Meeting 2022
The GDR « Microglia & NeuroInflammation » organizes its annual meeting from the 14th to the 15th of October 2022 following the French Glial Cell Club Meeting in Sète.
The French Glial Cell Club organizes its annual meeting from the 12th to the 14th of October 2022 in the city of Sète in the south of France.
Abstract Deadline July 18th, 2022
Registration Deadline July 29th, 2022
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Program
Information
This international meeting will gather expert scientists in the field of glial cell biology coming from France, UK, Canada, Italy and Spain. The program offers a very complete and broad coverage of the blooming field of glia research, through 2 plenary lectures, 5 symposia, 2 flash talk sessions for students and post-docs, 2 poster sessions and the general assembly. Abstract submission for posters will close on July 1st 2022.
– Venue: the meeting will take place at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sete, in an informal setting by the beach
– Registration fees: registration fees include access to the conference, on-site housing and all meals
This event co-organized by the French Club of Glial cells and NEURATRIS is sponsored by ScopPro, ACD/Biotechne, Miltenyi Biotech, Vizgen , Avantor, Montpellier University and The Company of Biologists
Travel information
For environmental and logistical reasons, we recommend the train as the prefered transportation option to reach Sète or Montpellier. Final destination is Sète. Some high-speed trains (TGV) from Paris have a stop in Sète station. If this is not the case for your train, here is how to commute to Sète from Montpellier train stations and airport.
Please note that there is two train stations in Montpellier Saint Roch (in the city center) and Sud de France (at the periphery).
- From Montpellier St Roch station :
- Take the local train (TER) to Sète railway station (Gare de Sète) your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).
- From Sud de France Station:
- Take the railway shuttle and stop at Place de France Stop (8 min travel)
- Take tram# 1 (blue on with white birds) and stop at Gare Saint Roch (estimated travel time 20 min, Tram frequency every 15 min),
- At the station take the TER to Gare de Sète your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).
- From Montpellier Airport:
- Take the shuttle airport to Place de l’Europe stop (estimated travel time 25 min, bus frequency 1 bus/hour),
- Take tram # 1 or #’4 and stop at Gare Saint Roch (estimated travel time 8 min, tram frequency every 10 min),
- At the station take the TER to Gare de Sète your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).
Useful websites:
- Website to purchase train tickets: SNCF
- Website for Montpellier Transportation: TAM
- Website for Sète Transportation: Sète Agglopole
Adhesion to the Club is included in the registration fees. By registering to our annual meeting you will thus become an official member of the French Club of Glial Cells for the 2022-2023 period!
Detailled Program
Wednesday, October 12th
13:30-15:00 Registration and welcome introduction
15:00-16:30 Symposium I: Gliovascular interactions in health and disease (Chairs: A-C Boulay, A Sharif)
- Martine Cohen-Salmon, CIRB, Collège de France (Paris, France) – Astroglial mechanisms regulating vascular functions
- Candice Chapouly, Biology of Cardiovascular Diseases (Bordeaux, France) – The ambivalent response of reactive astrocytes to BBB breakdown
- Monica Imbernon, LilNCog (Lille, France) – Tanycytic involvement in metabolic diseases
- Barbara Delaunay-Piednoir, CIRB, Collège de France (Paris, France) Role of astrocytic mitochondria in the development of the gliovascular interface
16:30-17:00 Break
17:00-19:00 Aperitif and poster session I
19:00-21:00 Dinner
21:00-22:00 Plenary lecture (Chair: A Panatier)
- Richard Robitaille, Université de Montréal (Canada) – Glial cells at the neuromuscular junction as therapeutic target in ALS
Thursday, October 13th
09:00-10:30 Symposium II: New approaches to study neuroglial interactions (Chairs: J-M Mangin, B Nait-Oumesmar)
- Tim Czopka, Edinburgh University (Edinburgh, UK) – Roles for Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells in Shaping the Form and Function of Neural Circuits
- Delphine Bohl, Paris Brain Institute (Paris, France) – Roles of macrophages and microglial cells towards motor neuron degeneration in ALS
- Franck Debarbieux, Institut des Neurosciences de la Timone (Marseille, France) – Dynamic intravital imaging highlights infiltrated moDCs as regulator of microglial state and neuronal plasticity
- Melody Labarchede, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives (Bordeaux, France) One and two photon imaging of myelin sheath voltage
10:30-10:35 ACD/Bio-Techne presentation
10:35-10:40 Vizgen presentation
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Symposium III: Circuit-specific regulation of social behavior by astrocytes (Chairs: L Ben Haim, A Charlet)
- Nathalie Rouach, CIRB, Collège de France (Paris, France) – A role for astrocytes in maternal behavior
- Giovanni Marsicano, Neurocentre Magendie (Bordeaux, France) – Cannabinoid control of astrocyte functions
- Francesco Papaleo, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genova, Italy) – Cortical astrocytes modulate emotion discrimination through the cannabinoid system
- Agnes Chaperon Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Adaptive Behavior, University of Sorbonne (Paris France). Glucocorticoid receptors in astrocytes regulate alpha-synuclein pathological actions impacting motor and non-motor symptomology of Parkinson’s disease
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Free afternoon with on-site activity (45-min boat cruise)
17:00-18:30 Symposium IV: Homeostatic functions of microglia in CNS physiology (Chairs: E Audinat, A Nadjar)
- Alexandre Benani, Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation (Dijon, France) – Toward a link between neuroglial plasticity and satiety
- Alain Bessis, Institut de Biologie de l’ENS (Paris, France) – Microglial TNFα control inhibitory synaptic plasticity and sleep
- Amanda Sierra, Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience (Leioa, Spain) – Not just corpse removal: How microglial phagocytosis maintains tissue homeostasis
- Cécile Bridlance, Institut de Biologie de l’ENS (Paris, France) Microglial brain colonization: local crosstalk with the neural environment
18:30-19:00 Break
19:00-21:00 Aperitif/ Buffet Sétois and poster session II
Friday, October 14th
09:00-10:00 Plenary lecture (Chair: M Thion)
- Veronique Miron, Edinburgh University (UK) – The disappearing act: how microglia influence myelin health
10:00-11:30 Symposium V: Glial cells are symphonic metabolic conductors through lactate shuttles (Chairs: A-K Bouzier-Sore, T Daubon)
- Luc Pellerin, Poitiers University (Poitiers, France) – Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle: Importance of Monocarboxylate Transporters to sustain behavioral performances
- Anne-Karine Bouzier-Sore, CRMSB (Bordeaux, France) – Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Shuttle: from its importance for the BOLD fMRI signal to its neuroprotective properties
- Thomas Daubon, IBGC (Bordeaux, France) – Lactate shuttles in glioblastoma and its microenvironment
- Camille Allard, Neurocentre Magendie (Bordeaux, France) Role of mTORC1 signaling in microglia during diet-induced obesity
11:30-12:15 Prizes announcements and General Assembly
12:15-14:00 Farewell lunch
14:00 End of the meeting