Each year, millions of tons of plastic seep into the environment (20 Mt in 2020)¹. To combat this major threat to ecosystems, animal health, and human health, and in keeping with a One Health approach, scientists from all disciplines mobilised alongside public decision makers. They included Xavier Cousin, a member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics...

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) left Asia in late 2020¹, quickly spreading across the globe. A growing threat for wild vertebrate populations, this panzootic² reached especially remote territories worldwide, including French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) in October 2024³. In this natural laboratory, a refuge for unique endemic...

Les troubles cognitifs peuvent survenir tout au long de la vie et peuvent se manifester par des troubles de la mémoire et de l’humeur. Le LabCom SeaMind entre le laboratoire NutriNeuro (INRAE, université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP) et la société Abyss Ingredients vise à prévenir et corriger les troubles cognitifs tout au long de la vie à travers des solutions...

How to balance reduced consumption of animal-based proteins and the nutritional quality of alternatives, all while accommodating societal expectations in terms of taste, health, and budget? This is the central issue in the research of Claire Gaudichon, an engineer, agronomist, PhD in human nutrition, and Director of the Nutritional Physiology and Eating Behaviour...

Caroline Méjean, a Senior Researcher at INRAE (UMR MoISA), explores the transformation of food systems in French overseas territories. Via the TI-FIG and CARI projects, supported in connection with France 2030’s Food – Microbiomes (SAMS) PEPR research programme, she gathers robust data to guide public policy and strengthen food security for the most vulnerable...

Studying the technologies that measure antibiotic resistance and categorise antibiotic use from the perspective of the social sciences provides new insights into this major public health challenge. That is the starting point for the STATIC project coordinated by Henri Boullier, a sociologist of science, CNRS researcher at IRISSO, and winner of the Junior Chair for the...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the primary global threats to animal health, human health, and the environment. With this challenge in mind, Marie-Cécile Ploy, a Professor of Microbiology and the Director of the RESINFIT Laboratory (Antimicrobials: Molecular Supports of Resistance and Therapeutic Innovations), explores the transmission mechanisms of resistance...