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Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, research director and head of the Sensory Ecology Department at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris

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01 Jun 2018

Connecting sense of smell and the imagination

For more than 28 years, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly, research director at INRA, has never lost her passion for insects and odours. While the link between the two is clear – insects use their flair to analyse their environment, find food and mate – they can also be an explosive mix when crops enter the equation!

Jean-François Cosson, Research Director of the Joint Research Unit for Parasite and Fungus Immunology and Molecular Biology, INRA Jouy-en-Josas

Portrait

31 Jan 2018

Health ecologist

From bats to rats, voles and ticks, Jean-François Cosson has spent his life researching little-loved creatures. “I’m a steadfast defender of biodiversity,” says the scientist with a smile.

Nathalie Gontard, Research Director in the Agropolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies Unit of INRA’s Occitanie-Montpellier research centre, receives the 2017 Scientific Breakthrough Award © NICOLAS Bertrand

Magazine

20 Nov 2017

Nathalie Gontard, under wraps

Highly conscious of pollution issues, Nathalie Gontard is a pioneer in recyclable and intelligent biomaterials. Research Director in the Agropolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies Unit of INRA’s Occitanie-Montpellier research centre, she receives the 2017 Scientific Breakthrough Award.

Joël Doré, recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, and his colleague Florence Levenez of the MetaGenoPolis Unit of the INRA Île-de-France – Jouy-en-Josas research centre. © INRA, NICOLAS Bertrand

Magazine

20 Nov 2017

Joël Doré, pairing research and innovation

A passionate scientist who is toppling preconceived ideas about the microorganisms inhabiting the human body. Spotlight on the recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, Joël Doré, research director in the Joint Research Unit for Food and Gut Microbiology for Human Health and scientific director of MetaGenoPolis at INRA Île-de-France – Jouy-en-Josas research centre.

Vincent Requillart, research director at the Toulouse School of Economics © DRCopyrith, Baptiste Hamousin

Portrait

09 Nov 2017

An economist in movement

Vincent Requillart is a reserved man. With his calm voice and honest look, silence often develops. He has a simple explanation for the twists and turns that have shaped his career as an economist at INRA: “because I have been lucky to be able to choose my subjects and those with whom I have worked.”