The French Society for Toxinology (SFET) held its 31st annual meeting (RT31) on 1–2 December 2025 at Hôtel Le Saint Paul in Nice, France, on the famous French Riviera. The meeting, which gathered 75 participants from around the world, was organised there for the second consecutive year, while previous editions were all held in Paris. The RT31 main theme, “Toxins: Playing with and fighting them”, explored recent, cutting-edge research in the field of animal venoms and of toxins from algal, animal, bacterial, fungal, plant and microbial origins, in emphasizing the evolution of the toxins, their modes of action and roles, and ways of counteracting intoxinations. These key topics were largely covered through 26 oral and 18 poster communications, organized into three main thematic areas covering three specific aspects of toxinology, along with a traditional fourth, more general session enabling participants to present recent data outside of these themes but nevertheless providing valuable information to the field. This report presents the abstracts of nine of the invited lectures, 14 of the selected lectures, and 16 of the posters, in accordance with the authors’ agreement to publish them. Also, we announce the winners of the “Best Oral Communication” and “Best Poster Communication” awards, which recognize the outstanding contributions of young researchers and their inventive work in toxinology.
Diochot et al. (2026) studied this question.