Upcoming conferences
“Workshop : What is a Cell Type?”
Bordeaux, Aquitaine 33000 France
Table ronde : Cancers : Quel rôle pour les expositions environnementales ?
Les expositions environnementales jouent un rôle important mais souvent sous-estimé dans l’apparition des cancers. De nombreux agents chimiques, physiques et biologiques présents dans l’air, l’eau, les sols ou l’alimentation peuvent …
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Bordeaux, France
Past conferences
Metastasis Beyond Cancer, Sète (France)
This interdisciplinary workshop will gather world-leading experts on metastasis with different domains of specialization, from cancer biology to medical oncology, evolutionary biology, and to philosophy of biology. Our key underlying …
Symbiosis: Emerging Reconceptualizations and Theories
We organize in Bordeaux, France (UTC+2), an international conference on symbiosis, with a focus on the very concept of symbiosis and the many emerging theoretical approaches to symbiosis and host-microbiome …
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Bordeaux, France
Fifth PhilInBioMed Meeting in Bielefeld (Germany)
The fifth Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilInBioMed) Network Meeting & Workshop " Philosophical Engagement with Biology and Medicine" will take place in-person in Bielefeld, Germany, on Sep 30-Oct 2, …
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Bielefeld, 33615 Germany
The Microbiome and Biological Individuality
The international and interdisciplinary conference 'The Microbiome and Biological Individuality' will be held on July 3rd, 2024 at the University of Bordeaux, France, in the historic city center of the …
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Bordeaux, France
Sixth Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop
The Sixth Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop was held in Bordeaux, France, from March 4th to 6th, 2024. Context Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally according …
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Neuroimmunology Day
After a somewhat confidential start in the early 1980s, neuroimmunology, as the scientific field that addresses interactions between the immune and nervous system, has become mainstream with numerous studies showing …
Fourth PhilInBioMed Meeting in Cambridge (UK)
The fourth Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilInBioMed) Network Meeting took place in-person in Cambridge, U.K., on May 5-6, 2023. Program Friday, May 5, 2023 9:00-9:15 Welcome …
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Gérard Eberl (Pasteur Institute), “Mutual regulation of microbiota, brain and immune system”
Next Thursday (April 27th, 1:30pm, Genomique fonctionnelle, conference room), Gérard Eberl will be our invited speaker at the lab meeting. Gerard Eberl is the head of the Microenvironment and Immunity …
International Workshop on Constructive Neutral Evolution
International Workshop on Constructive Neutral Evolution (hybrid format) PhilInBioMed & ImmunoConcept, University of Bordeaux, France, Organized by T. Pradeu Schedule 4:00-4:30pm Anthony Poole, Using experimental evolution to test the …
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Workshop: Challenges of AI in biology and medicine
Summary AI techniques have led to spectacular advances in many different fields, such as image recognition, language processing, and chess. In the scientific context, the most recent example is the …
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Bordeaux, 33000 France
Third PhilInBioMed Meeting Pittsburgh USA
. November 13th-14th, 2022 Pittsburgh (United States of America) Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown, Commonwealth Room The third Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilInBioMed) Network Meeting took place in-person in …
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PhilInBioMed at PSA Pittsburgh
Many PhilInBioMed members will participate in the 28th Philosophy of Science Association Biennial Meeting in Pittsburgh, USA.
Workshop on biology, mathematics, and philosophy.
On October 21st, we will have the pleasure to welcome Frederic Barraquand for a small workshop on biology, mathematics, and philosophy. Frederic is a quantitative ecologist based in Bordeaux and interested …
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Bordeaux, 33800 France
Fifth Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop: Cancer and Evolution
This workshop will explore cancer from an evolutionary perspective, with a strong focus on how cancer appeared and evolved and on the different forms of cancer across taxa. Schedule Speakers …
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Arcachon, 33120 France
European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences: Dealing with Complexity in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
EASPLS 2022 Sixth European Advanced School in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS) “Dealing with Complexity in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences” Institute for Philosophy in Biology …
Bordeaux, France
Workshop, Interdisciplinarity in Neuroscience: What are the issues?
The study of the brain, because of the immense complexity of this organ, has involved scientific research strategies at very different scales and levels of organization. As a result, neuroscience …
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Fourth Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop
The Fourth Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop will be held in Bordeaux, France. Campus Victoire Amphi Sigalas (Building C - 2nd Floor) 3ter Place de la Victoire, 33000 Bordeaux, France …
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Bordeaux, 33000 France
Bordeaux-Sydney Mini-Workshop on Philosophy of Biology and Biomedicine, featuring junior & senior speakers
Monday, November 23rd (Chair: Imane Barbara) 9h-9h30: Paul Griffiths, "Mismatch in evolutionary medicine" 9h30-10h: Jan Pieter Konsman, "A balance sheet of homeostasis: Some discipline!" (Chair: Kate Lynch) 10h-10h30: Walter Weit, …
Third Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop, with Fanny Jaulin and Andrei Seluanov (via Zoom)
Videos of talks available below Program and list of speakers Program 3rd Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop (please click to enlarge) Plenary speakers Fanny Jaulin (Gustave Roussy, INSERM, …
Mini-Workshop on homeostasis (in French)
14h-14h40 : Bertrand Daignan-Fornier (IBGC), "Homéostasie, une perspective évolutive" 14h40-15h20 : Thomas Pradeu (ImmunoConcept), "Tolérance à la maladie et homéostasie" 15h20-15h40 : Pause 15h40-16h20 : Jan Pieter Konsman (Incia), "Homéostasie, …
Maria Blasco (CNIO, Madrid): Telomerase Activation for the Treatment of Telomere Loss Disorders
Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes which protect the ends of linear chromosomes and which play a pivotal role in cellular and organismal ageing. Over the past two decades short telomeres …
Thomas Kirkwood (Newcastle University and University of Copenhagen) – Understanding Ageing: The Great Puzzle of Our Time
Thomas Kirkwood is Professor Emeritus of the Newcastle University, where he has headed the Institute for Ageing and Health, and he is an Affiliate Professor at the Center for Healthy …
Workshop on aging with Thomas Kirkwood
Workshop on the evolution of aging, with Thomas Kirkwood (Institute for Aging, Newcastle University). Bringing together philosophers and biologists, the workshop will examine the physiologically based evolutionary hypothesis of aging …
Bordeaux, 33706 France
Second Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop, with Jerome Galon and Joel Brown (Pey Berland, Bordeaux, France)
January 20th-21st, 2020 University of Bordeaux (France) Campus Pey Berland (35 Place Pey Berland 33000 Bordeaux) The University of Bordeaux, the CNRS, ImmunoConcEpT, and PhilInBioMed host the second international …
Bordeaux, France
Ana Soto (Tufts University, USA / ENS Paris, France) – Carcinogenesis explained within the context of a theory of organisms
Ana Soto is a principal investigator at Tufts University in Boston, USA, and in 2013 she was Blaise Pascal Chair of Biology at the Ecole Normale Supérieur (ENS) de …
Le cancer est-il une maladie de la vieillesse ? Une conférence destinée au grand public (Université de Bordeaux, site Pey Berland)
Table Ronde Le cancer est-il une maladie de la vieillesse ? Discussion publique et ouverte à tous Pas de connaissances requises Université de Bordeaux, 35 place Pey Berland, salle RE …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
Le cancer est-il une maladie de la vieillesse ? Une conférence destinée au grand public (Université de Bordeaux, site Pey Berland)
Table Ronde Le cancer est-il une maladie de la vieillesse ? Discussion publique et ouverte à tous Pas de connaissances requises Université de Bordeaux, 35 place Pey Berland, salle RE …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
Second meeting of the Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilInBioMed) international network (Bordeaux, France)
PhilInBioMed is both an interdisciplinary institute located at the University of Bordeaux, France, and a national and international network connecting groups and people working at the interface between philosophy, biology, …
Bordeaux, France
Conference The Definitions of Humanity (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, Archéopole & Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France)
The Definitions of Humanity Philosophy, Cognition, Paleoanthropology ______________________________________________ Organisation Etienne Bimbenet (Université Bordeaux Montaigne, SPH) Mathilde Lequin (Université Bordeaux Montaigne, SPH) Bruno Maureille (CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, Ministère de la Culture, …
Stuart Firestein (Columbia University) – How Biology Perceives Chemistry: the mammalian olfactory system
Stuart Firestein is the Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Biological Sciences where his colleagues and he study the vertebrate olfactory system. Dedicated to promoting the accessibility of science to …
Bordeaux, 33800 France
Stuart Firestein (Columbia University) – How Biology Perceives Chemistry: the mammalian olfactory system
Stuart Firestein is the Chair of Columbia University’s Department of Biological Sciences where his colleagues and he study the vertebrate olfactory system. Dedicated to promoting the accessibility of science to …
Bordeaux, 33800 France
Jonathan Fuller (IHPST, University of Toronto, Canada) – Epidemiologic Evidence: Use at Your Own Risk?
Jonathan Fuller is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto, Chair of the Toronto Philosophy of …
Jonathan Fuller (IHPST, University of Toronto, Canada) – Epidemiologic Evidence: Use at Your Own Risk?
Jonathan Fuller is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto, Chair of the Toronto Philosophy of …
Workshop with Deborah Gordon (Stanford University) – Interaction networks: From ant colonies to the immune system
Presentation of the topic In her work on ants, Deborah Gordon has shown that collective behavior operates without central control, through interactions among individuals. Like any phenotypic trait, the process …
Workshop with Ezio Laconi (Cagliari) – Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment: Development, Evolution, and the Microbiota
The ERC IDEM is proud to host this one day workshop with Ezio Laconi on Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment: Development, Evolution, and the Microbiota. Workshop program …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
Workshop with Ezio Laconi (Cagliari) – Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment: Development, Evolution, and the Microbiota
The ERC IDEM is proud to host this one day workshop with Ezio Laconi on Cancer and the Tumor Microenvironment: Development, Evolution, and the Microbiota. Workshop program …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
Andreas Bergthaler (Viral Diseases & Inflammation, CeMM, Vienna): Infection-Associated Cachexia – Boon or Bane?
Andreas Bergthaler is head of the lab Viral Diseases and Inflammation at the CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria and …
Bordeaux, 33076 France
Emmanuel Farge (Institut Curie, France), Mechanotransduction in development, evolution and cancer
Emmanuel Farge is Research Director at INSERM, Mechanics and Genetics of Embryonic and Tumoral Development group, UMR 168 Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie - Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University. …
Bordeaux, 33800 France
International Workshop with Jacob Stegenga on his book Medical Nihilism (Bordeaux, France) (Philosophy of Medicine)
The publication of Jacob Stegenga's Medical Nihilism in 2018 is a major event for philosophy of medicine. The conclusion of the book, namely, that we ought to have low confidence in …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
International Workshop with Jacob Stegenga on his book Medical Nihilism (Bordeaux, France) (Philosophy of Medicine)
The publication of Jacob Stegenga's Medical Nihilism in 2018 is a major event for philosophy of medicine. The conclusion of the book, namely, that we ought to have low confidence in …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
First meeting of the Philosophy in Biology and Medicine (PhilInBioMed) international network (Bordeaux, France)
PhilInBioMed is both an interdisciplinary institute located at the University of Bordeaux, France, and a national and international network connecting groups and people working at the interface between philosophy, biology, …
Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop, with Hans Clevers (PUSG, University of Bordeaux, France)
The University of Bordeaux, the CNRS, ImmunoConcEpT, and PhilInBioMed host an international workshop on the Philosophy of Cancer Biology in Bordeaux, France, organized by Sara Green, Lucie Laplane, Maël Lemoine, …
Bordeaux, 33100 France
Workshop on robustness: Philosophical, biological and medical issues (Pey Berland, University of Bordeaux, France)
Fridolin Gross: "Robust mechanisms or mechanisms of robustness?" Marie-Elise Truchetet & Thomas Pradeu: "Re-thinking our understanding of immunity: Robustness in the tissue reconstruction system" Jonathan Sholl: "Physiological robustness" Paul Griffiths: Beyond …
Bordeaux, France
Workshop on robustness: Philosophical, biological and medical issues (Pey Berland, University of Bordeaux, France)
Fridolin Gross: "Robust mechanisms or mechanisms of robustness?" Marie-Elise Truchetet & Thomas Pradeu: "Re-thinking our understanding of immunity: Robustness in the tissue reconstruction system" Jonathan Sholl: "Physiological robustness" Paul Griffiths: Beyond …
Bordeaux, France
Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains (Utah, USA)
(Image credit: University of Utah) The Philosophy of Biology at the Mountains (POBAM) workshop is a biennial forum for new work in the philosophy of biology. The workshop provides an …
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Fourth Bordeaux-San Sebastian Workshop
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Holobionts
Image Credit: Megan Diddie. Microbes play a significant role in the evolution, development, health, and ecological interactions of multicellular organisms. The importance of microbial interactions is now widely recognized and …
Bordeaux, 33000 France
Plant & Philosophy
Journée organisée dans le cadre du séminaire Philosophie & Biologie de l'université de Bordeaux et de l'axe transversal Biodiversité et société de l'Unité mixte de recherche Biogeco (Inra - université …
Bordeaux, France