Program

Program

Monday 5 July (13h30 - 17h30)

13h30 Welcome - N Winter/ D Brand (codirectors of the FéRI)

13h35-14h00 Keynote lecture by  Pr Yazdan Yazdanpanah - Director ANRS | Maladies infectieuses émergentes

14h00-15h35 - Session 1: Virulence mechanisms and host-pathogen adaptation 

Chairmen: Elisabeth Huguet (University of Tours) and Yann Héchard (University of Poitiers)

• 14h00-14h25 - Carmen Buchrieser (Institut Pasteur) - "Transkingdom RNA signaling by small regulatory Legionella pneumophila RNAs »
• 14h25-14h40 - Morgane Melet (IRBI - UMR 7261 CNRS) – “Infection and transmission of Salmonella in a black soldier fly culture”
• 14h40-14h55 - Anne-Emmanuelle Roux (UMR 1282 INRAE-Université de Tours) – “Determination of the Regulon of CcpA, a Pleiotropic Regulator, in the Pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae”
• 14h55-15h10 - Lynda Handala (CHRU Tours) – “BK Polyomavirus Hijacks Extracellular Vesicles for En Bloc Transmission”
• 15h10-15h35 Florent Dupriez (YNSECT) – “Biosecurity applications and health monitoring in insect vertical farming”

15h35 - 15h45 Break

15h45-17h20 - Session 2: Host-pathogen interactions

Chairmen: Aurélia Hiron (University of Tours) and Rodrigo Guabiraba (INRAE Tours)

• 15h45-16h10 - Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz (UMR BIPAR - INRAE, Anses, EnvA) – “Natural anti-alpha gal antibodies and the protection to infectious diseases in humans, birds and fish”
• 16h10-16h25 - Julien Marlet (U1259 MAVIVH INSERM) – “Establishment of chronic HEV infection in immunocompromised pigs”
• 16h25-16h40 - Meriem Taleb (UMR7355 INEM CNRS) – “Iron diet and hookworm parasite infection”
• 16h40-16h55 - Adeline Cezard (INSERM U1100 CEPR) – “Identification of a host immunoregulatory metabolite that protects against influenza A and B pneumonia”
• 16h55-17h20 - Patrick Veiga (Danone) - "Moving from probiotics to precision probiotics" 

17h20 – 17h30 – Closure of the afternoon

Tuesday 6 July (13h30 - 17h00)

13h30 Welcome - N Winter/ D Brand (codirectors of the FéRI)

13h35-15h10 - Session 3: Inflammatory and immune responses

Chairmen: Nicolas Riteau (University of Orléans) and Thomas Baranek (University of Tours)

• 13h35-14h00 - Nicolas Poirier (OSE immunotherapeutics) - "CoVepiT, multi-target CD8 T cell epitopes-based second generation COVID-19 vaccine"
• 14h00-14h15 - Guillaume Sadrin (UMR 1282 INRAE-Université de Tours) – “Importance of γδ T cells in the physiopathology of Eimeria tenella infection”
• 14h15-14h30 - Emilie BARSAC (INSERM U1100 CEPR) – “Activation mechanisms and functions of MAIT cells during pneumococcal infection”
• 14h30-14h45 - Sarah Huot-Marchand (UMR7355 INEM CNRS) – “Acute cigarette smoke exposure activates lung inflammation through NLRP3 inflammasome and gasdermin D activation”
• 14h45-15h10 - Vanja Sisirak (UMR CNRS 5164 – Immunoconcept) - “Cellular and molecular mechanisms of self-DNA immunogenicity in systemic autoimmunity” 

15h10 - 15h20 Break

15h20-16h55 - Session 4: Therapy and resistance

Chairmen: Julien Buyck (University of Poitiers) and Olivier Barraud (University of Limoges)

• 15h20-15h45 - Philippe Glaser (Institut Pasteur / AI contre l'antibiorésistance) – « Genome sequencing in clinical microbiology beyond molecular epidemiology » Ou « Le séquençage génomique en microbiologie clinique au-delà de l’épidémiologie moléculaire »
• 15h45-16h00 - Florian Tomal (UMR 1282 INRAE-Université de Tours) – “In vitro evaluation of plant extracts to control the chicken coccidium Eimeria tenella or to support anticoccidial vaccines”
• 16h00-16h15 - Julien Petrignet (Equipe d’accueil 7502 SIMBA - Université de Tours) – “From natural phthalides to new antibacterial compounds”
• 16h15-16h30 - Myriam Mikhayel (UMR 1282 INRAE-Université de Tours) – “Occurence of the mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in extended-βlactamase- and pAmpC-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from broilers in Lebanon”
• 16h30-16h55 - Agustina Llanos (ANTABIO) - “Development of ANT3310, a best-in-class beta-lactamase inhibitor with outstanding efficacy against carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriales and Acinetobacter baumannii”

16h55-17h00 - General scientific days conclusion with the FéRI prize awarding