Five years of scientific progress, fruitful collaborations, and collective commitment in the fight against emerging and re-emerging respiratory viruses.
We recently celebrated, in a warm and friendly atmosphere, the 5th anniversary of the International Research Laboratory #RESPIVIR (France–Canada), as well as its renewal for an additional five years to continue and accelerate our research efforts against infectious diseases.
Many thanks to Bruno Lina and Laurent Schaeffer for bringing the community together for this milestone event, in the presence of Catherine Mercier, Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Medicine of Université Laval.
Driven by a shared vision between France and Quebec, #RESPIVIR exemplifies the strength of long-standing scientific cooperation between Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Université Laval (Quebec, Canada). This partnership, initiated more than 15 years ago with Guy Boivin at a research center, is built on friendship, trust, and a shared commitment to combining our expertise and resources to better understand, prevent, and combat emerging and re-emerging respiratory viruses.
RESPIVIR is supported by Université Laval, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (ETOILE program), the Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (Pack Ambition International), as well as CNRS and Inserm, which have recognized it as an IRP (2023) and Joint Lab (2024).
Together, let us continue to make #RESPIVIR a key player in global preparedness against emerging respiratory viral diseases.