As part of the Fête de la Science, Virginie Courtier gave a lecture on Tuesday 5 October on "The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus".   About 50 years ago, the ancestor of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is responsible for COVID-19, was circulating in its natural state in bat populations. But what has happened in recent years to…

The "Grandes Avancées Françaises en Biologie" (prizes endowed by the Mergier Bourdeix Foundation) of the French Academy of Sciences reward twelve young researchers, authors of major scientific advances in biology published in 2019, 2020 and 2021 in very high level journals   During an exceptional online session on 22 June, the laureates, introduced by their research directors,…