Philippe Thomen leaves the LJP which he joined in June 2012. He will join l'INstitut de PHYsique de NIce (INPHYNI) - a Joint Research Unit (UMR 7010) at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis  and of the CNRS Institute of Physics, coming september. He will continue to work on bacterial biofilms and no doubt that the interactions with the LJP and in particular with the group of Microorganism Biophysics - will be vigorously maintained on both sides. We wish him all the best.