“French Phage Network” Annual Conference 2018—Fourth Meeting Report

Rémy Froissart (1) , Charlotte Brives (2) , Cécile Breyton (3) , Claire Le Marrec (4)

1 MIVEGEC-GeneSys - Du gène à l'écosystème
2 CED - Centre Émile Durkheim
3 IBS - UMR 5075 - Institut de biologie structurale
4 INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

The present meeting report aims to cover the scientific activities of the 4th French Bacteriophage Network (Phages.fr) symposium which took place during 24th-25th September 2018, at the Agora du Haut-Carré in Talence (France). The hosting institute was University Bordeaux and 72 participants attended the meeting from both public and private sectors, coming from France, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Portugal and Canada. The scientific program was structured in three themed oral sessions entitled "ecology and evolution", "bacteriophage-host molecular interaction", and "therapy and biotechnology applications" consisting of 21 oral presentations, including three keynote lectures, and a presentation of the activities of the Spanish bacteriophage network. A poster session included 22 presentations.

Mots clés: bacteria; bacteriophage therapy; bacteriophage; France; co-evolution; genomics; infection; resistance; structural biology; virulence

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Rémy Froissart, Charlotte Brives, Cécile Breyton, Claire Le Marrec. “French Phage Network” Annual Conference 2018—Fourth Meeting Report. Viruses, 2019, 11 (5), pp.[en ligne]. ⟨10.3390/v11050470⟩. ⟨halshs-02162109⟩