A look back at the Annual Scientific Day 2025

The first annual scientific day of the France 2030 Research Program “Food Systems, Microbiomes and Health” (PEPR SAMS) was held on February 6, 2025.

Here’s a look back at this key event in the federation of research communities on food systems, microbiomes and health.

The aim of this scientific day was to bring together those involved in the program, and those wishing to join it. It was intended to discuss the main objectives of the research program and the projects it supports. Its ambition was also to stimulate collaboration between the “Food Systems” and “Microbiomes and Health” pillars, as well as with the wider research community.

At the start of the day, Philippe Mauguin, CEO of INRAE, and Didier Samuel, CEO of Inserm, co-pilots of the research program, gave their words of welcome in the form of videos introduced by Monique Axelos and Chantal Boulanger. These were followed by speeches from Virginie Bernois, Agriculture, Food and Forestry Advisor at the Secrétariat Général Pour l’Investissement, and Henry Éric Spinnler, Action Manager at the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

Together, they underlined the importance of the national acceleration strategy “Sustainable and Healthy Food” and the key role played by the SAMS research program, and the projects it funds, within this framework.

After a presentation of the SAMS program news by its scientific directors, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche, Emmanuelle Maguin and Sophie Nicklaus, this day highlighted multiple France 2030 programs:

• • ASTRAGAL, a program designed to promote and support the agro-ecological transition of agricultural systems, presented by Olivier Ruetsch, Director of the Valorization and Project Engineering Department at INRAE Transfert.
  • France 2030 research program “Women’s and Couple’s Health”, aimed at advancing research and structuring the community around endometriosis and infertility, presented by Jean Rosenbaum, scientific coordinator of the Inserm-led program.
  • France 2030 “Digital Health” research program, focusing on the exploitation of growing volumes of health data and the concept of the digital twin, presented by Lotfi Senhadji, scientific coordinator, and Hugo Landais, project manager of the program piloted by Inserm and Inria.

The highlight of the day was the presentation of the 19 projects funded by the SAMS research program:

• • The 9 focus projects were presented in the form of short videos produced by their respective managers. This was followed by round-table discussions on projects from the “Food Systems” and “Microbiomes and Health” pillars.
    • CARI, under the responsibility of Caroline Méjean
    • Cloud4SAMS, under the responsibility of Claudine Médigue and Nicolas Pons
    • COHORTES-MICROBIOMES, under the responsibility of Joël Doré
    • Cultissimo, managed by Lionel Rigottier-Gois
    • foodXPTools, under the responsibility of Anne Saint-Eve
    • GnotAnima, under the responsibility of Agnès Le Bon
    • INTERFOOD, under the responsibility of Mathilde Touvier
    • PLAT4TERFOOD, under the responsibility of Yuna Chiffoleau
    • PREANALYTICS, presented by Sylvie Claeysen

• • The 10 winning projects of the first ANR-SAMS call were announced and presented by their leaders before taking questions from the audience.
    • AddiBugs, under the responsibility of Anne-Marie Cassard
    • AddiMapping, under the responsibility of Benoit Chassaing
    • DynAPol-3P, under the responsibility of Céline Bonnet
    • JEMINI, under the responsibility of Karine Clément
    • MASCAREIGNE, managed by Olivier Meilhac
    • MicroBe, under the responsibility of Laurent Muller
    • MicrobiotAging, under the responsibility of Bruno Lucas
    • PGNshapingHOST, under the responsibility of Ivo Gomperts Boneca
    • SIM-IBD, under the responsibility of Harry Sokol
    • TI-FIG, under the responsibility of Caroline Méjean

Discover the funded projects on the following link (the presentation of ANR-SAMS projects will be available soon).

Find the full program on the event page.