From May 10th to 13^th, a thematic school entitled « Lipid Analyses applied to palm samples” was organized by Laetitia Fouille, Denis Coulon and Claire Bréhélin. This school was funded by the CNRS in the frame of the Germpalm project, a collaborative project between France and Africa. We were very happy to welcome Felicité Djien, PhD student from Douala University (Cameroun) and Johnny Sackitey Ossom, PhD student from Accra university (Ghana). In addition to the lipid analysis technics, they discovered the nice city of Bordeaux, and the bassin d’Arcachon.