YouR PSL Society

PSL Quartier - Latin Afterwork 2021 #2
2021-10-01 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
Hello everyone!
You are more than welcome to the next inter-association PSL Quartier Latin afterwork on Friday, October 1st from 7pm at the pub Saint Hilaire
Discussions, beers and fun are in order, come and meet other young researchers!
You will find more information on the Facebook event, but remember to register here to allow us to book enough seats.
See you very soon,
ADIC, ATCP, BDE Observatoire, ChADoC, Dopamines, SPIBENS and YouR PSL

General Assembly Autumn 2021
2021-10-18 18:30 - 19:30 | ENS cafeteria, 45 rue d'ulm, paris, 75005, France
summary: Welcoming cocktail and buffet at the YouR PSL General Assembly, register HERE! You want to get involved in the life of your campus or of PSL? Apply HERE for the YouR PSL Council!

The Autumn General Assembly of the Association of Young Researchers of Paris Sciences et Lettres University (YouR PSL) will take place on Monday, October 18th from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the ENS. The agenda of this General Assembly includes the moral report, the activity of the association, the accounting report of the semester, the membership of YouR PSL to the CJC, and the first formalization of the YouR PSL federation, on which the assembly will be able to vote. The list of those elected to the new board of directors will then be revealed.
Any member of the association can suggest to complete the agenda by October 15th at 6pm by email at your@psl.eu.
You can apply for the council until October 14th at 6pm by submitting your application on this form or by email to your@psl.eu. The list of candidates will be submitted to the votes of the members of the association by email on October 14th at 10pm (for those wishing to vote online), the votes will be open online until October 18th at 4pm and will be finalized in person during the GA.
If you cannot be present at the GA, you can give a proxy to someone present to vote on your behalf. The person giving the proxy must fill in this form before October 15th at 6pm. On request, the GA can be broadcasted on Zoom.
This GA should be preceded by a welcoming cocktail for the young researchers of the ENS and PSL (open to all) and will be closed by a buffet offered to the members present (it will be possible to join on the spot). If you think you will be present at the GA or at the cocktail, please register on the following form in order to be allowed to enter the ENS.

Halloween party for young researchers
2021-10-29 19:00 - 2021-10-30 01:00 | Baker Street Pub, 9 Rue des Boulangers, Paris, 75005, France
Halloween is approaching, and we know that you want to celebrate it! That’s why your favorite associations for young researchers are happy to invite you to our Halloween party! Come for a drink with other PhD students, postdocs etc and if you want to be more in line with the Halloween theme, you’re also very welcome to put on your unique makeup and costume to scare the others! We’ll offer 2 free drinks to the three scariest people.

Baker Street Pub, 9 Rue des Boulangers, 75005 Paris
Friday 7pm, 29th October

Testimony Series 2021 #2
2021-11-03 18:30 - 20:00
Testimont Series : Special Entrepreneurship
The YouR PSL Testimonies Series is an online event organised by the Young researchers’ society of PSL for MA and PhD students, as well as early-career researchers, exploring future career opportunities. This particular event will provide you an exceptional opportunity to connect with distinguished panelists and develop a network to forge your career.
The first part of the program will be a moderated round table where three entrepreneurs will share their career paths as young researchers and Q&A . The second part of the event will be an interactive discussion, including focus groups in break-out rooms, and a final group discussion.
The next event of the series will be on 3rd November 2021 at 18:30 CET. Participation is free with mandatory registration using the following link. You can follow the event on Facebook.

Meet our guests :

Charlotte HAUSER, Founder @Lang’Action

Bilal MAZHAR, CSO @ Plantibodies

Amit KUMAR, CTO @ LIGHT LAB

Afterwork PSL for Young Researchers
2021-11-05 19:00 - 23:30
Hello everyone!
You are more than welcome to the next inter-associative PSL Quartier Latin afterwork on Friday, November the 5th from 7pm at the pub Saint Hilaire.
Discussions, beers and fun are in order, come and meet other young researchers!
You will find more information on the Facebook event, but remember to register here to keep you updated (add the event in your agenda).
See you very soon,
ADIC, ATCP, BDE Observatoire, ChADoC, Doc’Up, Dopamines, SPIBENS and YouR PSL

Professional Afterwork 2021 #5
2021-11-24 19:00 - 20:30
Hello to all,
After a summer break, the Professional Breakfasts continue their event on Zoom !
This is an opportunity for you to talk with doctors who have chosen a professional course outside the academic after the thesis, during a privileged and friendly moment.
For this event which cannot be done in person yet, the associations ADELIS, ChADoC, YR2I, Doc’Up, JeCCO, BioDocs, Stapa, ADIC, YouR PSL and Les Ajités will meet you on Wednesday, November 24th from 7 to 8:10 pm, online (the Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before).
This event is made for young researchers, so it’s time to mark this date in your agenda! We are now opening the registration process.
Click here to register
They have already confirmed their arrival:
Valentina Grampa Courtière defended her PhD on renal ciliopathies at the Imagine Institute in 2015. Following her 2 post-docs at the Imagine Institute and then at the Institut du Fer à Moulin in Paris, she joined Ipsen which is a pharmaceutical company 2 years ago. After having had several different positions in medical affairs within this company, Valentina is now Medical Science Liaison, with an expertise on anti-cancer treatments for kidney and prostate, and is in charge of the Auvergne Rhône – Alpes and Bourgogne Franche Comté regions.
Nathan Beckouche obtained his PhD in 2013, after spending 3 years at the Collège de France working on angiogenesis. He then did a post-doc at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco before leaving the classical academic path. After working for a few months in the private company Alexion as a project manager on drug discovery, he was for more than 3 years a self-employed consultant in the same field of expertise. Nathan is now co-founder and director of pre-clinical development at AtmosR, a biotech company developing innovative treatments for rare central nervous system diseases.
Matthieu Lemasson has defended a thesis in Dr. Arielle ROSENBERG lab in 2015 on the diversion of hepatocyte lipid metabolism by HCV (example of lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransférase 1) followed by a postdoctoral contract in this same lab. After that, he has worked as researcher engineer in Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine (INTS, Paris) on the identification of antisense oligonucleotides antiviral mechanism on the viral particle secretion of HBV and HDV. A novel researcher engineer has followed in the company Sleep Apnea Innovation (SABI, ROMAINVILLE) on the identification of molecular markers of sleep apnea to develop clinical diagnostic kits. Now he is study director in Texcell, a company specialized on viral safety.
Renaud Pourpre did his PhD at INRAE (Paris-Saclay) on epigenetics consequences of bacterial infections and defended in 2019. During his PhD, he helped organize Science outreach events such as the “Pint of Science Festival”. After graduating, he followed his passion for Science outreach; first in the French Government as a project manager in the Ministry of Research and Higher Education, then as a freelance communicator specialized in audio and video. He manages two podcasts, “The Lonely Pipette”, that he hosts together with Jonathan Weitzman and that is geared towards scientists, and “Quand le Crime parle”, a crime solving podcast geared towards a wider audience. He is now also working on the launch of his new project combining a documentary and an immersive exhibition, “Cell Worlds”.
To find the profiles of our guests, go to Twitter and Facebook
Hoping to see many of you!
The Professional Breakfast Team

Evening at the Philharmonie - "Poème de l'extase"
2021-11-26 19:00 - 22:30
“Poème de l’extase” – An Evening at the Philharmonie de Paris
We are most delighted to invite you to an evening of culture with Sol Gabetta (Cello) and the Orchestre National de France, directed by Cristian Macelaru. The program will be composed of compositions of Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Saëns and Alexandre Scriabine. Please find all the details under the official event page.
Date: 26 November 2021
Meeting at: Restaurant le Balcon (Philarmonie) at 19:00 for a light dinner/apero together
Costs:10-20 Euro for the ticket (limited tickets available, first come first served!)
Dresscode: Let’s be elegant!
Sign up here

Forest hike in Fontainebleau
2021-11-28 10:00 - 17:00 | Fontainebleau
Autumn is coming!
YouR PSL proposes a hike in the magnificent Fontainebleau forest adorned with its splendid fall colors.
📆 Sunday, November 28th, all day
🕧 Group departure (for those who want) at 10am from Gare de Lyon by train to Fontainebleau Avon station (free with a Navigo pass)
📌 Bring shoes to walk and a picnic (and possibly a k-way)
🔗Don’t forget to sign up here: https://forms.gle/yocxj6w8y5aFwZ6L8

Kick-Off PSL Durable
2021-12-08 19:00 - 21:00 | ENS cafeteria, 45 rue d'ulm, paris, 75005, France
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday December 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the ENS for the 2022 launch of PSL Durable!
This Kick-Off will be an opportunity to form the new PSL team and establish some key missions for the coming year. The meeting will be followed by an after party at the ENS K-Fêt. Thank you for registering!

Free Museum Stroll
2022-02-06 10:00 - 13:00
“Free Museum Stroll” organized by YouR PSL, the PSL association of young researchers!
We are happy to invite you to a visit to Guimet Museum for Asian Art. Next Sunday take the chance to visit this museum whose normal ticket price is 11.50€.
Sunday February 6th
10 am – group departure
Musée Guimet, 6 Pl. d’Iéna, 75116 Paris
The event is open and free to everyone

Professional Afterwork 2022 #1
2022-03-10 19:00 - 20:30
Hello to all,
It’s time, the Professional Breakfasts continue their events in 2022 (on Zoom for the first session)!
This is an opportunity for you to talk with doctors who have chosen a professional course outside the academic after the thesis, during a privileged and friendly moment.
For this event which cannot be done in person yet, the associations ADELIS, ChADoC, YR2I, Doc’Up, JeCCO, Stapa, ADIC, YouR PSL and Les Ajités will meet you on Thursday, March 10th from 19h to 20h10, online (the Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before).
This event is tailored for young researchers, so it’s time to mark this date on your agenda! The registration process is now open.
Click here to register
(Please be aware that once your registration is confirmed and you are assigned to the discussions sessions, your presence will be expected by our guest. We ask you to be mindful of their time and ours, and to register only if you effectively plan to attend).

You can pick 2 discussion sessions with the following guests:
Thomas Lonjaret defended his PhD in bioelectronic (cutaneous sensors for electrophysiology) in 2016. He then worked as a software developer for various start-up companies, on medical applications (but not only). He then joined the start-up Pytheas Navigation as a R&D engineer. There, he worked on a computer assisted spine surgery project, which includes the hardware and software development of a prototype. Since september 2018, he has worked at MinMaxMedical, as R&D engineer, then as project manager and finally as Robotics Team Manager, in the domain of medical robotics and computer assisted surgery.
Diana Mihaela Dinca defended her PhD in Neurobiology at the Imagine Institute in 2017. She then specialized in medical writing and worked almost 3 years at VMLY&Rx Paris. Her main missions consisted of accompanying pharmaceutical companies in their communication strategy, to promote innovative products/services, and writing communication tools for patients and healthcare professionals on different diseases including diabetes, chronic pain and allergies. For the past year, Diana has been working as a medical writer at Publicis Health.
Christelle Eyraud defended her PhD in 2016 in Immunology, on hematopoietic stem cells in a rare immune defect. Then, she did a post-doctorat for 3 years in the IRSL. For 2 years, Christelle has been working as a patent engineer in an intellectual property company at ICOSA.
Victoria Naipal has finished her PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg on the topic of “Modelling long-term global soil erosion with Earth System Models”. Shen then did a postdoc at the LSCE on the topic of carbon sequestration and emissions in agricultural soils. She also did a postdoc at the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) on the modeling of the mangroves carbon cycle. Since May 2021 she has joined the Climate Risk Team of EcoAct as an expert on physical climate risks.
& Véronique Mariotti did her thesis in modeling at LSCE on the carbon cycle in the ice age. She then performed the climate diagnostics for the 1st climate change adaptation plan of the City of Montreal. At EcoAct since 2016, Véronique leads the development of climate risk analysis services for companies.
Benjamin Boumard defended his doctoral thesis on DNA repair mechanisms in intestinal stem cells in fruit flies in July 2021. In the last months of his PhD, he explored different career options in public administration. He obtained a position of Deputy Attaché for Science and Technology in VIA (International Volunteering in Administration) at the Embassy of France in the United States, in Atlanta, in September 2021. There, he facilitates collaborations in Science between France and the USA and supports young French startups in their internationalization, particularly thanks to the NETVA (NEw Technology Venture Accelerator) program.
To find the profiles of our guests, go to Twitter and Facebook
Hoping to see many of you!
The Professional Breakfast Team

Roam research : first session of the research training workshop
2022-03-11 18:00 - 20:00
Organized by Dédale – antenne EPHE de YouR PSL
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82670839029?pwd=[REDACTED]
Registration form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegZOP-3GlnQKUZgo_waiS3WrcGFcOELg_IZ6whmWE_VUANQQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Dédale EPHE : manage two formations in the same time
2022-04-11 18:30 - 20:00
Do you want to start bringing your research to an international level but are lost in a labyrinth of opportunities and regulations? The EPHE researcher’s association Dédale, proposes you a smart way out of there! Our next workshop (online and on-site) will allow you to learn from Marine Thébaut. Marine is a doctoral student in cotutelle/double supervision at the EPHE in Paris and Sapienza University in Rome. She will give a presentation on the world of international research and be able to answer your questions in a friendly atmosphere. An aperitif will follow the workshop. Welcome!

Subject : Workshop Dédale Hour : 11 avr. 2022 06:15 PM Join the Zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87524993437?pwd=[REDACTED]

The General Assembly
2022-04-14 18:30 - 19:30
The General Assembly (GA) of the association of Young Researchers of the University Paris Sciences et Lettres (YouR PSL) will take place on Thursday 14 April from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm at PSL headquarters (60 Rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris). This GA should be preceded by a welcome drink for young researchers of PSL (open to all) and will be closed by a buffet offered to members present (it will be possible to join the association on the spot).
We look forward to your joining us!
