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 »