This was a first.
The DS5 inter-Carnot meeting, organized by Institut Carnot OPALE, brought together—on site in Marseille and remotely—five Carnot Institutes committed to jointly shaping the next stages of research on leukemias and related diseases.
More than a scientific gathering, the meeting marked a shift in posture: from parallel initiatives to shared construction.
Against the backdrop of the Mediterranean, discussions were intense, open, and deeply engaged. Beyond disciplinary boundaries, a common ambition quickly emerged:
? Transforming complementary expertise into concrete drivers of discovery.
Chemistry, biology, engineering, and translational research were not discussed as adjacent fields, but as interdependent components of a single innovation continuum.
As discussions unfolded, several operational collaboration pathways were identified:
? Pooling chemical libraries to accelerate the identification of new therapeutic hits
? Co-developing novel biosensors, at the intersection of chemistry and biocapture technologies
? Designing leukemia-on-chip models, combining microfluidics, biomaterials, and cellular biology
These directions reflect a deliberate choice: to invest in shared platforms and tools capable of shortening the path from hypothesis to actionable insight.
Behind these initiatives lies a conviction shared by all participants:
? Networking expertise—from chemistry to leukemia-on-chip models—opens the way to a more integrated understanding of the disease and to more precisely targeted therapeutic innovation.
In complex pathologies such as leukemia, fragmentation of knowledge is no longer sustainable. Integration is not an aspiration; it is a methodological necessity.
Faces, debates, ideas—by the end of the meeting, it was clear that a new step had been taken.
The DS5 inter-Carnot meeting marked the transition from exchange to scientific co-construction:
from sharing perspectives to building common research objects, platforms, and trajectories.
Institut Carnot OPALE warmly thanks all researchers, engineers, and partners—present on site or remotely—for the quality of their contributions and for the collective momentum they have initiated.
The DS5 meeting was not merely a scientific rendezvous.
? It was the starting point of an unprecedented collaborative dynamic between Carnot Institutes.
And this is only the beginning.