Speaking of successive generations, Malika and Félix left the laboratory following their internship last December, and we welcomed two new interns at the beginning of the summer. Élizabeth is doing her third internship as part of her bachelor's degree in microbiology, and Diana comes to us directly from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, supported by a MITACS-Globalink scholarship. They are guided in their internships by great mentors, Jean-Sébastien and Paula respectively.
Finally, June was particularly rich in networking. At the beginning of the month, I visited Nanjing Agricultural University in China, to discuss collaboration with newly tenured professor Zhihui Xu. Our interests and projects have much in common, and we're looking forward to working together!