Histological transversal section (17 µm, counterstained by eosin and hematoxylin) of a Sesamia nonagrioides larva (L4) parasitized by Cotesia typhae. In the center, a parasitoid egg (dark purple) is surrounded by host immune cells, forming a defensive capsule which will kill the egg and end the parasitism process.

The ETEE2023 colloquium is organized by scientists from IDEEV. It will be held in Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay from 13 to 15th of November 2023.For details: https://www.ideev.universite-paris-saclay.fr/news/2023/08/colloque-etee2023/.

Elise Verrier won a prize of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie for science popularization about bees. To see the podcast.

EGCE’s beehives are about 15. Bees are reared for experiments and also for honey production.

Baptiste Piqueret and Jean-Christophe Sandoz took part in the work on detection of tumour cells in mice by ants. This work was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1962.

Monday, the 30 of January, conferences on pollinisation.

Following his work published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, and quoted in INEE‘s news, Fabrice Requier was interviewed by a France Culture journalist; To listen to the podcast.

For the celebration of L. Pasteur’s birth , the Académie des sciences publish several articles about his work.  Y. Carton (EGCE) wrote “Louis Pasteur face à la maladie du ver à SOIE (1865-1870) : du chimiste au biologiste”. It is about the time L. Pasteur consecrated to the study of a desease of the silk worm.