There is a strong link between metabolism and cellular mechanics. Following the success of the first international symposium linking physics and metabolism to brain functions (Barcelona, July 2024), we are pleased to welcome you to Paris for this second edition.
This event will bring together world-renowned specialists in the fields of physics, chemistry, neurobiology and philosophy, with the aim of encouraging new collaborations and supporting what is called the "science of the night", an interdisciplinary method that generates new ideas and the formulation of questions/hypotheses. Take part in our event and engage with renowned speakers on topics such as the physics of cell traffic, neurotransmission, sensory systems and much more. The symposium will also include musical performances to enrich our search for an understanding of life.
The event is organised by Professor Fanny Mochel (Paris Brain Institute & Sorbonne University, Paris) and Professor Angeles García-Cazorla (SJD & University of Barcelona), and is a conference in English aimed at a scientific audience.
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome and opening remarks
Stéphanie Debette (ICM executive director) Anne-Geneviève Marcelin (Vice-dean of research, Sorbonne University)
09:15 - 09:45
What did we learn from the 1st Symposium (July 5th, 2024 – Barcelona)?
Fanny Mochel (Sorbonne University and Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France) Angeles Garcia-Cazorla (Universitat de Barcelona and Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain)
09:45 - 10:30
From the primordial universe to the human mind
Sylvie Vauclair (Astrophysicist at the Midi-Pyrénées observatory, Professor at the Paul-Sabatier University of Toulouse and member of the Institut universitaire de France)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Progression of glioblastoma involves alterations of the mechanobiology
Viola Vogel (Department of Health Sciences and Technology and Head of the Applied Mechanobiology Laboratory, Zürich, Switzerland)
11:30 - 12:00
Membrane chemical biology - Spotlight on lipids
Andre Nadler (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany)
12:00 - 12:30
How mechanotransduction regulates mitochondrial functions
Sirio Dupont (Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy)
12:30 - 12:45
Clinical flash – TANGO2 deficiency
Connection between energy metabolism, membrane dynamics and exocytosis
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
What do we know regarding biophysics of dopamine production?
Aurora Martinez (Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway)
14:30 - 15:00
How can biophysics help us bridge neurotransmission systems?
Laurent Groc (Head of the Team Developmental Brain Physiology and Pathology, Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux, France)
15:00 - 15:15
Clinical flash – How clinical observations can help us bridge neurotransmission
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30
How mechanotransduction of somatosensory circuits drive brain development?
Guillermina Lopez-Bendito (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain)
16:30 - 17:00
How does mechanotransduction control locomotion and morphogenesis?
Claire Wyart (Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France)
17:00 - 17:15
Clinical flash – Connection between sensory systems and autism
17:15 - 17:45
Reduction, Emergence and the Physics of the Brain: A Philosophical Perspective
Closing lecture: Stephan Hartmann (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Munich, Germany)
The symposium is aimed at professionals and academics from various disciplines interested in the intersection of physics and neurometabolsim. Attendees include physicians, biologists, physicists, neurologists geneticists, and biochemists and people interested in metabolic field.
Please join the conference in Paris Brain Institute auditorium.
