User:FrancoiseV

Head of communication & Scientific Outreach of the Institute of pharmacology and structural biology (IPBS)

The mission of the Communication and Scientific Outreach Office is to develop and implement the communication strategy of the IPBS and to carry out scientific outreach work, communicating CNRS policy to both internal (to facilitate interactions between scientists) and external (to bring the scientists and the Institute into contact with different groups: e.g., citizens, decision-makers, and associations) audiences.

The Communication Office of the Institute works with the communications offices of the CNRS office for the Midi-Pyrénées region and University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier to increase the visibility of the Institute, to provide the scientific community with information about the scientific life of the Institute and to inform the public of the Institute’s activities.Its missions include:

• producing written communication material (articles in newspapers, internal newsletters, press releases, brochures, booklets, flyers), and visual or audiovisual material; 
• organizing institutional events (exhibitions, trade fairs, press conferences, etc.). Contacting, liaising with and coordinating the various partners (researchers, faculty, institutions, associations, professionals, etc.);
• planning and coordinating the various stages of implementation of communication activities. Checking the pipeline and the quality and adherence to schedules for subcontracted work.