Programme
13:30 Opening Remarks
Didier Samuel, Chairman and CEO of lnserm
13:40 Building high-quality cohorts : International Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Robert Barouki, Director, Thematic lnstitute of Public Health at lnserm Speakers:
- Naomi Allen, Chief Scientist for UK Biobank and Professor at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford: “How UK Biobank is transforming future health”
- Paul Elliott, Director of MRC Centre for Environment and Health:”The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) Cohort of over 3 million people across England”
- Archana Singh Manoux, Research Director at lnserm, U1153 CRESS: “The Whiteha/1 Il study: from social determinants to ageing”
- Antoine Duclos, Professor at Paris Cité University, lnserm U1153 CRESS: “The Constances cohort: one of the largest epidemiological studies in France”
- Amaria Baghdadli, Montpellier University, lnserm U1018 CESP: Director of the Montpellier Center of Excellence for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, “MARIANNE Cohort Understanding Developmental Trajectories in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, from Pregnancy to Childhood”
- Barbara Heude, Research director at lnserm, U1153 CRESS: “FiLOMENE – A new large couple-child cohort to study the relations between the exposome and children’s health”
14:50 Showcasing the lnserm-UK collaboration in cancer research
Chair: Bruno Quesnel, Professor of Hematology, Director, Research and Innovation Division at the French National Cancer lnstitute (INCa) and Thematic lnstitute for Cancer at lnserm
Speakers:
- Sophie Postel Vinay, Oncologist and team leader at lnserm – Gustave Roussy: “Harnessing genetic vulnerabilities in immuno-oncology: therapeutic opportunities at the DNA damage response – anti-tumor immunity interface”
- Thomas Mercher, ‘Pediatric Leukemia Biology’ team leader, lnserm – Gustave Roussy: “Pediatric myeloid leukemia: models, molecular bases and clinicat implications”
- Dominique Bonnet, Hematopoietic Stem cell laboratory team leader at The Francis Crick lnstitute: ”The opposite rote of clonai hematopoietic mutation on stemness and immunity”
16:00 Tackling antimicrobial resistance
Co-Chairs: Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Director, Thematic lnstitute for lmmunology and lnfectious Diseases at lnserm and ANRS EID and Jean-Yves Madec, AMR program coordinator, lnserm/ANRS-MIE
Speakers:
- Marie-Cécile Ploy, Professorat Limoges University & CHU, Director of lnserm U1092 RESINFIT: “The global landscape of AMR”
- Till Bachmann, Deputy Head of Infection Medicine & Persona! Chair of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection, University of Edinburgh: “How to fill the Research Gaps on AMR: from JPI AMR to One Health Partnership“
- Alison Holmes, Director of the Fleming Initiative and the Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation (CAMO), at Imperia! College London: “Optimising antimicrobial use”
17:00 Conclusions
Didier Samuel, Chairman and CEO of lnserm
17:25 Signatures of French-UK collaborations
- Fisrt Step “CILIAFISH : Cilia Analysis in Zebrafish for Structural and Functional Heterogeneity”, Marine Laporte, lnserm – Julien Vermot, ICL
- First Step ”AntiTOL : Overcoming antibiotic tolerance for enhanced treatment outcomes”, Julien Vaubourgeix, lnserm – Eachan Johnson, Francis Crick lnstitute
- International Research Program – “ReSync: Prevention of Respiratory tract Infections in Children in Europe through interventions targeting RSV”, Ouldali Naïm & Lenglart Léa, lnserm – Ruud Nijman, ICL
- Joint lab “TargetDiscov : Targeting (epi)genetic vulnerabilities in solid tumours of unmet need and sarcoma” – Sophie Postel Vinay, lnserm – Sergio Quezada, UCL
- Biomarkers Mental Health Partnership, Marion Leboyer, lnserm – Rachel Upthegrove, Oxford University
18:05 Closing Remarks
Hélène Duchêne, Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
18:15 lnserm International Award and Keynote of Charles Swanton, laureate of the lnserm international Prize, “Myeloid Mayhem: lnflammatory Pathways Linking Ageing, Pollution, and Lung Cancer”