PROGRAM

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM – Introduction to the Symposium

Microbiota in health and disease

• 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM – Nicolas Benech (IGLF, ENS de Lyon): Gut microbiota in human diseases: A translational approach
• 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM – Discussion with students
• 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM – Joël Doré (Micalis, INRAE): Gut microbiota and health
• 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM – Discussion with students
• 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM – Lunch break

Vaccination – 1

• 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM – Arnaud Didierlaurent (University of Geneva): Vaccine development: How to select the right technology?
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM – Akanksha Chaturvedi (NCCS, India): Immune response to Nipah vaccine candidate
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM – Round Table: Vaccination – 1

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Public Holiday – Free Time

Thursday, 12 November 2026

• 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM – Indian Students' Flash Talks: 8-minute presentations + 2-minute questions

Microbial Pathogens

• 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM – Raju Mukherjee (IISER Tirupati, India): Innate immune response in Mycobacteria against phages
• 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM – Nicolas Personnic (CIRI, France): Single-cell dynamics and persistence of respiratory pathogens
• 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM – Round Table
• 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM – Lunch break
• 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM – Campus Tour / Laboratory Visits: For invited speakers and invited Indian students

Friday, 13 November 2026

Vaccination – 2

• 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM – Stalin Raj (IISER Trivandrum, India): From pathogen to protection through vaccine platforms for emerging infectious diseases
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM – Dimitri Lavilette (CIRI, France): Active and passive vaccination: The dual role of monoclonal antibodies
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Round Table: Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System
• 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM – Lunch break
• 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM – Guilherme Dias de Melo (Institut Pasteur, Paris):  The ins and outs of viruses infecting neurons (Online talk)
• 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM – Jayasri Das Sarma (IISER Kolkata, India): From neurotropic viral invasion to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: Lessons from murine β-coronaviruses
• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM – Round Table
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM – Closing Remarks / Closure of the Symposium