BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Institut Jacques Monod - ECPv6.18.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.ijm.fr/?lang=en X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Institut Jacques Monod REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261103T114500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261103T130000 DTSTAMP:20261015T105954Z CREATED:20261013T123444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T105954Z UID:34505-1793706300-1793710800@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:Paris Postdoc Seminar - Alberto De La Iglesia DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Institut Jacques Monod\, Alberto de la Iglesia\, Ph.D. Institut Cochin (Inserm U1016 – CNRS UMR8104 – Université Paris Cité) Dr. Julie Cocquet Group “Epigenetics & Spermatogenesis”\, part of the VAIMAN Team “From Gametes to Birth: Genomics\, Epigenetics\, and Physiopathology of Reproduction” will present a Paris Postdoc Seminar on te theme : \nExploring the role of metabolism-dependent histone acylations during male germ cell differentiation and their sensitivity to metabolic perturbations  \nAbstract: \nThe paternal epigenome is established during spermatogenesis and is particularly responsive to environmental cues. In line with the POHaD paradigm (Paternal Origins of Health and Disease)\, increasing evidence shows that environmentally induced paternal epigenetic alterations can have effects beyond fertilization\, which is the case of paternal obesity. Within this context\, our lab is interested in a type of epigenetic marks named histone acylations\, whose abundance depends upon the availability of their precursor metabolites and\, hence\, are sensitive to the cell metabolic status. Among the different histone acylations\, we have recently characterized that lactylation modifies several histone lysine residues in wild-type mouse testis by proteomics approaches (Manessier et al.\, 2026; PMID 42285509). \nTo better understand the effects of a metabolic stress on coordinated metabolo-epigenetic signatures in male germ cells\, we established a mouse model of Western style diet-induced obesity (WD; high-fat/high-sugar\, 16 weeks). WD males exhibit an altered testicular metabolome\, characterized by changes in pathways related to energy metabolism and the generation of precursors of epigenetic marks. In parallel\, we identified altered histone acylation levels in male germ cells of WD mice\, suggesting a link between the observed metabolomic and epigenetic alterations. Multi-omics approaches in WD mice are currently being analyzed to determine the sensitivity to metabolic changes in male germ cells. \nThus\, our work supports that the testis can sense metabolic disturbances\, leading to dysregulations in developing male germ cells at the metabolic and epigenetic levels. These alterations could contribute to the effects of male obesity beyond fertilization described in the POHaD framework. URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/paris-postdoc-seminar-alberto-de-la-iglesia/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod – Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/20261103-Alberto-DE-LA-IGLESIA-web-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261106T114500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261106T130000 DTSTAMP:20261013T141338Z CREATED:20261013T140651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T141338Z UID:34517-1793965500-1793970000@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod seminar - Gilles Degremont DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Institut Jacques Monod et Epigenetic and Cell Fate Centre\, Gilles Degremont (Pôle Universitaire d’Innovation Valocité Université Paris Cité) will present an Institut Jacques Monod seminar on the theme: \nIntellectual Property and patent issues in the field of health and life science \nAbstract: \nGilles is an Intellectual Property (IP) specialist and a mechanical engineer (INSA Lyon). He began his professional career in 1996 within an Intellectual Property law firm\, before joining the oilfield services industry in 2001\, when he moved to Coflexip\, subsequently renamed Technip. Technip was a major French engineering and technology company listed on the CAC 40 prior to its acquisition by FMC Technologies in 2016. \nOver the course of approximately twenty years within the Group\, Gilles headed the Intellectual Property Department\, overseeing the management and development of the company’s IP activities in an international industrial environment. \nFollowing a three-year professional experience outside the field of Intellectual Property\, he joined Université Paris Cité in 2024 as part of the establishment of the Valocité University Innovation Hub (Pôle Universitaire d’Innovation – PUI). In this capacity\, he serves as an IP Engineer\, with responsibility for Intellectual Property matters relating to the Hub\, including supporting the development\, protection and valorization of research outputs and innovative technologies. \nThe presentation will provide an overview of the different IP assets that can be leveraged as part of an IP strategy\, as well as the potential avenues for exploiting and generating value from each of them. \nAfter a brief review of the fundamentals of intellectual property\, the mechanisms and support provided by the university will be presented\, along with practical information and best practices to adopt when it comes to IP protection\, in order to avoid jeopardizing potential opportunities for commercialization or valorization. \nWe will also discuss the various IP-related issues you may encounter during your career as a PhD student or researcher\, as well as the different ways of addressing them. \nFinally\, a specific focus on the patentability of medical devices and pharmaceuticals\, as well as on the patentability of living organisms and\, in particular\, the differences between the US and European approaches\, will conclude this session. There will also be time dedicated to questions and discussion at the end. URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-gilles-degremont/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod – Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Bandeau-web-seminar-Gilles-Degremont-2-scaled-scaled.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261113T114500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261113T130000 DTSTAMP:20261015T095648Z CREATED:20261015T095528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T095648Z UID:34575-1794570300-1794574800@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod seminar - Philipp Brand DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Konstantinides lab\, Philipp Brand (Group leader of the Evolutionary Neuroscience and Behavior Group\, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research): \nBehavioral evolution in a complex world: From environment to neural circuits \nAbstract: \nFrom dancing birds to singing flies\, animals have evolved an astounding diversity of behaviors to attract and choose mating partners. Guided by innate preferences and aversions\, the brain filters complex environments for cues and signals to successfully navigate these reproductive behaviors in appropriate spatial\, temporal\, and social contexts. To understand how the natural environment shapes sensory evolution and contributes to the diversification of neural circuits controlling mating behaviors\, my lab studies the highly tractable nervous system of Drosophila as an inroad. \nIn Drosophila\, courtship and mating occurs on fermenting food where many individuals congregate. Replicating this naturalistic context in the lab\, we discovered striking differences in the sensory dependence of mating behaviors across species. Most notably\, the host specialist Drosophila erecta requires the presence of food to engage in courtship and only mates in social groups. Harnessing the power of cross-species neurogenetics\, we reveal that sexual arousal in D. erecta is uniquely gated by food odors that switch the valence of visual stimuli driving courtship. This provides a possible neural mechanism underlying the environmental modulation of reproductive behaviors\, highlighting how social behaviors are shaped by the natural environments in which they evolve. URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-philipp-brand/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod – Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Bandeau-web-seminar-Philipp-Brad-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTSTAMP:20260309T142643Z CREATED:20260309T141643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T142643Z UID:32497-1794787200-1794959999@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:Ctrl+Epi+Edit\, Engineering the Epigenome DESCRIPTION:Epigenome editing is a rapidly emerging field that has the potential to revolutionise genomic medicine by offering new ways to precisely program gene expression and treat a range of diseases. Precision control of the epigenome and gene activity is further unlocking key mechanistic insights into a wide variety of molecular and cellular processes. The potential of epigenome editing technologies for both research and therapeutic applications has thus led to widespread excitement over the last five years\, in areas ranging from neurobiology\, to high-throughput (epi)genomics to agriculture. As the technologies continue to emerge and the epigenome editing field begins to coalesce\, we feel now is the time to bring interdisciplinary experts and leaders in the field together. This will enable\, for the first time\, epigenome editors and related disciplines to collectively discuss the technology\, its applications and ethics\, and the exciting scientific insights being generated. Such a symposium will help to accelerate progress in this field by facilitating collaborations between researchers and providing a platform for the dissemination of new discoveries and techniques. It will also help to raise broader awareness of this exciting emerging science and its potential to transform precision medicine. \n\n\n\n\nTime and Place\n\nThe meeting will take place from November 16-17  at Institut Jacques Monod in the heart of Paris\, France \nWe will have two half day sessions\, and a poster session over cocktails and light bites \n\n\n\nKey Dates\n\n\nAbstract Submission: October 1\, 2026 \nRegistration: November 9\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nInvited Speakers\n\n🧬 Gabriella Ficz (QMUL\, UK) \n🧬 Charles Gersbach (Duke University\, USA) \n🧬 Jamie Hackett (EMBL Rome\, Italy) \n🧬 Jake Harris (Cambridge University\, UK) \n🧬 Angelo Lombardo (San Raffaele University\, Italy) \n🧬 Reini Luco (Institut Curie\, France) \n🧬 Mariane Rots (UMCG\, Netherlands) \n🧬 Edda Schulz (MPI Berlin\, Germany) \n🧬 Stefan Stricker (Helmholtz Munich\, Germany) \nMore speakers will be selected from abstracts! \nYou can find all the informations regarding the symposium\, the registration and abstract submission here  \nhttp://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/affiche.jpg URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/ctrlepiedit-engineering-the-epigenome/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Amphithéâtre Buffon\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/web-image-bandeau-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119 DTSTAMP:20261013T113027Z CREATED:20261013T113003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T113027Z UID:34497-1794960000-1795046399@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:7th Symposium on Fungal Genetics Ile de France 2026 DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to announce that registration to the 7th Fungal Genetics Ile-de-France Symposium and abstract submission are open. \n  \nThe symposium will be organized the 18 of November at the Institut Jacques Monod\, amphitheater Buffon\, bat. Buffon\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, 75013 Paris\, from 9:00 to 18:00. \n  \nThis symposium will be\, once again\, free of charge and open to all. You will find all the informations for registration and abstract submission (oral presentation or poster) on the symposium website: https://fungi-idf-2026.eventbrite.com \nPlease send your abstracts to : fungi.idf@gmail.com \nDeadline for registration and abstract submission is the 30 of October. \n  \nAll the topics related to fungal genetics are welcome including: \n\nPathogenicity\, effectors & secondary metabolism;\nDevelopment and sexual reproduction;\nGenome structure and chromatin-based regulation;\nPopulation genetics and epidemiology;\nFungal genetic engineering & biotechnology.\n\n  \nPlease notice that there will be two prizes from the SFG for the best PhD student oral presentation and poster. A poster session will be organised and we will close the day with an ‘happy hour session”. URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/7th-symposium-on-fungal-genetics-ile-de-france-2026/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Amphithéâtre Buffon\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261124 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125 DTSTAMP:20260901T124730Z CREATED:20260901T124730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T124730Z UID:34091-1795478400-1795564799@www.ijm.fr SUMMARY:Paris Cytoskeleton club 2026 DESCRIPTION:General information\n\nThe Paris Cytoskeleton Day is a scientific one-day symposium open to all types of cytoskeletal components and all types of approaches.\nThis year is the 6th edition. It will take place on Tuesday\, November 24\, 2026.\nThe meeting will be entirely in-person in Auditorium Buffon (Institut Jacques Monod\, Paris) \nDEADLINES\nRegistration and abstract submission are open : https://pcd2026.sciencesconf.org/ \nAbstract submission closes on 2 November\nRegistration (45 euros) closes on 16 November \nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS\nCharlotte Aumeier (Université de Genève\, CH)\nStefan Raunser (Max Planck Institute\, Dortmund\, DE) \nINVITED SPEAKERS\nAlexandre Baffet (Institut Curie\, Paris)\nRut Carballido-Lopez (INRAE\, Jouy-en-Josas)\nGuillaume Duménil (Institut Pasteur\, Paris)\nMagali Suzanne (Université de Toulouse) \nSHORT TALKS\nSeveral short presentations will be selected from abstracts. \nPOSTERS\nA poster session will take place during the day. URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/paris-cytoskeleton-club-2026/?lang=en LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Amphithéâtre Buffon\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ijm.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/web-image-bandeau-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR