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Gene Cafés Since Their Creation


“Gene Cafés” are quarterly meetings based on the model of “Philosophy Cafés”. They offer the public an opportunity to meet and ask questions of the scientists and industrialists working on campus.

At each meeting, Pierre Tambourin, Chief Executive of Genopole® hosts one or more speakers.

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Previous Gene Cafés :

The Gene Cafés take place in different cafés, restaurants near Evry.

Octobre 19, 2002: " Genes to repair human beings"
Speaker : Olivier Danos, scientific director of Généthon laboratory

Octobre 18, 2002: " What is the use of genetics ? "
Speaker : Michel Fink, researcher in molecular biology

Octobre 17, 2002: " Tomorrow, everybody cloned ?"
Speaker : Jean-Paul Renard, director of the "unité de biologie du développement de l'Inra"

May 23, 2002: "Cloning"
Speaker : Jean-Paul Renard, director of the "unité de biologie du développement de l'Inra"

February 14, 2002: " Genetics: what is it for? "
Speaker: Pierre Tambourin, Chief Executive of Genopole®

January 24, 2002: " Why do we need a precaution principle? "
Speaker: Philippe Kourilsky, Chief Executive of Institut Pasteur

September 20, 2001: " Cardiovascular diseases: are they inbred or acquired? "
Speaker: Pierre Corvol, President of the scientific council at INSERM

April 26, 2001: " What is the human genome sequence good for? "
Speaker: Jean Weissenbach, Chief Executive of Genoscope, Centre National de Séquençage

January 18, 2001: " Is cancer hereditary? "
Speaker: Gilbert Lenoir, Director of Research and of Institut Fédératif de Recherche 54 at Institut Gustave Roussy

November 16, 2000: " Gene-ethics: what care is needed because of progress? "
Speaker: Alain Atlan, member of Comité Consultatif National d'ethique pour les sciences de la vie and de la santé

September 28, 2000: " Do all diseases have a genetic origin? "
Speaker: Axel Kahn, Director of Research INSERM U 129, Hôpital Cochin - Paris

March 7, 2000: " Genetics and plants: what research for what advances? "
Speakers: - Michel Caboche, President of the Génoplant Directorate
- Claude Lescoffit, Chief Executive of Limagrain Agro-industrie, President of the executive committee of Biogemma, member of the Génoplante strategic committee

October 14, 1999: " Issues in genetics and biotechnologies "
Speaker: J-B Dumas, Director of the functional genomics department, Genset

May 6, 1999: " Gene therapy: the great attempt? "
Speaker: Bernard Barataud, President of the Association Française Contre les Myopathies

April 15, 1999: " Genopole®, an itinerary to be understood "
Speaker: Pierre Tambourin, Chief Executive of Genopole®

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