Introduction

The "Journées du Campus d'Illkirch" (JCI) are a major scientific event which takes place every year in the spring since 2001. This event offers to the participating research units an opportunity to present their current work and researchers of this campus have a chance to learn more about research carried out in nearby laboratories and good reasons to meet together!

The JCI meeting comprises scientific communications (oral presentations and posters) generally presented by PhD students and post-doctorants who are working in the campus' laboratories. This is often for them a first opportunity to present their most recent results to an audience of non specialized scientists.

Four prizes are awarded to the young participants, two for the best oral presentations and two for the best posters. The recipients will be given 500 €-value travel grants for the two best presentations, and 200 €-value travel grants for the two best posters. These prizes are intended to fund their venue at a scientific meeting or their initial visit to a lab abroad while looking for a postdoctoral position.

In 2019, the teams will be able to present their work in the form of a humorous and popularized poster. The best will be rewarded with a special award!

Short sessions will introduce academic technical platforms or start-ups located nearby on the campus to present the activities and services they are offering to our scientific community.

In addition to these communications, a session offers lectures on a selected scientific topic. These conferences are followed by a debate and every participant is invited to join the discussion. 

 The JCI are managed by the research units from the CNRS, the Université de Strasbourg and the INSERM located on the Illkirch campus: the UMRs "Biotechnology and cell signaling" (BSC, UMR 7242), Engineering science, computer science and imaging laboratory (ICube, UMR 7357 - Teams located at the API pole)the "Institut of genetics and molecular and cellular biology“ (IGBMC : UMR 7104 - INSERM U964), the "Laboratory of bioimaging and pathologies" (LBP - UMR 7213), the "Laboratory of Design and Application of Bioactive Molecules" (CAMB - UMR 7199), the "Laboratory of therapeutic  innovation" (LIT - UMR 7200) and the Plateforme de Chimie biologique intégrative de Strasbourg (PCBIS - UMS - 3286).