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BioConvS organises not only grant calls, but also conferences, trainings, events. You can find here below all actions we have sponsored or organised.

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Pint of Science

Pint of Science

TThe DIM BioConvS with the Faculté des Sciences and Social Sciences faculty of Université de Paris join forces to organize events during the next edition of the Pint of Science 2026 festival on May 18th to 20th 2026. Do you like science and making it accessible? Do...

2026 PhD call

2026 PhD call

The DIM BioConvS' PhD Fellowships Call will be open from January 5th to May 4th 2026. This call aims to fund five PhD grants for students working in academic labs within Ile-de-France that are members of BioConvS. Academic labs interested in applying for these grants...

BioConvS x Double Science 2025

BioConvS x Double Science 2025

DIM BioConvS at Double Science: a weekend full of discovery in the heart of Paris Over the weekend of June 15–16, DIM BioConvS proudly took part in the Double Science Festival, a joyful and popular event held at Ground Control in Paris’ 12th arrondissement. The...

BioConvS at VivaTech 2025

BioConvS at VivaTech 2025

DIM BioConvS at VivaTech 2025 DIM BioConvS was delighted to attend VivaTech on June 11, 2025, and to showcase one innovative start-up and two researchers from its community.Introducing DIM BioConvS and Its Talents Following a brief presentation of the DIM BioConvS...

Innovation Day 2025

Innovation Day 2025

The DIM BioConvS 2025 Symposium took place on November 26 at the Conseil Régional d'Île-de-France. This year’s Innovation Day, titled Joining Forces,celebrate the power of collaboration at the crossroads of synthetic biology, biotherapies, and technological...

PhDon’t quit!

PhDon’t quit!

Phd students in Île-de-France, this is for you!  Join us for an afterwork where every conversation counts! 😵‍💫 Struggling with an experiment? 🧐 Looking for a collaborator? 😩 About to quit your phD because your antibody doesn't work?  Don’t quit! Someone already wanted...

[closed] 2025 equipment call

[closed] 2025 equipment call

The DIM BioConvS' 2025 equipment call is open until June 1st, 2025. This call aims to fund up to 750k€ for research equipment for academic labs within Ile-de-France that are members of BioConvS and work in the thematics of biotherapy and bioproduction. The...

BioConvS x Pint of Science 2025

BioConvS x Pint of Science 2025

Once again, a great series of Pint of Science 2025 events! A warm thank you to the fantastic team at the Faculté des Sciences – Université Paris Cité for their dedication in preparing and supporting the speakers. Thanks to their work behind the scenes, each presenter...

Inventors challenge

Inventors challenge

Register to the “Défi Inventeur et Inventrice 2025” What do we offer? Promote your research work and explore new opportunities to have a real impact on society and science. The program offers partipants a hands-on workshop to stimulate their inventiveness, along with...

BioConvS at Medicen Day 2024

BioConvS at Medicen Day 2024

BioConvS will be present at Medicen Day on October 1st!  Medicen Day 2024, une journée pour fédérer l’excellence scientifique et industrielle francilienne Le pôle de compétitivité Medicen Paris Region organise une nouvelle édition de son évènement éponyme, le...

SynBioTherapy

SynBioTherapy

Short trailer of the eventJoin us to discuss the synergies between synthetic biology and biotherapies to shape the healthcare of the future!When: November 27th, 2024 Where: Auditorium of the Learning Planet Institute, 8bis rue Charles V 75004 ParisThis conference,...

Innovation Day 2024

Innovation Day 2024

The Innovation Day: Matchmaking was held at the Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France on November 28th, 2024. More than 250 particpants attended a dense program of scientfic and innovation talks, the networking opportunities, the vibrant poster session and visited the 20+...

BioConvS at VivaTech 2024

The largest European innovation event dedicated to start-ups and tech took place last week, from May 22 to 25, at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles. VivaTech aims to be a generalist event, highlighting new technologies in various fields, including health, spread...

BioConvS in La Revue Parlementaire

BioConvS in La Revue Parlementaire

We're thrilled to announce that the DIM BioConvS has been featured on the current issue of La Revue Parlementaire! BioConvS coordinators, Amanda Silva Brun and Ariel Lindner, talk about our project and our commitment for the socio-economic development of...

Attend the SCI FI Program with BioConvS

Attend the SCI FI Program with BioConvS

We are more than happy to renew the partnership between DIM BioConvS, EIT Health, and Medicen Paris Region to offer registrations to DIM BioConvS members to participate in the EIT Health SCI FI program! This program aims to provide scientists with the necessary skills...

Creativity Workshop on May 27th

Creativity Workshop on May 27th

As part of the Innovators of Tomorrow program by DIM BioConvS, we are organizing a workshop in central Paris on Monday, May 27th, aimed at stimulating creativity, led by Todd Lubart, a university professor in psychology specializing in differential psychology,...

Seminar: “Le boom des CAR-T cells”

Seminar: “Le boom des CAR-T cells”

On December 14th, 2023, BioConvS and the Société pour l'Encouragement de l'Industrie Nationale co-organised a conference on biotherapy at the Hotel de l'Industrie, in the heart of Paris. This was our first event of a series of networking opportunities between the...

Innovation Day 2023

Innovation Day 2023

The first annual symposium of the DIM BioConvS was held on November 14th, 2023 at the Conseil Régional d'Ile-de-France. More than 200 participants attended the event and its vibrant poster session and workshops. Discover the talks, the gallery of the event and the...

BioConvS on Mediscope 2023

BioConvS on Mediscope 2023

Medicen is a French competitiveness cluster dedicated to advancing innovation and collaboration in healthcare and life sciences industries, and one of BioConvS' most prominent partners. In their annual review, Mediscope, coordinators Amanda Silva Brun and Ariel...

Fête de la science 2023

Fête de la science 2023

October 12, 2023 - Sorbonne Université - Village des Sciences Inspiring the Scientists of Tomorrow: DIM BioConvS at Sorbonne's Village des Sciences Last week in Paris, the City of Light became a beacon of knowledge and curiosity...

[closed] Equipment call 2023 II

[closed] Equipment call 2023 II

--This call is now closed-- Deadline extended! This DIM BioconvS equipment AAP is now open from October 9, 2023 to March 5, 2024 and devotes a total budget of €675,000 to finance the purchase of equipment. The call will finance exlusively academic labs working on...

Accelerating innovation

Accelerating innovation

Empowering young scientists in Biotherapy, Bioproduction and Synthetic Biology Amanda Silva Brun is CNRS Director of Research at the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (UMR 7057) of Université Paris Cité and winner of the 2021 CNRS innovation medal. She is...

BioConvS at the Double•Science Festival

BioConvS at the Double•Science Festival

The first edition of the Double•Science festival took place from May 26th to May 28th, 2023, at Ground Control (Paris 75012). The Café des Sciences, L'Exploratoire, and the French Society of Physics were the co-organizers of this first edition of the festival. May...

Call to action: scientific communication

Call to action: scientific communication

One of the objectives of the DIM BioConvS is to help bridge the gap between science and society, and for this reason we adhere to and promote numerous scientific communication actions. We are therefore looking for French-speaking scientists, at all stages of their...

[closed] Postdoc fellowships 2023

[closed] Postdoc fellowships 2023

This call is now closed. Results will be published in June 2023. BioConvS’ first call for projects, which will fund three postdoctoral 2-year fellowships in the field of synthetic biology for health, is open until March 13th. This call will fund fellowships for a...

Testimonial: my first steps in innovation

Testimonial: my first steps in innovation

Everyone agrees, it is necessary to invest locally in biotech innovation to face the challenges of tomorrow and not lose sovereignty in the health sector. From the France 2030 Plan to local initiatives like our DIM BioConvS, the State and investors are targeting...

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