ProgrammeMonday 11/05/2026 Chair: Fabien Montel 1520-1530 Welcome speech 1530-1615 Pierre Ronceray (CINaM, Marseille) “From trajectories to models: learning the stochastic dynamics of biological matter” 1615-1630 Monica Coraggioso (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris) “From instability to efficiency: locomotor strategies in developing Danionella cerebrum” 1630-1700 Coffee break 1700-1715 Kefala Georgia-Maria (Laboratoire Physics of Cells and Cancer, Paris “Microfluidics approach to study the role of mechano-chemical cues during vertebrate somite formation” 1715-1730 Nicolas Cuny (University of Geneva) “Deciphering biomechanical determinants of morphological evolution in cnidarian larvae using an active shell model” 1730-1745 Sara Barrasa-Ramos (Ladhyx, Palaiseau) “A nematic perspective on sprouting angiogenesis” 1745-1815 Julie Batut (CBI Toulouse) “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Women in science: a topic that remains highly relevant” 1815-1930 Poster Session 1 1930-… Dinner
Tuesday 12/05/2026 Chairs: Nicolas Borghi, Marie Breau and Myriam Reffay
900-945 Elvira Infante (The Francis Crick Institute & King's College London) “Integrating cytoskeletal, nuclear and protein mechanics in cancer progression” 945-1000 Mattéo Dommanget-Kott (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris) “Translating spontaneous brain states from one zebrafish larva to another using a shared latent representation” 1000-1015 Chloé Roffay (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna) “Uncovering the forces driving the fate and shape of the extraembryonic amnion during human gastrulation” 1015-1030 Thomas Alfonsi (Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, Montpellier) “Equilibrium cluster statistics of (anti)cooperative binding on finite one-dimensional rings” 1030-1100 Coffee break 1100-1115 Eleni-Amaranta Angelopoulou (Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Paris) “Organization of nematic-like cells in 3D spherical multicellular aggregates under mechanical constraint” 1115-1130 Nicolas Harmand (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris) “Stress and rheology measurements at the microscale: Droplets as versatile sensors in vivo” 1130-1145 Kenny Elias (Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble) “Understanding nucleolar assembly and phase separation” 1145-1200 Esther Maria Zamora Sanchez (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris) “Density-driven emergence of collective intelligence in swarms to solve complex navigation tasks” 1200-1215 Hugo Wioland (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris) “Actin filament mechanosensing by LIM-domain proteins” 1215-1345 Lunch 1345-1600 Get-together activity 1600-1645 Ada Altieri (Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Paris) “A statistical physics approach to decode emergent patterns in large microbial communities” 1645-1700 Erwan Le Floch (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Toulouse) “RNA Polymerase II–driven and cell cycle–dependent chromatin dynamics” 1700-1715 Theresa Jakuszeit (Laboratoire Jean Perrin et Institut Curie, Paris ) “Torque-based immune cell chemotaxis in complex environments” 1715-1730 Olivier Destrian (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris) “Quantification of cytoplasm viscoelasticity fluctuations during apoptosis using fast rotational magnetic spectroscopy”
1730-1800 Round table on mentoring and career planning, animated by Julie Batut “Topics: -The interests and needs of researchers -The challenges they face in their careers Discussing: -Barriers to career progression -Strategies to support professional development for all members of the scientific community” 1815-1930 Poster session 2 1930-… Dinner followed by a party
Wednesday 13/05/2026 Chairs: Cécile Delacour and Sylvain Monnier 900-945 Remi Monasson (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS, Paris) “Title to be added” 945-1000 Jana Elhusseiny (Laboratoire Adhesion et Inflammation, Marseille) “Unraveling Morphological and Biomechanical Responses to Stressors in Coccidian Oocysts” 1000-1015 Marc Besse (Gulliver, Paris) “Emergent memory and environment-sensing in models of motile cells” 1015-1030 Boutheina Reghis (Institut Lumière Matière, Lyon) “Mechanical control of efferocytosis by target deformability and receptor engagement” 1100-1115 Emilie Bechard (Institut Néel, Grenoble) “Microfluidic brain-on-chip platforms to investigate neuron-astrocyte-endothelial cell interactions through electrical and calcium dynamics.” 1045-1115 Coffee break 1115-1130 Antoine Allard (Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux) “Tracking phase synchronization between flagella in the time-frequency domain resolves photophobic response” 1130-1145 Luyan Cao (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris) “The architecture of lamellipodial actin is modulated in an ArpC5L dependent fashion” 1145-1200 Elie Wandersman (Laboratoire Jean Perrin, Paris) “Transport and Deformation of Biomimetic tissues” 1200-1215 Olivier Cochet-Escartin (Institut Lumière Matière, Lyon) “Modelling the collective chemotaxis of cell aggregates under self-generated oxygen gradients” 1215-1230 Morgan Chabanon (Laboratoire EM2C, CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay) “Cytoplasmic crowding acts as a porous medium reducing macromolecule diffusion” 1230-1240 Concluding remarks and prizes 1240 Lunch before departure |
