 pm – 2.15 pm: Opening of the doors of the Conference Module of the Institut Pasteur
Welcome coffee

2.15pm – 2.25pm: Opening remarks by Claire Madelaine, ANRS Emerging infectious diseases, France

2.25pm – 2.50pm: The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in a scientific career

by Mariana Mesel-Lemoine, VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Head of the Career Development Service for Scientists/Responsable du service de développement de carrière – CARE, Institut Pasteur

2.50pm – 3.40pm: Roundtable 1 – Supporting the careers of young scientists

Moderation: Charlotte Boullé, researcher, TransVIHMI IRD / Inserm / University of Montpellier, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Montpellier University Hospital

Speakers:

Laurent Blanchoin, Research director at CNRS
Timothée Bruel, Researcher, Institut Pasteur
Philippe Bouvet, Head of the Biology & Health Department, French National Research Agency (ANR)
Monica Sala, Director of Education, Institut Pasteur

3.40pm – 4.00pm: Ice breaker and coffee break

4.00pm – 5.00pm: Practical workshop: Optimising your funding application

by David de Alamo and Thiago Carvalho, independent coaches, Fellowsherpa [ENG]

5.00pm – 5.15pm: Coffee break

5.15pm – 6.00pm: Roundtable 2 – Diversity in scientific careers

Moderation: Elodie Chabrol, Founder and director of Pint of Science France & International

Speakers:

Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, Researcher, Infectious Diseases Department, Santé publique France
Jérémy Berthuin, Health Sector Manager, Bpifrance
Alpha Kabinet Keita, Medical Biologist, Researcher, TransVIHMI Unit, Guinea
Gabrièle Laborde-Balen, International Technical Expert, ANRS MIE, CRCF, Senegal
Jennifer Moïsi, Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer

6.00pm – 6.45pm: Keynote lecture: Inspiring scientific careers

by Arnaud Fontanet, Professor, Institut Pasteur, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

6.45pm – 7pm: Conclusion

Scientific comittee

Anne-Lise Beaumont (Inserm/CESP/Université Paris-Saclay/Institut Pasteur)
Charlotte Boullé (TransVIHMI IRD / Inserm / Université de Montpellier / CHU de Montpellier))
Timothée Bruel (Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur)

Julie Jesson (Inserm/Centre d’Epidemiologie et de Recherche en Santé des Populations (CERPOP )/Université de Toulouse)
Olivier Supplisson (Inserm/Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en biologie (CIRB))