Schedule

Day 1

Session 1: Autonomous harmony: deciphering bidirectional body-brain communication. 

• Yoav Livneh, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
  Brain-body interactions: sensations and predictions in the insular cortex
• Nadine Gogolla, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany. 
  Interoception in the insula shapes emotion processing
• Catherine Tallon-Baudry, ENS, France.  
  Interoception & Cognition
• Lisa Roux, IINS,  France
  Breathing and hippocampal network activity during wake and sleep
  
• Selected talks

Lunch + Poster session

Session 2: Savoring sensations: linking oro-nasal perception with visceral experiences.

• Arianna Maffei, Stony Brook University, NYC, USA.
  Neural Mechanisms for Taste Learning
• Ivan E. de Araujo, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany.
  Psychological States and the Regulation of Mucosal Immunity
• Zachary A. Knight, University of California, USA.
  Control of ingestion by the caudal brainstem
• Claire Martin, Université Paris Cité, France.
  The impact of metabolic status on olfactory processing
• Selected talks

Plenary lecture

• Thomas Pradeu, Immunoconcept, Bordeaux, France.
  The immunological and psychological self

Wine & cheese

Day 2

Coffee + Poster session

Session 3: Mindful metabolism: exploring brain-body hormonal controls.

• Dana Small, Yale University, USA.
  Peripheral signals regulating food choice in humans
• Giuseppe Gangarossa, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
  The gut-brain vagal axis governs mesolimbic dopamine dynamics and reward events
• Ali Jawaid, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
  Immunometabolic basis of neuropsychiatric disorders: Across the lifespan and across generations
• Selected talks

Lunch + Poster session

Session 4: Social Interoception: mechanisms shaping interindividual interactions.

• Francesco Papaleo, IIT, Italy.
  Cortical Astrocytes in Emotion Discrimination
• Ann Clemens, University of Edinburgh, UK.
  Neurobiology of Kinship Behaviour
• Amaury François, IGF, Montpellier, France.     
  Central integration of social touch
• Christelle Glangetas, IMN, Bordeaux, France.
  Insula and social behavior
• Laure Zago, IMN, Bordeaux, France.
  Effects of myofascial massage on body-brain interactions
• Selected talks

Plenary lecture

• Michael Brecht, BCCN, Berlin, Germany
  Brain representations of whiskers and genitals

Gala dinner

Day 3

Session 5: Neuroimmune nexus: role of neuroimmune system in brain-body dynamics.

• Ana Domingos, Oxford University, UK.
  Sympathetic neurons in obesity
• Enrica Montalban, NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France.
  Striatal Astrocytes Mediate Behavioral and Metabolic Adaptation in response to inflammation
• Gerard Eberl, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 
  Impact of acute and chronic inflammation on brain and metabolism
• Selected talks

Plenary lecture

• Asya Rolls, Technion, Israel.
  Immunoception: how the brain represents immunological states

Closing remarks

Gala dinner