Meeting/Workshop
Academic and economic exchange programs at the frontiers of Immunology and Neuroscience
December 4 - 5, 2019
Strasbourg (France)
PROGRAM
Wednesday December 4th, 2019
09h00 Registration and Welcome coffee
09h30 Welcome address Vincent Lelièvre & Jean-Eric Ghia
ACADEMIC and RESEARCH AFFAIRS
09h45 Prof. Irene Jacoberger, Vice-Présidente, Relations Internationales, University of Strasbourg, FRance
10h00 Dr. Fevronia Novac, Program Manager in the Higher Education and Youth Division of the Embassy of Canada in France
10h15 Prof. Xavier Grosmaitre, Science and Higher Education, Attaché French Embassy in Canada
"Scientific Partnership between France and Canada"
10h30 Prof. Sylvie Fournel, Vice-dean Life Science faculty, University of Strasbourg, France
10h45 Prof. Jude Uzonna, Associate Dean Research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Collaborative Research at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba"
11h00-11h30 Coffee break
11h30 Scientific lecture 1, Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia, Associate Professor, Director, Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Gastrointestinal disorders: Neuroimmunoendocrine interactions"
12h00 Scientific lecture 2, Dr Dominique Ferrandon, CNRS, UPR 9022 IBMC, Strasbourg, France "Drosophila melanogaster, a model to study host defenses against infections"
12h30 Lunch break
14h45 Prof. Chris Anderson, Director, Kleysen Institute of Neurosciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Research Program in Neurosciences in Manitoba"
15h00 Dr. Valerie Simonneaux, Director, Neuropole, INCI, University of Strasbourg, France
Basic & Clinical Neuroscience in Strasbourg
15h15 Prof. Jude Uzonna, Associate Dean Research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Research Program at the Department of Immunology"
15h30 Prof. Paul Pévet, President, NEUREX - neuroscience network of the Upper Rhine Valley
Excellence in Neuroscience Beyond the Borders
15h45 Coffee break
16h00 Scientific lecture 3, Dr. Tiina Kauppinen, Associate Professor, Kleysen Institute of Neuroscience, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Microglial role in the development of cognitive deficits"
16h30 Scientific Lecture 4, Dr Karine Merienne, CNRS UMR 7364, LNCA, Strasbourg, France "Altered epigenetic regulations in Huntington's neurodegenerative disease: impact on learning and memory"
17h00-18h30 Round table 1 Open discussion on academic partnership (Special Guests : Catherine Schuster, director of the Doctoral School "Vie &Santé", Coralie Bajar-Schaeffer, IDEX representative and Pascal Darbon, Pedagogic director)
Thursday December 5th, 2019
PROGRAMATIC IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
09h30 Prof. Pierre Veinante, INCI, University of Strasbourg, France
Graduate Studies in Neurosciences
09h45 Prof. Chris Anderson, Director, Kleysen Institute of Neurosciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Undergraduate & Graduate Teaching Program in Neuroscience in Manitoba
10h00 Prof Sylvie Fournel, Head Immunology & Vice-Dean Life Science Faculty, University of Strasbourg
Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Immunology
10h15 Prof. Jude Uzonna, Associate Dean Research, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Program in Immunology in Manitoba
10h30-11h00 Coffee break
11h00 Scientific lecture 5 Dr. Jude Uzonna, Professor, Dept. of Immunology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"Challenge Paradigm: Immunologic Memory May Need Constant Reminding"
11h30 Scientific lecture 6 Prof. Pauline Soulas-Sprauel, INSERM U1109, Strasbourg, France "Sting gain of function in mice"
12h00 Lunch break
13h30 Scientific lecture 7 Dr Michael F Jackson, Associate Professor, Kleysen Institute of Neurosciences, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
"NMDA Receptor Initiated Channelopathies in Alzheimer’s Disease Promote Neuroinflammation"
14h00 Scientific lecture 8 Dr Alexandre Charlet, CNRS UPR3212, INCI, Strasbourg, France
"Role of Astrocytes in the Oxytocin-driven control of pain in the Amygdala"
CLUSTERS OF INNOVATION
14h30 Ms Tracey Maconachie, President, Bioscience Association Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Cluster of Competitiveness in Manitoba
14h45 Ms Agnes Legoll, Director, External Relations, BioValley France
The life science cluster between France, Germany and Switzerland
15h00-15h20 Coffee break
INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC ACTIVIES
15h20 M Pierre Eftekhari, CEO, Inoviem Scientific, France
"Drug-target interaction analysis under physiological conditions and in human tissue"
15h40 M Marshall Ring, CEO, Manitoba Technology Accelerator, Winnipeg, Canada
"Manitoba Technology Accelerator’s Model for commercializing early stage medical device technology in Manitoba"
16h00 M Nicolas Schaettel, CEO, HypnoVR, France
"Improving anaesthesia using Virtual Reality-enhanced hypnosis"
16h20 M James Schellenberg, CEO, Cubresa, Winnipeg, Canada
"Design & development of clinical and preclinical PET inserts for MRI"
16h40 Dr. Dominique Bagnard, Academic Founder, PeptiMimesis Pharma, France
"Developing next Generation Therapeutic Peptides in Immuno-Oncology, Oncology and Immune Diseases"
17h00-18h30 Round table 2 : Perspectives on “transfer technology and beyond"
Organizers:
Jean-Eric Ghia, Honorary Consul of France in Winnipeg - Associate Professor, Director, Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research, IBD Clinical & Research Centre, Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Vincent Lelièvre, INCI, Professor, University of Strasbourg, France
DATES AND VENUE
Date:
December 4-5th of 2019.
Venue:
Collège Doctoral Européen (CDE)
Boulevard de la Victoire
67000 Strasbourg