We also marked another important departure in April, as Maude completed the experiments for her master's degree, and is currently writing her dissertation. The article based on her excellent work has received rave reviews, but that's a story for another blog entry.
With these departures come a few arrivals; Malika and Félix are currently doing an internship in the lab, and Nicolas, a visitor from Colombia, will be joining us shortly. I'm delighted to have so many motivated, pleasant and talented people in the lab.
Apart from that, as usual, the summer was full of conferences and discussions. Paula, Andréa, Sandrine and Jean-Sébastien flew to Halifax to share their poster project at the annual SCM/CSM conference, and received excellent feedback. As for David, he presented at the Bactériologie intégrative: Symbiose - Pathogenèse (BiSP) conference in Montreal, where he won 2nd prize in the oral presentation category. As for me, I'm now outgoing President of the SCM/CSM, so I'll be able to take a breather!