ABCV: Advanced Biology Course in Virology

Master’s in Life Sciences, ENS, EPHE
BIO-M2-ABCV | Advanced Biology Course in Virology
Year and Semester : 1 (M1, S2), 2 (M2, S2) and PhD
Where : Online and/or occasionally at the ENS Paris Biology Department
Duration : 30 hours
First and last day of class : From January 29th to April 30th, 2025
Hours : every Wednesday 17:15 – 19:45
Maximum class size : 24 students

This course is open to external students.
Contact : Maxime Ratinier or Frédérick Arnaud

Coordination

Maxime Ratinier, EPHE
Frédérick Arnaud, EPHE, INRAe
PSL Graduate program Life sciences
Anahi Molla-Herman, CIRB Collège de France
Terence Strick, ENS, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

Credits

3 ECTS

Keywords

Course Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in microbiology, molecular and cellular biology will be beneficial but no prerequisite is required as long as the student is keen to read the bibliography provided by the speakers before the sessions.

Course objectives and description

ABCV, Advanced Biology Course in Virology is designed for PSL Master and PhD students.
Aims : The goal of this course is to provide an overview of current research in the field of virology in order to understand the growing impact of emerging or re-emerging viral Infectious diseases for human and animal health.
Themes : Viruses are strictly intracellular parasites and therefore developed multiple strategies to subvert host cell machinery and defenses. Their modes of transmission are also very diverse with consequences on the measures that can be implemented to prevent or control their spread within the targeted population. Altogether, the threat pose by viruses can only be tackled with multidisciplinary approaches between fields such as molecular virology, medicine, entomology, ecology, mathematical modelling, human science and other fields.
Organization : The course will be based on research seminars (each including an introduction for the non-specialists) by junior or senior scientists recognized in their field.
Plenty of time will be made available to exchange with the speakers.
The seminars are open to everyone but with limited space for students requiring grade (24 students maximum).
The program will be organized over 12 lectures, in visio-conference, at a frequency of one session per week (every Wednesday from 17h15 to 19h45), from the 1st of February to the 26th of April (excluding 8th of March, PSL Week). The complete program will be made available shortly.

Assessment

– Validation with grades : at each session, one or two students will be asked to present an article selected from the speaker’s publications or field. Evaluation will be based on the oral presentation, quality of article analysis and answers to questions.
– Validation without grades : presence to at least 10 sessions as well as presentation of the speaker/topic.
– No validation : It is possible to attend the course without validation, but registration is necessary.

Course material

The slides and presentations will be made available online (with speakers’ agreement).

Speakers

Maxime Ratinier (EPHE-PSL, IVPC, Lyon)
Caroline Goujon (INSERM, IRIM, Montpellier)
Massimo Palmarini (University of Glasgow, CVR, Glasgow)
Pierre Bost (Institut Curie, Paris)
François Blanquart (Collège de France, CIRB, Paris)
Nuria Busquets (CreSA, Barcelone)
Vincent Raquin (EPHE-PSL, IVPC, Lyon)
Gaelle Gonzalez (ANSES, Maisons-Alfort)
Chris Bowler (IBENS, Paris)
Jeroen Kortekaas (Boehringer, Lyon)
Cyrille Mathieu (CIRI, Lyon)
Hélène Cecilia (BIOEPAR, Nantes)

Application procedure

The seminars are open to everyone but with limited space for students requiring grade (24 students maximum). Registration is therefore mandatory.

Please send these information and documents in your application email to bofei.ma@bio.ens.psl.eu :
Last name, first name, study program (PSL Life Sciences Master, other…), study year (M1, M2, Doctoral candidate), CV and motivaton letter.
Do you need to be graded to receive ECTS for this course ?

Application Deadline

January 19th, 2025