Stephanie and Stephan were lucky enough to be able to attend the fantastic Jacques Monod meeting on ligand-gated ion channels in Roscoff, France – where they also ran into Pless lab alumni Timothy Lynagh (now in Bergen, Norway). Apart from an outstanding program (details to be found HERE), the meeting featured a spectacular setting, along with great weather and food – and big thank you goes to the organisers and we have our fingers crossed for more meetings in Roscoff in the future.