Winter School One Health (2025)

Coordinator 

Laetitia.ZURLETTO@univ-cotedazur.fr

Location

INSTITUT SOPHIA AGROBIOTECH
400 route des Chappes
06903 Sophia Antipolis
Room A010 (main building entrance)

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Dates

Monday 15th to Friday 19th, Dec. 2025

REGISTRATION

SIGN UP FOR THE "ONE HEALTH" WINTER SCHOOL

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Overview

The One Health Winter School 2025 is a multidisciplinary program exploring the interconnected health of humans, animals, plants, and the environment. It covers the origins and principles of One Health, biological foundations like immunity and holobionts, human-driven disruptions (e.g. antibiotic resistance, pollution, climate change), and solutions through biodiversity, agroecology, and innovation.

The program takes places from Dec. 15th to 19th at Sophia Agrobiotech Institute in Sophia-Antipolis (France ; about 20km from Nice) and features lectures, workshops, debates, and networking, with a strong international and interdisciplinary focus.

Objectives

The goal of this winter school is to address the concept of One Health from a holistic perspective, tracing its roots from evolution to pathology, and from science to policy, with the following objectives in mind:
  • To address the challenges and major health issues by confronting the visions and expectations of professionals in the sector
  • To bring up-to-date knowledge to the community
  • To communicate on innovations, creation of start-ups in the sector
Program
Day 1 - Monday, Dec. 15th (afternoon only): One Health in a Global World
Introduce participants to the concept of One Health: its origins, core principles, and what they can expect from this program.
  • 2:00-3:30 PM - One Health: history, issues and global perspectives
    Format: Keynote
    Speaker: Muriel VAYSSIER-TAUSSAT (INRAE)
     
  • 3:30-4:00 PM - Coffee break
     
  • 4:00-5:30 PM - Cross perspectives - What is « One Health » and how it is applied in your field; what is the next step in your field to better implement a One Health vision?
    Format: Round table discussion animated by Christelle POMARES (CHU Nice)
    Speakers: Pierre ABAD (INRAE) & Balaji CHATTOPADHAYAY (Ashoka University - Campus Franco-Indien) & Muriel VAYSSIER-TAUSSAT (INRAE)
Day 2 - Tuesday, Dec. 16th: A Shared Living Foundation: From the Individual to the Holobiont
One Health bridges human, animal, and environmental well-being, but its full power lies in the extended phenotype—where health emerges from dynamic, diverse interactions across ecosystems, from microbial communities to social behaviors.

Immunity and resilience depend on this diversity: monocultures weaken systems, while biodiversity—biological, cultural, and ecological—becomes the foundation for adaptive, sustainable health.
  • 9:00-10:30 AM - Immunity – a cross-kingdom issue
    Format: Lecture
    Speakers: Pierre ABAD (INRAE) & Laurent BOYER (INSERM) & Harald Keller (INRAE) & Imroze KHAN (Ashoka University - Campus Franco-Indien)
     
  • 10:30-10:45 AM - Coffee break
     
  • 10:45 AM-12:45 PM - Immunity Fresk
    Format: Workshop
    Facilitators: Caroline DIJAN-CAPORALINO (INRAE) & Laetitia ZURLETTO (UniCA) & BOOST M2 students
     
  • 12:45-2:00 PM : Lunch break
     
  • 2:00-2:45 PM : Gut microbiota (Title to be confirmed) 
    Format: Lecture
    Speaker(s): Joël DORE (INRAE) 
     
  • 2:50-3:20 PM : Microbiomes, host physiology and function in insects (Title to be confirmed) 
    Format: Lecture
    Speaker(s): Shantanu SHUKLA (IISC- Campus Franco-Indien)
     
  • 3:25-3:55 PM : Mycobiont (Title to be confirmed) 
    Format: Lecture
    Speaker(s): Françoise CHARTIER-BOTTEREL (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris) 
     
  • 3:55-4:30 PM : Coffee Break
     
  • 4:30-5:00 PM : Plant Holobiont (Title to be confirmed) 
    Format: Lecture - ONLINE
    Speaker(s): Anouk ZANCARINI (INRAE)
     
  • 5:05-5:35 PM : Inter-kingdom communication for a healthier agronomy (Title to be confirmed) 
    Format: Lecture
    Speaker(s): Elena BOVIO (MYCOPHYTO)
     
  • 5:45-6:30 PM : Book signing & Social event
Day 3 - Wednesday, Dec. 17th: When human activities alter the whole picture
Exploring how we impact the environment and how it, in turn, affects us (positively and negatively).
  • 9:00-10:00 AM - Antibiotic Resistance: It All Starts on the Farm (war between worlds)
    Format: Lecture
    Speaker: Sébastien LECLERCQ (INRAE) & Juan GARCIA-SANCHEZ (UniCA - C3M)
     
  • 10:00-10:20 AM - Coffee Break
     
  • 10:20-11:05 AM - Mounting indirect evidence of negative effects of pesticides on insects, with cascading effects in trophic and mutualistic networks 
    Format: Lecture - ONLINE
    Speakers: Emmanuelle PORCHER (CESCO MNHN) 
     
  • 11:10-11:50 AM : To be announced
    Format: Lecture - ONLINE
    Speakers: To be announced
     
  • 12:00-1:30 PM - Lunch Break
     
  • 1:30-2:15 PM :  To be announced
    Format: Lecture
    Speakers: Balaji CHATTOPADHAYAY (Ashoka University - Campus Franco-Indien)
     
  • 2:20-2:45 PM : More information soon
     
  • 2:50-3:15 PM : More information soon
     
  • 3:20-4:05 PM :  More information soon
     
  • 4:05-4:25 PM - Coffee Break
     
  • 4:25-5:25 PM : How Economics Impacts the Environment and Vice Versa
    Format: Case-study workshop 
    Speaker : To be announced
     
  • 5:30-6:30 PM : Poster session and social event
    • Social event "APERO - Mediterranean Menu"
    • Poster session - BOOST M1 students
      MSc BOOST students will showcase their work through posters highlighting emerging plant diseases and pests, with a focus on innovative agroecological solutions.
Day 4 - Thursday, Dec. 18th: Innovation through biodiversity
Nothing in One Health makes sense except in the light of evolution. One Health is not an artificial construct, but a natural consequence of our evolutionary path.
 
  • 2:00-2:30 PM - INNOVATION 1 : What If We Used Evolution to Optimize Nature?
    Speaker: Charlotte GAVIARD (DareWin Evolution)
     
  • 2:35-3:05 PM - INNOVATION 2 : Inter-kingdom communication for a healthier agronomy (Title to be confirmed) 
    Speaker: Lucie MONTICELLI & Antoine PASQUIER (Evolutive Agronomy)
     
  • 3:05-3:20 PM - Coffee Break
     
  • 3:20-3:50 PM - INNOVATION 3 : Marine biotechnologies for health and wellness (Title to be confirmed) 
    Speaker: Rachid BENCHAOUIR (Coraliotech) 
     
  • 3:55-4:25 PM - INNOVATION 4 : To be announced
    Speaker: Alejandro JIMENEZ-SANCHEZ (IHSM, University of Malaga)
Day 5 - Friday, Dec. 19th (morning only): From Ideas to Policies
So, what now? What are the practical and policy implications of One Health?.
Morning
 
  • 9:00-09:45 AM - More than a trend: how One Health awareness can support national economic and political strategies (Title to be confirmed)  
    Speaker: Serge MORAND (HPEL) 
     
  • 9:45-10:20 AM - Coffee Break
     
  • 10:20-11:05 AM - To be announced
    Speaker: Niklas MÖHRING (University of Bonn) 
     
  • 11:05-11:15 AM - Coffee Break
     
  • 11:15 AM-12:15 PM - Meet French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) agents and discover the agency’s missions
    Format: Interview - ONLINE
    Speakers: Anouk DECORS (OFB) & Stéphanie DESVAUX
     
Afternoon : STUDENTS ONLY
 
  • 2:00-4:30 PM - LP DEGEBA & MSc BOOST Graduation

PROGRAM DOWNLOAD (coming soon)

Target audience

Who can attend the One Health Winter School 2025 ?

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
  • The One Health Winter School is open to any member of the international community of Université Côte d'Azur: students, post-doctoral fellows, researchers, and collaborators...

PHD STUDENTS

  • PHD students have no obligation to attend the entire winter school
  • PHD students must registrer via the ADUM platform
  • They can attend from half a day to the full week
  • Hours will be validated based on the seminars the students choose to attend (attendance sheet to be completed)

MASTER STUDENTS

  • This winter school is mandatory for Master BOOST students 
  • This winter school is mandatory for the Master Science du Vivant Students who chose the "Winter School UE"
  • They don't need to register on this page since they're automotically enroled as part of their training
  • Students from Masters degrees other than BOOST or Science du Vivant are welcome, and they must register using the sign-up form
How to Come

How to come to Sophia Agrobiotech Institut (ISA)?

  • ISA is about 20km away from Nice city center.
  • The exact address is 400 route des Chappes - 06903 Sophia Antipolis - France
  • GPS Coordinates:   E 7°04'40"  /   N 43°36'45
 
By public transportation
 
From Nice / Nice Airport / Italy

Bus compagny: TAM
One-way ticket price: €2.50
Bus lines "ZOU Nice-Sophia Express": 630/631, 632 & 637
Get off at: "Rond-point Les Chappes"

From Antibes

Antibes bus compagny : Envibus
One-way ticket price: €1.50
Antibes station - Stop called "Pôle d'Echanges" on boulevard Vautrin
Bus line: A
Get off at: "Saint Philippe"

Bus Pass

Buss pass Sud Azur : All in one: unlimited travel for a few days, a month, or the full year on all the transport networks of your choice (bus, train, tram) of the Alpes-Maritimes

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By car
 
Motorway from Nice / Nice Airport / Italy

Exit 44: "Antibes / Sophia Antipolis"

  • just after the tolls, turn right and follow "Sophia Antipolis"
  • after 1 km, at the next roundabout, take the second exit on the right. Follow "Accès 21".  
Motorway from Cannes / Marseille

Exit 44: "Antibes / Juan les Pins / Sophia Antipolis"

  • just after the tolls, turn left to "Antibes / Juan les Pins / Sophia Antipolis";
  • at the first roundabout, take the fourth exit on the right and follow "Antibes";
  • at the next roundabout, take the third exit on the right and follow "Nice péage", then keep left (Route de Grasse) and follow "Sophia Antipolis" ;
  • at the next roundabout, take the second exit on the right and follow "Sophia Antipolis" (Route des Chappes) 
  • after 1 km, at the next roundabout, take the second exit on the right. Follow "Accès 21".
Team and Sponsors

Organizing Committee

The strength of this Winter School lies in its people.
The Organizing Committee represents a collaboration of disciplines and perspectives, all aligned to create a week where knowledge meets opportunity :

  • Pierre ABAD - Research Director - INRAE ISA
  • Leila BENSAHIH - MSc BOOST Coordinator - UniCA ISA
  • Guillaume CHAUDE - Communication officer - EUR LIFE
  • Juan A. GARCIA-SANCHEZ - Postdoctoral Researcher – UniCA C3M
  • Anne-Violette LAVOIR – Full Professor - UniCA ISA
  • Thibaut MALAUSA - Research Director - INRAE ISA
  • Line-Aurore MARCH - Educational Engineer - EUR LIFE
  • Nathalie MARTEU - Research Director – INRAE ISA
  • Elodie WESPIESER - HR Manager - INRAE ISA
  • Gaëlle YOUSSEF - International program coordinator - EUR LIFE
  • Laetitia ZURLETTO - Associate Professor & MSc BOOST director - UniCA ISA

Partners & Sponsors

At the heart of our interdisciplinary research school lies a shared conviction: the challenges of One Health—where human, animal, and environmental well-being intersect—demand bold collaboration. We are profoundly grateful to our sponsors, whose visionary support transforms this ambition into reality. By investing in the next generation of researchers, these partners enable students to bridge disciplines, dismantle silos, and co-create solutions for a healthier planet. 

Université Côte d’Azur

Institut Sophia Agrobiotech (ISA - INRAE/UniCA/CNRS)

INRAE