Journées Internationales de Biologie 2006

The annual Journées Internationales de Biologie (JIB) was held November 7-10, 2006, in Paris (France) under the auspices of the French Ministère de la Santé et des Solidarités and the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie (CNAM).

This annual clinical biology meeting in Europe combined an expanding trade show with 165 confirmed exhibitors and a high-level scientific program that focused on state-of-the-art and current practices in the medical laboratory. Aimed at biologists in both the private and hospital sectors, biomedical engineers, technicians, and hospital physicians, JIB provided extensive and comprehensive information on progress and technical advances in clinical biology.

Tunisia was the invited guest country at the JIB 2006, succeeding Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. The opening ceremony of the exhibition was held at the Tunisian pavilion, the "Médina Ibn Khaldoun” in the presence of Dr. Mohamed Ridha Kechrid, minister of health of Tunisia, Tijani Haddad, minister of tourism of Tunisia, and Mohamed Raouf Najar, ambassador of Tunisia in Paris. During the opening address, Dr. Mohamed Ridha Kechrid underlined the strong links that have been established between France and Tunisia's biologists, giving as an example the successful collaboration of the "Bio Quality Tunisia.”

The "Scientific Day of Tunisia” retraced the history of medicine and biology in Tunisia and highlighted the medical specificities of the country. It also focused on the quality system at the National Blood Transfusion Center in Tunisia, and gave insight into gastric pathologies and Helicobacter pylori infections, as well as hemoglobinopathies in Tunisia.

This year, the scientific panel, traditionally composed of the Journées Biologiques de Lariboisière, the Société Française de Biologie Clinique (SFBC), and L'institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), also consisted of the Journées de Internat des Hôpitaux de Paris (JIPPIF), the Société Française Vitamines et Biofacteurs (SFVB), and the Société Francophone d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Eléments Toxiques et Essentiels (SFERETE).

The scientific program, which consisted of 12 sessions, about 100 speakers, and 130 poster sessions, was attended by over 1,600 delegates. It offered a unique opportunity to become acquainted with state-of-the-art information about rare diseases. New subjects that are likely to influence future practices in biologic investigations, such as molecular imaging and apoptosis as well as more classical aspects of biology, were discussed.



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