The Microglia & Neuroinflammation GDR organizes its annual meeting on the 7th and 8th of October 2024 in the city of Sète (south of France).

Monday, October 7th

• 14h-15h45 First Session; Keynote (45 min) + 3 short talks (20 min each)

Claudia Pasqualini (Univ. Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, France)

“Microglia-sufficient neural organoids to study neurodevelopment and pediatric cancer.”

• 15h45-16h15 Coffee break
• 16h15-18h00 Second Session; Keynote (45 min) + 3 short talks (20 min each)

Guillaume Dorothee (Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France)

"T cell immunity in Alzheimer’s disease and Tauopathies."

• 18h-20h Posters Session + Apero
• 20h Dinner

Tuesday, October 8th

• 9h-10h45 Third Session; Keynote (45 min) + 3 short talks (20 min each)

Rosa Paolicelli (Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland)

"Early microglial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration"

• 10h45-11h15 Coffee break
• 11h15-12h30 Business Meeting

L’avenir du GDR « Microglie et Neuroinflammation » : Vers un réseau thématique sur les relations cerveau-système immunitaire (modératrice : Hélène Hirbec)

1. Positionnement du GDR
2. Actions du GDR pour les 5 ans à venir
   1. Thèmes du prochain workshop -
3. • Miscellaneous questions

• 12h30-14h Lunch

Limited to 75 participants - Free registrations for students and post-docs -Deadline July 12th 2024

- Registration includes access to the meeting, on-site housing and meals

- Venue: The meeting will take place at the Domaine du Lazaret in Sete, in an informal setting by the beach: https://www.lazaretsete.com/reunions-congres-seminaires-professionnels-2/

Sponsors: University of montpellier, GIS Autism & TND, with the support of the French Club of Glial Cells

GDR website: https://www.microglie.fr

Payments:

• Payments by credit card are preferred
• For payments through purchase order (select "other" at the end of the registration process), please group several registrations on the order

Poster session:

• 9 posters will be selected for a short talk - young researchers preferentially
• Posters will be visible throughout the meeting. Abstracts for posters can be submitted with registration or sent later by email @ etienne.audinat@igf.cnrs.fr - Deadline July 12th.
• The poster format is A0 in portrait mode, i.e. 84 cm wide and 119 cm high.

Travel information

We recommend the train as the prefered transportation option to reach Sète or Montpellier. Final destination is Sète. Some high-speed trains (TGV) from Paris have a stop in Sète station. If this is not the case for your train, here is how to commute to Sète from Montpellier train stations and airport.

Please note that there is two train stations in Montpellier Saint Roch (in the city center) and Sud de France (at the periphery).

From Montpellier St Roch station :

1. Take the local train (TER) to Sète railway station (Gare de Sète) your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).

From Sud de France Station:

1. Take the railway shuttle and stop at Place de France Stop (8 min travel)
2. Take tram# 1 (blue on with white birds) and stop at Gare Saint Roch (estimated travel time 20 min, Tram frequency every 15 min),
3.  At the station take the TER to Gare de Sète your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).

From Montpellier Airport:

1. Take the shuttle airport to Place de l'Europe stop (estimated travel time 25 min, bus frequency 1 bus/hour),
2. Take tram # 1 or #'4 and stop at Gare Saint Roch (estimated travel time 8 min, tram frequency every 10 min),
3. At the station take the TER to Gare de Sète your final destination (estimated travel time 15 min, train frequency 2-3 trains/hour).

Useful websites:

Useful websites:

Website to purchase train tickets: SNCF

Website for Montpellier Transportation: TAM

Website for Sète Transportation: Sète Agglopole

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