How can rehabilitation be made clearer, more motivating, and more rewarding? This was the challenge at the heart of the HANDFUL workshop (HAnd-centric Neuromuscular Dexterity Training Interfaces for FUnctional Rehabilitation of Sepsis Patients' Limbs), conducted from October 2025 to April 2026 with thirty-two second-year DN MADE students at ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres.
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Having earned her PhD in Microbiology in December 2025, Capucine reflects on her doctoral years at the IHU SEPSIS, within the Immunoanalysis Studies and Research Laboratory (LERI) of the Medicines and Healthcare Technologies Department (DMTS) at the CEA.
Susy joined the IHU SEPSIS on May 4, 2026 as a postdoctoral researcher in the DAVID laboratory at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ).
On April 29th, IHU SEPSIS had the distinct pleasure of welcoming the members of the International Scientific Advisory Board (iSAB) to Paris, in the magnificent setting of the Salons de l'Aéro-Club de France.