IWH17: Interdisciplinary Workshop on Holobionts University of Bordeaux BORDEAUX, France, November 6-8, 2017 |
Conference website | https://www.immuconcept.org/holobiont-workshop/ |
Submission deadline | July 16, 2017 |
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 at the center of many new research initiatives across the life sciences. Part of this emerging research has focused on reconceptualizing all macroorganisms as “holobionts”, defined as a host and all its microbial symbionts, with the genomic complement of all partners becoming the “hologenome”. There has been extensive debate about the importance and need for such a reconceptualization, and how it will shape research and our understanding of the living world moving forward.
This workshop will bring together researchers from diverse disciplines (microbiology, evolutionary biology, ecology, pathology, neuroscience, medicine, philosophy of science) working on holobionts and host-microbe associations, in order to foster interdisciplinary communication, investigate whether there are any particular insights or fruitful general principles that emerge from investigations across fields, and hopefully stimulate collaborative research for the future.
Submission Guidelines
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If you would like to participate by giving a talk, please submit an abstract or prospectus (up to 1000 words).
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Submissions should be prepared for blind review and uploaded by July 16, 2017.
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We encourage talks that are general or conceptual in nature, aimed at a high-level audience of experts across associated fields
Invited Speakers
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John Cryan - University College Cork
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John Dupré - University of Exeter
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Ruth Gates - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
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Carmen Lia Murall - CNRS, University of Montpellier
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Forest Rohwer – San Diego State University
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Pamela Schnupf – Pasteur Institute
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Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse - University of Rennes
Venue
The conference will be held in Bordeaux, France
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to derek.skillings@gmail.com