The Laboratory Council of the APC deals with all aspects of laboratory life. It has an advisory function, its opinions are translated into conclusions and are known to all. The sessions of the laboratory council are open to all.

The Lab Council, which is the main representative assembly, meets approximately every two months to review all the lab activity and discuss a certain number of issues regarding both scientific and non-scientific aspects.

Comptes-Rendus

1. Composition

The Unit has a laboratory council of nineteen (19) members, which meets at least three (3) times a year. It comprises:

- the Director of the Unit and the Deputy Director(s);

- five members elected by and from the research staff of the Unit;

- five members elected by and from the ITA-BIATSS staff of the Unit;

- five members appointed by the Director of the Unit;

- one member elected by and representing doctoral students;

- one member elected by and representing post-doctoral fellows;

Currently:

Direction: Antoine Kouchner, Simona Mei, Eric Chassande-Mottin

• 5 members elected by the researchers: Alexis Coleiro, Jaime Dawson, Josquin Errard, Santiago Pita

• 5 members elected by the ITA-IATOS : Cécile Cavet, Cédric Champion, Alain Givaudan, Joseph Martino, Béatrice Silva

• 1 member elected by the doctoral students: Mathias Régnier

• 1 member elected by the post-doctoral fellows: Manuel Gonzales

• 4 members appointed by the director: Fabrice Dodu (BIATSS), Catherine Hugon (ITA), Bruno Khélifi (Chercheur), Elias Kiritsis (Chercheur), Damien Pailot (ITA)

Are electors:                                                                    

a) staff assigned to a permanent position in the Unit. In exceptional cases, this involves staff assigned or remunerated by one of the Parties or any other partner under a contract of association or research.                                                                  

b) non-permanent staff members participating in the Unit's activities, subject to at least one (1)  year's seniority in the Unit.                                                             

2. Tasks and functioning

The Board, chaired by the Director of the Unit, shall be advisory. It shall be called upon to give its opinion on any measure relating to the resources, organisation and operation of the Unit, and more generally on any matter which the Director of the Unit deems useful to submit to it.

The Board shall meet at least three (3) times a year. It shall be convened by its Chairperson either on his/her own initiative or at the request of one third of its members. It may hear, at the invitation of its Chairperson, any person participating in the work of the Unit or called in as an expert on an item on the agenda.

The Chairperson shall draw up the agenda for each meeting and this shall be communicated to all staff one week before the meeting; the agenda shall include any question falling within the remit of the Laboratory Council which has been placed on the agenda at the initiative of its Chairperson or requested by at least three members of the Council. Any staff member assigned to the Unit may attend the meetings of the Laboratory Council, without the right to speak, unless the Council decides to close the meeting.

The chairman shall draw up, sign and ensure the distribution of the minutes of each meeting.

These minutes shall be adopted, after any corrections, at the next meeting of the Laboratory Council.

The term of office of the members of the Laboratory Council shall be two (2) years. Any member of the Laboratory Council who ceases to exercise his functions within the Unit for more than six (6) months shall cease to be a member of the Laboratory Council; if he has been elected, he shall be replaced by election or by the first non-elected person of the previous election, in the corresponding college; if he has been appointed, he shall be replaced by appointment

3. Standing committees

The Laboratory Council shall have a Bureau and two standing committees:

Bureau: The bureau is the link between the members of the laboratory and the laboratory council.

Budget Commission: Its purpose is to prepare the discussions for the distribution of the laboratory's budget with the help of the balance sheet of the previous year (in the first quarter) and to prepare the discussions for the arbitration of the remaining credits to be allocated during the last quarter.

Premises Committee: This committee meets twice a month with the laboratory management to review the situation (allocation and condition of premises, study of requests and discussion of solutions, etc.).