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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
    TBA  
  • 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.
    TBA

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.
    TBA
  • Laure Zago, IMN, Bordeaux, France.
    TBA
  • Selected talks

Plenary lecture

  • Michael Brecht, BCCN, Berlin, Germany
    TBA

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.
    TBA
  • Gerard Eberl, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 
    Impact of acute and chronic inflammation on brain and metabolism
  • Selected talks

Plenary lecture

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

Closing remarks


Gala dinner