Management
Since January 2025, IHM MICROB’UP and inIdEx MICROB’EX have shared a joint management team. This is led by the project’s scientific director, Olivier TENAILLON, supported by a steering committee composed of 20 researchers representing most of the community’s units. This committee meets monthly to monitor the progress of the MICROB’EX project and ensure the scientific coordination of the MICROB’UP Institute.
Within the committee, seven members form the board, a small team of researchers who are particularly involved in the life of the institute. Their role is to ensure optimal responsiveness by handling urgent requests and decisions between steering committee meetings.
The steering committee also relies on a scientific advisory committee, which is called upon to provide an outside perspective and independent expertise on major scientific decisions.
Scientific and technical head of the MICROB’UP Institute and the inIdEx MICROB’EX:
Olivier TENAILLON, Institut Cochin
Steering comittee and board*:
André BIRGY, IAME
Marie-Elisabeth BOUGNOUX, Institut Pasteur, INEM
Isabelle BROUTIN, CitCom
Pierre-Emmanuel CECCALDI, Institut Pasteur
Charlotte CHARPENTIER, IAME*
Jérôme CLAIN, MERIT*
Mathieu COUREUIL, INEM*
Anne DUMAY, CRI
Jérôme ESTAQUIER, Health Fex
Philippe GLASER, Institut Pasteur
Isabel GOMES, Institut Cochin
Maude GUILLIER, IBPC
Claas KIRCHHELLE, CERMES3*
Catherine LAVAZEC, Institut Cochin*
Isabelle MARTIN-VERSTRAETE, Pasteur*
Laurent MEERTENS, Saint Louis
Annick MEJEAN, LIED
Florence NIEDERGANG, Institut Cochin
Olivier TENAILLON (porteur), Institut Cochin*
Anne-Judith WALIGORA DUPRIET, 3PHM
Scientific advisory board :
Pierre-Olivier COURAUD, Institut Cochin
Catherine SCHUSTER, Inserm
George SNOUNOU, CNRS
Marie-Cécile PLOY, CHU de Limoge, Inserm, Université de Limoge
Project manager :
Emilie LEJAL, Université Paris-cité
News
MICROB’UP Webinar series : AI and Malaria Diagnosis
MICROB'UP Webinar Series: AI and Malaria Diagnosis This webinar has been recorded, find the link HERE Tuesday, February 17th 2026, at 11:00am (Paris) 11:00am: Gilles COTTRELL - MERIT, IRD, Inserm, Université Paris Cité: State of the art and presentation...
JeCCo 16ᵗʰ Annual Symposium: “How Science Adapts to a Changing Society”
The young researchers association of Institut Cochin (JeCCo) organizes its 16ᵗʰ Annual Symposium: “How Science Adapts to a Changing Society” on January 26th, 2026. The symposium will bring together researchers from diverse fields to discuss how science innovates...
MICROB’UP Webinar series : Spatial Organization and Functional Dynamics in Bacteria: From Cell Cycle to Host and Prey Interactions
MICROB'UP Webinar Series: Spatial Organization and Functional Dynamics in Bacteria: From Cell Cycle to Host and Prey Interactions This webinar has been recorded, find the link HERE Monday, January 12th 2026, at 11:00am (Paris) 11:00am: Christophe...
MICROB’UP Webinar series : Microbes and brain: intimate enemies, invisible allies
MICROB'UP Webinar Series: Microbes and Brain: Intimate Enemies, Invisible Allies This webinar has been recorded, find the link HERETuesday, December 9th, at 11:30am (Paris) 11:30am: Eliette BONNEFOY - Institut Cochin : Brain viral infection and Alzheimer's...