Translational Research Day 2025
Schedule
Thu Nov 20 2025 at 08:45 am to 06:45 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Institut Pasteur - Amphi Duclaux | Paris, IL
About this Event
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM :
Wednesday 19th November, afternoon
Keynote Lecture 17:00 The Power of Human Milk (Oligosaccharides)
Lars BODE, Director Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence, University of California San Diego, USA
Thursday 20th November, all day
Welcome Address 8:45-8:55
Yasmine BELKAID, President of the Institut Pasteur Paris
Introduction 8:55-9:05
Pierre BUFFET, Medical Director, Institut Pasteur Paris
Session 1 (en français/in French)
Breastfeeding Narratives: From Sacred Symbols to Societal Norms
Lait et liens: de la mythologie grecque à la santé publique
Chair: Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris
9:10- 9:50 Keynote "Quand le lait fait le dieu: symbolique de l'allaitement en Grèce ancienne"
Vinciane PIRENNE-DELFORGE, Collège de France
9:50- 10:15 "Mythologie de l’allaitement et parentés nourricières: puissance des récits de
lactation"
Yasmina FOEHR-JANSSENS, Université de Genève
10:15- 10:40 "L’épidémiologie de l’allaitement maternel en France"
Claude DIDIERJEAN-JOUVEAU, Leche League, France
10:40–11:00 Coffee break
Session 2 (in English)
Milk Matters: Biological Richness and Clinical Relevance
Chair: Lars BODE, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
11:00-11:40 Keynote "The Symphony of Human Milk: Orchestrating Nutritional Value and
Functional Components"
Bernd STAHL, Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht University, Netherlands
11:40-12:05 "The Role of the Milk Bank in Managing At-Risk Infants"
Virginie RIGOURD, Lactarium, Hôpital Necker
12:05-12:30 "Influence of milk miRNAs on microbiota and long-term intestinal health"
Émilie VIENNOIS, Inserm, U1149, Université Paris-Cité
12:30-12:55 "Mammary gland regulation during the establishment of lactation process"
Aurélie CHICHE, Institut Pasteur Paris
12:55–14:00 Lunch break
Session 3 (in English), afternoon
Integrative Biology of the Mammary Gland
Chair: Gérard EBERL, Institut Pasteur Paris
14:00-14:40 Keynote "Fate specification and plasticity of mammary stem cells"
Silvia FRE, Institut Curie, Paris
14:40-15:05 "Complex in vitro models to study mammary gland development"
*Han LI, Institut Pasteur Paris
15:05-15:30 "Stromal regulation of the mammary gland in physiology and pathology"
Lucie PEDUTO, Institut Pasteur Paris
15:30-15:55 "Regulation of the mammary gland by the immune system"
*Dan CORRAL, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, USA
*Speakers marked with an asterisk will present remotely
16:00–16:20 Coffee break
Session 4 (in English)
Early Life Nutrition: Breastfeeding, Growth, and Risk
Chair: Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris
16:20-17:00 Keynote "Breastfeeding to improve growth and development of malnourished infants under 6 months"
Martha MWANGOME, KEMRI, Kenya
17:00-17:25 "HMOs and stunting risk among Central-African infants: inputs from the
Mitica study"
Violeta MOYA-ALVAREZ, IRD Paris
17:25-17:50 "Transmission of arboviruses by breastfeeding: risk analysis on animal
models and study of associated mechanisms"
Aurore VIDY-ROCHE, Institut Pasteur Paris
17:50-18:20 Concluding remarks and role of Foundations
Katarina LICHTNER, Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, Université Genève Suisse
18:20-18:45 Conclusions
Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris
18:45 Cocktail
Participation : free but mandatory registration
Where is it happening?
Institut Pasteur - Amphi Duclaux, 25-28 Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, FranceEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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