When Rabelais meets Balard

The Biology-Health (BS) and Chemistry research clusters at the University of Montpellier are organizing a Chemistry/BS meeting day on July 9, focusing on the theme of cancer.

The event, organized in collaboration with Cancéropôle Grand Sud-Ouest, aims to highlight existing collaborative projects between these two research clusters within the Montpellier cancer community. 

We are delighted to welcome Patrick Mehlen from CRCL and Frédéric Thomas from Mivegec for two plenary lectures. The day will include a presentation of two PTLs, CARLA from the Chemistry cluster and COSMIC from the Biology-Health cluster, and two success stories at the end of the day.

Program

9h00 - 9h30: OPENING by Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier and Pascal Dumy, Director of ENSCM
Introduction by the directors of the Chemistry and Biology-Health Clusters
Joulia Larionova, Chemistry Cluster
Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, Biology-Health Cluster

9:30am - 10:15am: PLENARY CONFERENCE
Patrick Mehlen, Centre de Research en Cancérologie de Lyon (CRCL) and Centre Léon Bérard

10h15 - 10h45: Unlocking the Power of RNA Chemistry in Personalized Medicine
Alexandre David, IRCM

10:45 - 11:05: Break and poster session

11:05 - 11:35: Targeted nanovectors for photodynamic therapy of cancers
Magali Gary-Bobo, IBMM

11h35 - 12h05 : Encapsulation of MDM2 degraders in polydepsipeptide microparticles for the treatment of liposarcoma
Emmanuel Belamie, ICGM and Laetitia Linares, IRCM

12:05 - 1:30 pm: Lunch break and poster session

1:30 pm - 2:15 pm: PLENARY CONFERENCE | Evolution and Cancer
Frédéric Thomas, Mivegec

2.15pm - 2.35pm: Presentation of Cancéropôle GSO
Karine Marendziak, Cancéropôle GSO

14h35 - 15h05 : Impact of DNA methylation on platinum adduct formation: Development of bifunctional derivatives coupling cisplatin and inhibitors of DNA methyl transferases
Marie Lopez, IBMM and Philippe Pourquier, IRCM

15h05 - 15h35 : Turning Ligands into Liabilities: PROTAC mediated PXR degradation to delay colon cancer relapse
Anthony Martin, IBMM

15h35 - 16h05 : Title to come
May Morris, IBMM

4.05 - 4.20pm: Break and poster session

16h20 - 16h35: Projet Thématique Long (PTL) CARLA, Sustainable chemistry for health
Camille Oger, IBMM and Sébastien Blanquer, ICGM

16:35 - 16:50: Projet Thématique Long (PTL) COSMIC, Complex Organoid Systems with Multifaceted InteraCtions
Nathalie Chazal, IRIM

16h50 - 17h10: Glycomimetics and cancer: design, formulation and clinical trials
David Virieux, ICGM and Philippe Legrand, ICGM

17h10-17h25: Presentation ChemBioFrance-Chimiothèque Nationale / CNRS
Mikaël Le Clech, Chembiofrance

5:30 pm: End of the day