Vectopole Sud, a french network of platforms for research in medical, veterinary and agricultural entomology

HAL Id: hal-02154686

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02154686

Submitted on 5 Jun 2020

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers.

L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.

Vectopole Sud, a french network of platforms for

research in medical, veterinary and agricultural

entomology

Thierry Baldet, Fabrice Chandre, Isabelle Deme, Magali Eychenne, Katia

Grucker, Karine Huber, Christophe Lagneau, Thierry Lefrancois, Sophie

Ravel, Bethsabée Scheid, et al.

To cite this version:

Thierry Baldet, Fabrice Chandre, Isabelle Deme, Magali Eychenne, Katia Grucker, et al.. Vectopole Sud, a french network of platforms for research in medical, veterinary and agricultural entomology. 21. European Society for Vector Ecology Conference (E-SOVE), Oct 2018, Palermo, Italy. �hal-02154686�

Vectopole Sud, a French Network of platforms for research in medical, veterinary and agricultural

entomology

T. Baldet1_{, F. Chandre}2_{, I. Deme}2_{, M. Eychenne}3_{, K. Grucker}2_{, K. Huber}1_{, C. Lagneau}4_{, T. Lefrançois}1_{, S.}

Ravel5_{, B. Scheid}2_{, M-L. Setier Rio}4_{, F. Simard}2_{, P. Solano}5_{, O. Trevennec}6_{, N. Volkoff}3

1 ASTRE, Univ Montpellier, Cirad, INRA 2 MIVEGEC, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD

3 DGIMI, Univ Montpellier, INRA, Montpellier, France 4 EID Méditerranée, Montpellier, France

5 INTERTRYP, Univ Montpellier, Cirad, IRD 6 Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France

Six institutional partners*, CIRAD, CNRS, EID Méditerranée, INRA, IRD and the University of Montpellier have been working together since 2010 on the issue of arthropod vectors of pathogens that cause infectious diseases in humans and animals, and insect pests responsible for damages to crops. This collaboration for over 8 years has resulted in the creation of “Vectopole Sud”, a Montpellier network of platforms dedicated to researches on arthropods of medical, veterinary and agricultural importance.

The network draws from the infrastructure and expertise of each partner to improve early warning systems, monitoring, control of pests and vectors in order to protect human health, agricul-ture and livestock production. The network has received continuous funding by the French Govern-ment and the Occitanie Region enabling it to modernize its different laboratories and rearing facilities and support the research activities.

Vectopole Sud includes four experimental platforms, confined insectariums and associated laboratories, which are open to national and international partners. Overall, the Vectopole Sud has a network of partners in Europe and tropical regions worldwide, notably through IRD and CIRAD, two French institutions supporting research for development.

Vectopole Sud brings together over 400 researchers and technicians from five research units belonging to the Montpellier University of Excellence** and Agropolis International scientific communities. It conducts multidisciplinary research and expertise on biology, public & animal health, ecology, environmental science, genetics, and evolutionary medicine. It contributes to a better environment, animal health and human wellbeing through an integrated One Health approach, by fighting human and animal diseases to ensure more productive and sustainable farming systems (food security).

We will present the different platforms of the Vectopole Sud network, its various activities (infrastructures, research, services and training) as well as its different perspectives.

www.vectopole-sud.fr

*: CIRAD, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development; CNRS, National Center for Scientific Research; EID Méditerranée, Interdepartmental Agreement for Mosquito Control on the Mediterranean coast, INRA, French National Institute for Agricultural Research; IRD, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development and the University of Montpellier

**Montpellier University of Excellence (MUSE) is a Science-Innovation-Territories-Economy Initiative (I-SITE) certified by the Programme d'Investissement d'Avenir. The programme led by the University of Montpellier with 18 partners, is intended to foster the creation of an internationally recognized University, regarding its impact on major societal challenges: FEED, PROTECT, HEALTH. It covers the full range of academic fields: research, training, student life, global partnerships and partnerships with the socioeconomic world (muse.edu.umontpellier.fr).