Translational Research Day 2025

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM :

Wednesday 19th November, afternoon

Keynote Lecture 17:00 The Power of Human Milk (Oligosaccharides)

Lars BODE, Director Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence, University of California San Diego, USA

Thursday 20th November, all day

Welcome Address 8:45-8:55

Yasmine BELKAID, President of the Institut Pasteur Paris

Introduction 8:55-9:05

Pierre BUFFET, Medical Director, Institut Pasteur Paris

Session 1 (en français/in French)

Breastfeeding Narratives: From Sacred Symbols to Societal Norms

Lait et liens: de la mythologie grecque à la santé publique

Chair: Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris

9:10- 9:50 Keynote "Quand le lait fait le dieu: symbolique de l'allaitement en Grèce ancienne"

Vinciane PIRENNE-DELFORGE, Collège de France

9:50- 10:15 "Mythologie de l’allaitement et parentés nourricières: puissance des récits de

lactation"

Yasmina FOEHR-JANSSENS, Université de Genève

10:15- 10:40 "L’épidémiologie de l’allaitement maternel en France"

Claude DIDIERJEAN-JOUVEAU, Leche League, France

10:40–11:00 Coffee break

Session 2 (in English)

Milk Matters: Biological Richness and Clinical Relevance

Chair: Lars BODE, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA

11:00-11:40 Keynote "The Symphony of Human Milk: Orchestrating Nutritional Value and

Functional Components"

Bernd STAHL, Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht University, Netherlands

11:40-12:05 "The Role of the Milk Bank in Managing At-Risk Infants"

Virginie RIGOURD, Lactarium, Hôpital Necker

12:05-12:30 "Influence of milk miRNAs on microbiota and long-term intestinal health"

Émilie VIENNOIS, Inserm, U1149, Université Paris-Cité

12:30-12:55 "Mammary gland regulation during the establishment of lactation process"

Aurélie CHICHE, Institut Pasteur Paris

12:55–14:00 Lunch break

Session 3 (in English), afternoon

Integrative Biology of the Mammary Gland

Chair: Gérard EBERL, Institut Pasteur Paris

14:00-14:40 Keynote "Fate specification and plasticity of mammary stem cells"

Silvia FRE, Institut Curie, Paris

14:40-15:05 "Complex in vitro models to study mammary gland development"

*Han LI, Institut Pasteur Paris

15:05-15:30 "Stromal regulation of the mammary gland in physiology and pathology"

Lucie PEDUTO, Institut Pasteur Paris

15:30-15:55 "Regulation of the mammary gland by the immune system"

*Dan CORRAL, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda, USA

*Speakers marked with an asterisk will present remotely

16:00–16:20 Coffee break

Session 4 (in English)

Early Life Nutrition: Breastfeeding, Growth, and Risk

Chair: Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris

16:20-17:00 Keynote "Breastfeeding to improve growth and development of malnourished infants under 6 months"

Martha MWANGOME, KEMRI, Kenya

17:00-17:25 "HMOs and stunting risk among Central-African infants: inputs from the

Mitica study"

Violeta MOYA-ALVAREZ, IRD Paris

17:25-17:50 "Transmission of arboviruses by breastfeeding: risk analysis on animal

models and study of associated mechanisms"

Aurore VIDY-ROCHE, Institut Pasteur Paris

17:50-18:20 Concluding remarks and role of Foundations

Katarina LICHTNER, Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation, Université Genève Suisse

18:20-18:45 Conclusions

Philippe SANSONETTI, Institut Pasteur Paris

18:45 Cocktail

Participation : free but mandatory registration