Scientific advances in BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH research in Toulouse
9 – 10 november 2026
Amphithéâtre Marthe Condat, Université de Toulouse
Programme
Monday 9 november
8:30-8:50 : Welcome
8:50 – 9:00 : Introduction Abdelhadi Saoudi, SFR-B2S Director
9:00 –09:45 :
Keynote speaker – Salvatore Valitutti
Research Director at INSERM, Head of « Molecular dynamics of Lymphocyte Interactions» Team at Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, – Chair: …
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09:45– 10:45 : Session 1: Chairs to be confirmed
- S1- Olivier Joffre – Infinity – “Heterochromatic gene silencing controls CD4+ T cell susceptibility to regulatory T cell-mediated suppression in a murine allograft model.”
- S2- Paul Marcoux – CRCT – ”Patient-derived lymphoma spheroids reveal predictive markers of glofitamab resistance in relapsed/refractory B-NHL.”
- S3- Sébastien Britton – IPBS – “New insights into how Ku controls the WRN exonuclease to safeguard the genome.”
- S4- Etienne Mousel – I2MC – “Cold-induced thermogenesis requires neutral-lipase-mediated intracellular lipolysis in brown adipocytes.”
10:45 – 11:05 – Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 : Session 2: Chairs to be confirmed
- S5- Célia Plisson-Chastang – CBI – “An integrative structural biology approach reveals the dynamic organization of the R2SP quaternary chaperone complex”
- S6- Priscilla Branchu – IRSD – “Development of intimin-enriched outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) as a vaccine to control intestinal carriage of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.”
- S7- César A. Aceves-Lara – TBI – “A Soft Sensing Approach for Efficient Monitoring of Nanobody-Based Scorpion Antivenom Production.”
- S8- Mélanie Mobley – TOXALIM – “Repeated in vitro exposure to PFOA impairs intestinal barrier integrity and leads to cytosolic accumulation as detected by subcellular chemical imaging.”
12:05 – 13:50 – Lunch break and poster session 1
13:50 – 14:35 : Session 3: Chairs to be confirmed
- S9- Christophe Pellefigues– RESTORE – “Basophils drive the resolution and promote wound healing in adult and aged mice.”
- S10- Loelia Babin – CRCT – “CircRNAs derived from the tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 impact chemosensitivity in ALK-positive T-cell lymphomas.”
- S11- Pierre Dupuy- IPBS – “Membrane-associated effluxosomes coordinate multi-metal resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.”
14:35 – 15:35 : Session SFR-B2S Young researchers (selected on abstract) Chairs to be confirmed
15:35 – 15:55 – Coffee break
16:15 – 17:15 : Session 4: Chairs to be confirmed
- S12- Beatriz Chaves – Infinity – “Morphological profiling of T cells predicts clinical response to VLA-4-targeting natalizumab therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis.”
- S13- Oxana Kunduzova – I2MC – “Transcriptome fingerprinting of aberrant fibroblast activation unlocks effective therapeutics to tackle cardiac fibrosis.”
- S14- Hervé Turlier – CBI – “Spatiotemporal mapping of the contractile and adhesive forces sculpting early C. elegans embryos”
- S15- Louise Battut– IRSD – “Development and characterization of a new in vitro murine mucosal mast cell model.”
16:55-17:00 – Closure day 1
Tuesday 10 november
09:00 – 10:00 : Session 5: Chairs to be confirmed
- S16 – Christelle Vérollet – IPBS – “Osteoclast fusion in health and diseases.”
- S17- Matthieu Minty – I2MC – “Identifying the location-dependent adipose tissue bacterial DNA signatures in obese patients that predict body weight loss.”
- S18- Alexis Coulloumb – CRCT – “mosna Reveals Different Types of Cellular Interactions Predictive of Response to Immunotherapies and Survival in Cancer. Mol Cell Proteomics.”
- S19- Meryem Aloulou – Infinity – “Follicular regulatory T cells promote experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by supporting B cell egress from germinal centers.”
10:00 – 10:45 : Session 6: Chairs to be confirmed
- S20- Cristine Comera – TOXALIM – “Exudates secreted: Penicillium expansum’s means of conquering the external environment.”
- S21- Svetlana Dubiley – TBI – “RiPP recognition elements evolved to prevent pathway interference through leader peptide discrimination.”,
- S22- Jean Philippe Pradère – RESTORE – “EMito-Metrix enables automated evaluation of mitochondrial morphology across species.”
10:45 – 11:05 – Coffee break
11:05 – 12:05 : Session 7: Chairs to be confirmed
- S23- Nathalie Campo – CBI – “Transient inhibition of cell division in competent pneumococcal cells results from deceleration of the septal peptidoglycan complex”
- S24- Laurent Martinez – I2MC – “ApoJ and apoL1 as novel determinants of MASH: a cross-sectional study.”
- S25- Yvan Martineau – CRCT – “Decoding the Integrated Stress Response of Pancreatic Cancer: Identifying a Serine-dependent Tumor Subset Under Metabolic Relationships With CAFs.”
- S26- Thomas Gensollen – IPBS – “Early-life Wnt4 expressing colon stromal cells orchestrate lifelong mucosal homeostasis via BMP-driven iNKT cell imprinting.”
13:50 – 14:50 : Session 8 : Chairs to be confirmed
- S27- Eric Baranowski – IHAP – “Bacterial conjugation in the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma agalactiae is influenced by eukaryotic host factors.”
- S28- Jasper Kamphuis – Infinity– “Aging Increases the Severity of Anaphylaxis Through Changes in Mast Cell Numbers and Histamine Sensitivity.”
- S29- Coline Monchanin – CBI – “When a bigger brain is better: The case of bee olfactory learning.”
- S30- Celine Dreaison – IRSD – “Bispecific nanobody® as a new pharmacological drug for the selective inhibition of Trypsin-3.”
14:50 – 15 :50 : Session SFR-B2S Young Researchers 2 : Chairs to be confirmed
15:50 – 16:10 – Coffee break
Keynote speaker Laurent Reber, PhD
Research Director at INSERM
Head of « Asthma, Allergy & Immunotherapy » Team at Infinity institute, Toulouse
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16:50 – 17:00 : : Oral and poster presentation prices & conclusion Isabelle Saves
Organization committee members:
Lilian Basso – Infinity
Laure David – IRSD
Natalia Smirnova – I2MC
Carine Froment – IPBS
Anna Mattout – CBI
Etienne Joly – IPBS
Roxana Khazen – CRCT
Abdelhadi Saoudi – Infinity
Isabelle Saves – CBI-IPBS
Administration:
Gestion : Sylvia Bouaskeur
Communication: Françoise Viala – IPBS
Localisation
Université de Toulouse
118 route de Narbonne
31400 Toulouse
Abstract submission form:
Instructions for the submission of an abstract
- The conference language is English and all abstracts must be submitted in English.
- Only PhD students and postdoctoral fellows can propose an oral presentation ; member from technological platforms, students and postdoctoral fellows can propose a poster presentation.
- Only participants in-person can propose a presentation.
- Abstracts must be submitted before September the 10th, 2026
- After the abstract submission deadline, the Scientific Committee of the SFR-B2S will select the posters and will contact you regarding acceptance.
Note: All fields are required fields (indicated by an asterisk*).
