Pierre Capy passed away this year. He served as director of the EGCE laboratory for many years. He was a great scientist who inspired a great deal of scientific and administrative work. He is one of the instigators of IDEEV.
His students, colleagues, and friends pay tribute to him in a text published by the journal *Mobile DNA*. To read this article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13100-026-00407-x.