More information and program HERE

Apres appel à candidature auprès des affiliés SFBMEc, c’est Claire Leclech qui a été choisie pour représenter notre société au « Dick Heinegärd European Young Investigator Award », attribué par le congrès MBE, et nommé ainsi en l’honneur d’un des éminents chercheurs internationaux sur la biologie de la matrice (voir ci-dickheinegard3forwebsite).

Claire a reçu une bourse de 500 euros pour participer à ce prix, qui récompense un jeune talent, de moins de 5 ans post-thèse au 1er octobre 2022, pour la qualité de ses travaux. Lors de cette compétition, tous les candidat-e-s européens participants présenteront leurs travaux lors d’une session dédiée à l’issue de laquelle le-a lauréat-e sera sélectionné·e par un comité international.

Claire Leclech a effectué ses études au département de biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure à Paris. Après l’obtention d’un master en biologie cellulaire et biologie du développement, elle a effectué sa thèse entre l’Institut du Fer à Moulin et l’Institut Curie/Pierre-Gilles de Gennes à Paris sur un projet à l’interface entre la biologie et la biophysique visant à comprendre l’influence d’indices topographiques sur la migration de neurones embryonnaires. Elle a rejoint en 2019 le laboratoire d’Abdul Barakat à l’Ecole Polytechnique où elle explore ces mêmes questions dans le contexte du système vasculaire. Plus précisément, elle utilise des substrats microstructurés pour mieux comprendre comment les cellules endothéliales vasculaires détectent et répondent à une topographie basale.

Bonne chance, Claire !

La SFBMEC a lancé ce printemps, comme chaque année, 2 appels d’offres dédiés à l’attribution de 5 bourses de voyage de 500 euros chacune pour permettre à un-e doctorant-e affilié-e à la SFBMEC de valoriser sa thématique sur la matrice extracellulaire dans un congrès international.

Sur les 12 excellents dossiers reçus, le CA a sélectionné 5 candidats (Détails des projets ici : 5 lauréats Bourses Congres SFBMEC) pour 4 congrès:

• Nathan Lagneau du Laboratoire « Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton » (RMeS, INSERM U1229) à Nantes, dirigé par Jerome Guicheux, qui participera à l’ESB22, 4-8 sept 2022, Bordeaux, France. https://www.esbbordeaux2022.org/
• Laura Prigent du Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI) à Lyon, dans l’équipe du Pr. Ulrich Valcourt qui participera à l’EDS symposium, 14-18 sept 2022, Rome, Italie. https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/2022-international-symposium/
• Fereshteh Younesi dans le laboratoire du Dr. Boris Hinz at St. Michael hospital de l’Université de Toronto, qui participera à l’ETRS meeting, 15-17 sept 2022, Lyon, France. http://etrs2022.univ-lyon1.fr/fr
• Laurie Nemoz-Billet de l’équipe de Florence Ruggiero de l’Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, et Zakaria Mougin de l’équipe de Carine Le Goff,de l’unité INSERM U1148 à l’hôpital Bichat Paris, qui participeront au MBE, 28-29 sept 2022, Florence, Italie. https://mbe2022.org

Toutes nos Félicitations à eux et à leurs laboratoires pour la qualité de leurs travaux.

Et enfin merci à eux de donner plus de visibilité à la MEC et à notre société lors de ces congrès.

In June this year the Danish research Foundation  hope to bring together a plethora of experts at a first ever congress: The Extracellular Matrix Pharmacology Congress ECM2022 (https://ecm-congress.org/). The congress is an in-person event in Copenhagen, Denmark (Europe).

Register already now and save money on the early bird discount https://ecm-congress.org/registration/.

The aim of the congress is to discover news drugs and bring together #extracellularmatrix experts across disease fields. Alterations to the extracellular matrix are a common denominator in most chronic diseases. It is time to create a forum for experts to discuss, share and learn from other disease fields!

Session highlights will include:
·      The essential components of the ECM
·      The importance of ECM in cancer: Barrier for entry or exit?
·      Should we treat the ECM or cells in fibrotic diseases?
·      The importance of ECM in lung diseases
·      The importance of ECM in liver diseases
·      Cardiorenal axis and the ECM
·      Tissue destruction in inflammatory diseases
·      Pharmacological targets of the ECM
·      ECM signaling

With the congress, we hope to create a forum that will attract an audience interested in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and drugs that target the ECM. In most chronic diseases, the common denominator is alterations to the extracellular matrix. We believe breakthroughs and discovery milestones in this field may save patients’ lives. We offer a platform to debate essential aspects of ECM Pharmacology, and we have an amazing speaker faculty.

https://ecm-congress.org/

Flier_ECM2022

Dear Friends, Dear Colleagues
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 32^nd Annual Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials which will take place from September 4 to 8, 2022 in Bordeaux, France. We are excited to host this meeting which is sure to be an extremely popular event.

One of the key missions of this conference is to promote interactions between basic researchers, applied scientists, clinicians, and industry in order to drive the development of innovative solutions for clinical applications. We keenly understand that the new solutions to repair or produce tissues or organs will come from the combination of fundamental knowledge, multidisciplinary development efforts, as well as advances in production /analytic / imaging / communication tools. Accordingly, your participation to this meeting is crucial to promote the translation of our scientific activity into clinical reality.

The conference will take place at Palais 2 L’Atlantique, located in northern Bordeaux and connected to the historic city center by a state-of-the-art tramway system. Boasting exceptional classical and modern architecture, and surrounded by the most famous vineyards in the world, Bordeaux is a perfect symbol of the French “Art of Living”.

Please come and join us at the ESB2022 meeting to share your ideas, discover our hospitality, the French cuisine and the Bordeaux wines!

On behalf of the national organizing committee :
Joëlle Amédée, Chair
Jean Christophe Fricain, Co-chair
Didier Letourneur, Co-chair

La SFBMEc propose une bourse de de 500 € pour qu’un.e jeune chercheur.se  dont le travail porte spécifiquement sur la matrice extracellulaire ou sur les interactions des cellules avec la matrice extracellulaire dans le contexte des biomatériaux et de la recherche translationnelle qui y est associée. Plus d’informations ICI

Du 26 Mai au 28 Mai 2021, l’inscription est gratuite, mais est obligatoire : http://matrixbiology2021.univ-lyon1.fr/fr

La date limite pour soumettre un résumé (en ligne exclusivement) est le 30 Avril 2021. Toutes les instructions sont sur le site : http://matrixbiology2021.univ-lyon1.fr/fr/pages/matrix-biology-abstract.

Pour rappel, la SFBMEc récompensera l’excellence de travaux sur la matrice extracellulaire d’un/e jeune chercheur/se lors d’une session plénière Young Investigator Award de ce congrès. Date limite pour postuler : 20 Avril 2021

SAVE THE DATE

May 26 – 28, 2021

The French and the German Societies for Matrix Biology organise a joint and online scientific meeting free of charge from May 26 to May 28, 2021.

Numerous opportunities for early career and PhD student to present their work !

Information to come on the SFBMEc website.

Keep up to date and stay in the loop !!!

Les membres de la société recevront les informations de connexion quelques jours auparavant.

ISMB announces the Opening of the Call for Nominations for the 2020 Distinguisher Investigator Award.

This Award is given by the International Society for Matrix Biology to an established researcher in recognition of important lifetime achievements in the field of Matrix Biology.

A list of the former winners is given at https://ismb.org/prizes/

The Awardee will give the ISMB Distinguished Investigator Lecture at the 2020 ASMB Biennial Conference, Nov. 8-11^th 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri.

ISMB members are invited to send in their nominations for the Distinguished Investigator Awardee 2020. Please provide:

1. A full curriculum vitae of the nominee, including a list of their publications.
2. A letter of nomination that highlights key lifetime research achievements in the field of Matrix Biology.

These nominations will be voted on by the ISMB Council.

Please send nomination packs to the ISMB Secretary (jo.adams@bristol.ac.uk) by 31^stJan. 2020 at the latest.

Call for Nominations for New ISMB Council Members.

There are two vacancies to serve on the ISMB Council and we are calling for nominations or volunteers to fill these. If you wish to nominate someone, please make sure first that they agree to be nominated.

The vacancies are for:

1 regular ISMB Council member (from any region of the world) and

1 early-career Council member (from any region of the world).

The main responsibilities of regular Council members are to promote the Aims of ISMB in the international matrix biology community in general, and to take part in ISMB Council meetings by teleconference or in-person at conferences, to vote in the Awards processes, and to take part in nominations for Executive officers of Council. The ISMB statutes are available at https://ismb.org/bylaws/

The early-career Council member will have involvement in the Communications sub-group and social media activities and in raising awareness of ISMB amongst early career researchers, and will take part in ISMB Council meetings by teleconference or in-person at conferences.

All Council members serve a 3 year term in the first instance, with the option of renewal for a further 3 years.

Please send names, contact details and biosketch of Council nominees to the ISMB Secretary, jo.adams@bristol.ac.uk by 27^th January 2020.

ISMB IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THE COMPETITION TO IDENTIFY THE 2020 RUPERT TIMPL AWARD WINNER.

The International Society for Matrix Biology created in 2004 a prize dedicated to the memory of the outstanding matrix biologist, Rupert Timpl, who died on October 20th, 2003. The prize is called the « Rupert Timpl Award ».

The prize is awarded biannually at the occasion of the Matrix Biology Europe /FECTS meeting. It is given to a young matrix biologist at an early stage of their scientific career, in general below 40 years of age, who has published the « BEST PAPER IN THE FIELD OF MATRIX BIOLOGY » during the two years prior to the year of the MBE/FECTS meeting.

As an integral part of the programme, the laureate will give a plenary lecture, called the Rupert Timpl Lecture, at the 2020 MBE meeting to be held in Florence, Italy, 24-28 May, 2020.

A prize of EUR 2,000 will be given, which is generously sponsored by Elsevier, the publisher of Matrix Biology.

ISMB MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO SEND THEIR NOMINATIONS FOR THE AWARDEE TO THE ISMB SECRETARY (JO.ADAMS@BRISTOL.AC.UK) BY 31ST DEC. 2019.

The nominations will be voted on by ISMB Council and the winner will be
announced in January 2020.

Eligibility: The nominee should be a young matrix biologist at an early stage of their scientific career, in general below 40 years of age, who has published the « BEST PAPER IN THE FIELD OF MATRIX BIOLOGY » during 2018 and 2019.

Please provide for your nomination:

A letter of support that includes a rationale for the nomination and the
specific paper published in 2018 or 2019 for consideration.

The nominee’s CV, with inclusion of a full list of publications.

With best wishes,

Jo Adams

ISMB Secretary.

https://www.grc.org/proteoglycans-conference/2020/

Dulce Papy Garcia (Gly-CRRET, UPEC, Créteil) and Romain Vives (IBS, Grenoble) are glad to invite you to participate to the next INSERM (French national institute for Health Sciences) international workshop on Glycosaminoglycans that will take place in Bordeaux, on the 19-21th of June 2019.

The goal of this workshop is to put an emphasis on the technological developments and breakthroughs that led to progress in the understanding of GAG structure and biological functions, as well as the perspectives of applications in diagnostics and therapy.

The workshop will include 4 main sessions focusing on :

• GAG Biosynthesis and Metabolism

Confirmed speakers : L. Kjellen (Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden) – L. Pedersen (South Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, USA) – A. Malmström (Lund Univ., Lund, Sweden) – R. Vivès (IBS, Grenoble, France) – S. Fournel Gigleux (Nancy Univ., Nancy, France)

• GAG-protein interactions and physiophatological conditions

Confirmed speakers : H. Lortat-jacob (IBS, Grenoble, France) – A. Vortkamp (Essen Univ., Essen, Germany) – D. Papy-Garcia (Université Paris Est, Créteil, France) – J. van den Born, (Groningen Univ., Groningen, The Netherlands) – P. Nieto (Spanish National Research Council, Sevilla, Spain)

• Technological and methodological approaches for GAG analysis

Confirmed speakers : T. van Kuppevelt (Radboud Univ, Nijmegen, Pays-bas) – S. Ricard-Blum (Université de Lyon I, Lyon, France) – D. Bonnaffé (ICMMO, Orsay, France) – F. Noborn (Gothenburg Univ., Gothenbur, Sweden)

• GAGs : from bench to bedside

Confirmed speakers : P. Albanese (Université Paris Est, Créteil, France) – Yongmei Xu (South Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill, USA) – F. Chiapini (OTR3, Paris, France)

Registration are open (deadline 15/04) and all details can be found on: Atelier INSERM 256

II Joint Meeting of DGfl and the Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA)
10–13 September 2019, München
https://www.immunology-conference.de/

Please find below the invitation for the conference chairs (Angela Santori and Thomas Brocker) to attend the IInd Joint Meeting between DGfI and the Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA) that will take place in Munich in September 2019.

All the relevant information can be found on the website of the conference (immunology-conference.de) with the latest version of the preliminary program and flyer for your laboratory.

Dear colleagues and friends,

On behalf of the board members of the Italian Society for Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology (SIICA) and the German Society for Immunology (DGfI), we are pleased to invite you to our joint annual meeting in Munich running from 10–13 September 2019. After a highly successful joint meeting of both societies in Riccione, Italy, in 2011 we are looking forward to seeing you in Munich, the heart of Bavaria, for our next joint meeting.

Munich is not only a popular tourist destination, but is also the home of two highly renowned German universities, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München and the Technische Universität München (TUM). In addition, the Max Planck Society, the Helmholtz Zentrum München and numerous biotech companies and start-ups make Munich a lively environment for basic and translational research in immunology. Scientists in Munich actively participate in a series of immunologically focused Collaborative Research Centres (CRCs) currently funded by the German Research Council (DFG). These include: CRC1054 “Plasticity of immune cell-fate decisions”, CRC914 “Trafficking of immune cells”, CRC1123 “Atherosclerosis”, CRC824 “Cancer therapies”, TR36 “T cell therapy”, TRR127 “Xenotranplantation”, TR128 “Multiple Sclerosis” and TRR179 ”Hepatitis-Virus-Infection”.

The Munich biotech cluster made up of approximately 250 companies, with two innovation and founding centers for biotechnology, demonstrate the important focus our city and region places on personalized medicine and immunotherapy.

The joint SIICA- and DGfI-meeting in 2019 will take place in the Geschwister-Scholl-Platz historic Hauptgebäude, or main building of the LMU, found in the center of Munich. This location is surrounded by historic buildings, beer gardens, the famous Englischer garten city park, as well as a vibrant city and university life, all well-connected by easily accessible public transportation.

The organizing committee will strive to bring together an interesting program covering current topics of basic and translational immunological research in plenary sessions, main symposia and workshops. We invite everyone to submit abstracts early in 2019 and to join us in Munich for this exciting meeting.
We are looking forward to welcome you all in this beautiful city.

Sincerely yours

Angela Santoni & Thomas Brocker
Conference chairs

La Société Française de Biologie de la Matrice Extracellulaire (SFBMEc) a pour but de favoriser les échanges d’informations et de contacts personnels entre chercheurs, d’aider la recherche scientifique et médicale et de contribuer à la formation des chercheurs dans le domaine de la matrice extracellulaire.

La SFBMEc organisera du 15 au 17 mai 2019 à Reims son XXVI^ème congrès national (http://www.meeting-sfbmec.fr). Différents sujets, centrés autour de la matrice extracellulaire, y seront abordés: cancer, pathologies liées au vieillissement vasculaire (avec la participation du Latinorum Investigatorum de Arteriis Colloqium, LIAC), dermocosmétologie (avec la participation du Centre Européen de Dermocosmétologie, CED) et biomatériaux (avec la participation du LIAC). Ils seront traités sous forme de conférences plénières (2 par session) données par des orateurs de renommée internationale en provenance d’Allemagne (Universités de Halle, Münster et Tübingen), de Belgique (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) et de France (Universités de Bordeaux et Reims Champagne-Ardenne, L’Oréal Recherche et Innovation). Chaque session sera complétée par de courtes communications orales et des communications par affiche.

La SFBMEc souhaite, au travers des thèmes abordés au cours de ce congrès, enrichir les interactions existant entre la recherche fondamentale, le monde médical et le monde industriel.

The aim of the Société Française de Biologie de la Matrice Extracellulaire (SFBMEc) is to promote exchanges between researchers, to help scientific and medical research and to contribute to the training of researchers in the field of the extracellular matrix.

The SFBMEc will organize from 15 to 17 May 2019 in Reims its XXVIth national meeting (http://www.meeting-sfbmec.fr). Different topics, focusing on the extracellular matrix, will be discussed: cancer, pathologies related to vascular aging (with participation of the Latin Society for Vascular Research, LIAC), dermocosmetology (with participation of the Centre Européen de Dermocosmétologie, CED) and biomaterials (with participation of LIAC). They will be treated as plenary lectures (2 per session) given by internationally renowned speakers from Germany (Universities of Halle, Münster and Tübingen), Belgium (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and France (Universities of Bordeaux and Reims Champagne-Ardenne, L’Oréal “Research and Innovation”). Each session will be completed by short oral communications and poster presentations.

Through the topics addressed during this congress, the SFBMEc wants to enrich the interactions between basic research, the medical world and the industrial world.

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Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the 2018, 7th French Cell Adhesion Symposium that will take place in Strasbourg, May 23-25.
Last few days for online registration. No registration on site.

Among the topics to be covered at this meeting are:

• Adhesion of circulating cells
• Biophysics of cell adhesion
• Probing adhesion forces
• Cell adhesion in cancer
• Cell adhesion in development
• Cell biology of adhesion
• Imaging cell adhesion

The program has been finalized:

• Poster for display in your lab,
• Program.

We look forward to an exciting event in Strasbourg in 2018, and hope that you will all join us there!

The organizing committee

Dear colleagues,

We are proud to present our initiative for the joint meeting of ScarCon and ETRS 2018. This unique congress will highlight the most recent developments on fibrosis in the widest sense possible. However, we do need YOUR help to bring ScarCon ETRS 2018 to the attention of as many participants and sponsors as possible.

That is why we use a Nouncy. This means that we ask you to prepare a social media message for your own social media (Linkedin) account. You give permission to post this message when we activate the campaign. All ‘prepared’ messages are released on social media at once, which means that many people are reached at once. We would like to ask you to prepare a Nouncy message today or tomorrow with your own social media channels .

How can you help?

1. Go to our campaign page: http://scarcon2018.nouncy.com/scarcon-etrs-2018
2. Click on the socials you have and with which you want to participate
3. Type your own text in the indicated block
4. Press the login button and confirm the post

All the Nouncy messages will be posted in one go at the same time on Thursday January 11, so please prepare your message before this date.  It will only take a few minutes to do so and you will help us tremendously in raising awareness of this important event!

Thank you very much for your help!

Best regards,
Esther Middelkoop,

On behalf of the organisers Scar Academy, European Tissue Repair Society, VU Medical Center Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery, Global Scar Society, Association of Dutch Burn Centers, Oscare.

P.s. Have you registered already? You will find all information about the congress on www.scarconetrs2018.org

MARDI 3 OCTOBRE 2017
9h00 – 17h00
Amphithéâtre La Rotonde
Campus La Doua / entrée côté INSA
20 Avenue Albert Einstein 69100 Villeurbanne

Après le succès rencontré l’année dernière lors des 1ere journées conjointes CED-SFBMEc le 7 Juin 2016, (SFBMEc, premiumbeautynews), le CED et la SFBMEc ont décidé de renouveler ce type d’événement conjoint et organise le 3 Octobre 2017, un colloque intitulé Amélioration, conservation, vascularisation des modèles de peau 3D : actualités et applications avec la participation de Genoskin, Institut de Pharmacologie et Biologie Structurale, BASF Beauty Care Solutions, VitroScreen, CTI Biotech, Poïetis et Université Laval.

Ce type d’évènement est une occasion unique de promouvoir notre société et de donner l’opportunité à ses membres de nouer des collaborations et partenariats avec le monde de l’industrie.

Pré-programme :

• Pandora’s SkinBox: modulable bioprinted 3D skin models to fast track dermo-cosmetics innovation
  Nico FORRAZ – CTI Biotech
• Technologies d’impressions 3D pour la synthèse de tissus vivant : retours d’expériences et nouvelles perspectives
  Christophe MARQUETTE – CNRS / Université de Lyon
• Towards Bioprinting industrialization
  Fabien GUILLEMOT – Poïetis
• Pause
• Microvascularisation sanguine et lymphatique d’un substitut cutané humain reconstruit par auto-assemblage
  Laure GIBOT – IPBS-CNRS UMR5089
• Développement d’une peau reconstruite humaine vascularisée, innervée et immunocompétente
  François BERTHOD – Université Laval
• Peaux reconstruites par 4D Bioimpression Laser Assistée pour l’évaluation d’efficacités cosmétiques
  Valérie ANDRÉ – BASF Beauty Care Solutions
• Déjeuner
• 3D scaffold free dermopapilla model development and characterization
  Marisa MELONI et Elisa CAVIOLA – VitroScreen
• Predicting human skin responses with ready-to-use NativeSkin ex vivo models
  Pascal DESCARGUES – Genoskin
• Complexification des modèles in vitro de peau 3D : aspects sensoriels et peau atopique
  Michel SALMON – StratiCELL
• Reconstructed human skin models, a step forward with integration of immune and microbiota components
  Christian PELLEVOISIN – Episkin

Le pré-programme et le bulletin d’inscription sont disponible à cette adresse web.

The SBCF (French Society for Cell Biology) wishes to extend its invitation to its Annual Symposium to the members of the SFBMEc.

7th French Cell Adhesion Club Symposium
23rd – 25th May 2018
Strasbourg

Please visit their gorgeous website celladhesion2018.fr where you will find all the useful information about the program, the registration process and how to submit an abstract to showcase your work.

The list of confirmed speakers at this time includes:

• Leo CARLIN Glasgow, UK
• Nils CORDES Dresden, Germany
• Erik DANEN Leiden, Netherlands
• Alba DIZ-MUNOZ Heidelberg, Germany
• Sylvie DUFOUR Créteil, France
• Christophe GUILLUY Grenoble, France
• Johanna IVASKA Turku, Finland
• Martine JANDROT-PERRUS Paris, France
• Michel LABOUESSE Paris, France
• Christophe LETERRIER Marseille, France
• Guillaume MONTAGNAC Paris, France
• Matthieu PIEL Paris, France
• Erik SAHAI London, UK
• Mignot TAM Marseille, France
• Xavier TREPAT Barcelona, Spain
• Frank WINKLER Heidelberg, Germany

MBI 2017 Meeting

This year’s meeting takes place in Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin at the Trinity Biosciences Institute. We are looking forward to an excellent program with leading international experts working to share and discuss latest advances in the fields of matrix biology. The scope of the meeting is to promote and consolidate scientific interest and expertise around extracellular matrix research in all its forms within Ireland, and, to link this with the international scientific community on Matrix Biology. The main theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Learning from Development to Engineering Therapeutics’.

Track Themes

• Immunology and Immunotherapy
• ECM Signaling in Development
• ECM Signalling in Fibrosis
• Matrix Biology and the Tumour Microenvironment
• Bioengineering Approaches using Matrix Proteins
• ECM and its interactions with Immunotherapy
• Advanced Emerging Imaging Technologies of ECM
• Harnessing ECM as a Therapeutic

Abstract Submission Deadline: 10th October
Early Bird Registration: 13th October

Links for:

• ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
• REGISTRATION
• INFORMATION FLYER

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to attend this meeting on Vascular Aging. Populations are aging worldwide and the number of older adults is projected to double over the next few decades, and we are ill-equipped to handle the attendant health care burden. Vascular aging process appears as the principal determinants of the health of elderly people and the main risk factor for the development of cardio-neuro-vascular diseases, as well as cognitive impairment, retinal disease and many other organ failures. It is now time to gather the research community interested in addressing this complex question through a transdisciplinary approach.

The research complementarity of the VIVA Thematic Action of the University of Bordeaux and the LIAC community allow for the implementation of an international meeting that aims to gather high-level specialists that come from different disciplines (biophysics, biochemistry, genetics, cell and molecular biology, tissue engineering, physiopathology, epidemiology and clinic), to synthesize the most recent advance in vascular aging.

Moreover, we want to take advantage of this meeting to set up a winter school to offer to young scientists a unique opportunity to present their work, to meet, and exchange with top international scientists and clinicians in the field.

Presentations concerning all aspects of vascular aging are welcome.

Looking forward meeting you in Bordeaux.
Sincerely,
Thierry Couffinhal & Alain-Pierre Gadeau

Flyer and poster are available for download.

viva.u-bordeaux.fr
www.liac-association.org

MBE 2018
Manchester, UK
July 21-24, 2018

The 50th anniversary of Matrix Biology in Europe will be hosted by the BSMB in Manchester, UK in July 21-24, 2018. It should be the first World Congress of Matrix Biology. More information will be posted here as soon as possible.

You can download the flyer for MBE2018 here.

Journée scientifique de la Fondation René Touraine 2017
Vendredi 17 novembre 2017
Musée des Moulages
Hôpital Saint-Louis
1 avenue Claude Vellefaux
75010 Paris

Sujet: “NEURO-IMMUNE COMMUNICATION IN THE SKIN”

Orateurs invités :

• Earl CARTENS (Davis, Etats-Unis) 
  Neuroanatomy of the skin
• Martin SCHMELZ (Mannheim, Allemagne) 
  Brain-skin axis : What’s new
• Hamish J HUNTER (Manchester, Royaume-Uni) 
  The impact of psychological stress on the skin
• Ethan A LERNER (Boston, Etats-Unis) 
  The epidermis as itch receptor
• Laurent MISERY (Brest, France) 
  In vitro model for itch
• Martin STEINHOFF (Dublin, Irlande) 
  Molecular mechanism of itch and inflammation
• Gil YOSIPOVITCH (Miami, Etats-Unis) 
  Itch and scratching
• Sonja STÄNDER (Münster, Allemagne) 
  Chronic itch mechanisms and treatment

Inscriptions:

Fondation René Touraine, Hôpital St Louis, Pavillon Bazin,
1, avenue Claude Vellefaux – F-75475- PARIS cedex 10 – (France)
Téléphone : 01 53 72 20 60 Fax : 01 53 72 20 61 courriel: christina.pitton@fondation-r-touraine.org
Ou sur le site de la Fondation.

ETRS Summer School 2017
September 11th-12th, 2017
Queen Astrid Military Hospital Brussels
Brussels, Belgium

This year’s summer school is organized on September 11-12, prior to the annual meeting. Topic will be burns; we aim to discuss all aspects in the treatment of patients with burn wounds. We aim for a maximum of 25 participants to allow most optimal environment for networking. We encourage trainees from all backgrounds and at all career stages to apply.

It will be a 1½ day event starting Monday, September 11th around noon and end Tuesday, September 12th at the end of the day.

• Location: Queen Astrid Military Hospital Brussels
• Lodging: to be announced
• We aim to keep the fee as low as possible (approx. € 150)
• We will organize a dinner on Monday evening (not included in the fee, but we will keep the price reasonable)
• Interactive lectures different disciplines
• Visit clinic/patient interaction

Preliminary programme

Application form

Please follow this link to the fill in Application Form and send it back to office@etrs.org by August 1, 2017.

You will be notified about your application within 2 weeks after the deadline.

For more inquiries please contact Magda Ulrich: mulrich@burns.nl.

Gordon Research Conference on Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils
30th July – 4th August 2017
University of New England, Maine

Elastin, fibrillin microfibrils and an array of associated proteins form elastic fibers which are critical for the formation of the skin, vasculature, lungs, bones, tendons, eyes and other tissues.

Additionally, these microfibrils and associated proteins provide extracellular regulation of growth factors such as TGFβ and BMPs. These signaling pathways are perturbed in many genetic diseases associated with mutation of these proteins. The Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils Gordon Research Conference covers topics such as assembly and function of elastic fibers, matrix regulation of cell signaling, enabling technologies for elastic fiber analysis, the genetics and pathobiology of elastic fiber associated molecules in inherited and acquired disorders, tissue regeneration and translational medicine. The Conference is preceded by a 2-day Gordon Research Seminar organized by and featuring talks from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

There will be a number of opportunities for short talks at the GRS and GRC selected from submitted abstracts (deadline 29th April).

More information on the GRC-GRS website.

ETRS 2017

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to the upcoming ETRS 2017 Congress, which will be held from the 13th to the 15th of September 2017 in Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the European Union.

This Congress will be organized by the European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS) and Belgian Defence.

The venue will be the Royal Military Academy (RMA), which is situated in the central part of the capital and next to the European Institutions, easily accessible from the Brussels airport and the city centre. Many hotels are available near the RMA or the historic city centre. The RMA has an excellent infrastructure for more than 350 participants and has a vast experience in hosting international conferences.

The ETRS 2017 Congress will focus on some “burning” topics, such as terrorism attacks, tissue engineering and future and emerging therapies.

The organizers will also try to offer a rich, various and attractive social program for congress participants and accompanying persons. An opening ceremony and a gala dinner will provide an opportunity for everyone to enjoy some cultural/historical sites in the Brussels area.

We look forward to welcoming you as numerous as possible in Brussels,

The Local Organizing Committee

All further information are available on the website of the congress: etrs2017.dryfta.com

Appel à candidature pour des bourses de participation à un congrès international ayant pour thème la matrice extracellulaire.

Ces bourses, d’un montant de 500 € sont au nombre au nombre de 2.

• L’une est réservée à la participation à la prochaine Gordon Research Conference sur le collagène qui aura lieu du 16 au 21 juillet prochain (Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH).
• La deuxième est destinée à la participation à un congrès de préférence européen.

Il est rappelé que ces bourses sont réservées aux doctorants (à partir de la 2eme année de thèse) et post-doctorants.
Selon les critères établis par le Conseil d’Administration de la Société, les candidats à une bourse, ainsi que leur directeur de thèse ou responsable d’équipe, doivent être à jour de leur cotisation à la SFBMEc 2016. Ces bourses sont également attribuables aux nouveaux inscrits ayant réglé leur cotisation 2017.

Tous les détails pour la participation sont dans la fiche d’information.

Un Groupement de recherche (GDR) sur les portéoglycanes « Gagosciences » vient d’être créer en France (gagosciences.ibs.fr).

Gagosciences a été créé afin de fédérer des équipes de recherche françaises étudiant les GAGs au sein d’un réseau structuré, bâti autour de compétences diversifiées et d’approches complémentaires, et promouvant une démarche pluridisciplinaire pour la progression des connaissances en glycosciences. Les recherches conduites par les équipes membres s’articulent autour de 3 grands pôles de compétence (Biologie, Chimie et Développements méthodologiques), et l’ambition du GDR est de favoriser les échanges entre ces différentes disciplines.

Les principales missions de ce regroupement viseront à:

• Promouvoir la qualité et l’originalité des recherches sur les GAGs en France
• Accroitre la visibilité internationale et l’attractivité des équipes membres
• Encourager les échanges scientifiques et de faciliter l’émergence de projets pluridisciplinaires
• Mutualiser les efforts et les outils de recherche
• Contribuer à améliorer la formation des doctorants et post-doctorants

Annual Meeting of the German Society for Matrix Biology
Frontiers in Matrix Biology
March, 9-11th, 2017
Cologne, Germany

Invited speakers

Clair Baldock (Manchester),
Jijie Chai (Beijing),
Martin Denzel (Cologne),
Boris Hinz (Toronto),
Lena Kjellén (Uppsala),
Vivek Malhotra (Barcelona),
Catherine Moali (Lyon),
Gertraud Orend (Strasbourg),
Oliver Semler (Cologne),
Volker Straub (Newcastle),
Viola Vogel (Zürich)

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Chers collègues, chers amis,

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter aux prochaines Journées de la Société Française de Biologie des Tissus Minéralisés qui se  dérouleront à Lyon du 18 au 20 Mai 2017.

Ces journées auront lieu à l’Espace Double Mixte sur le Campus Universitaire de la Doua en parallèle avec les Journées Nationales de la Société Française de Rhumatologie, avec une demi-journée de présentations communes aux 2 évènements.

Vous trouverez sur le site sfbtm.fr/jfbtm toutes les informations concernant le programme, la soumission des résumés et les inscriptions en ligne.

Les dates limites à retenir sont le 31 Mars pour l’inscription au tarif préférentiel et le 10 Mars pour la date limite de soumission des résumés.Vous avez la possibilité de payer votre inscription directement en ligne par carte bancaire. Nous vous encourageons à privilégier cette option qui vise à faciliter la gestion de votre inscription à la fois pour votre laboratoire et pour la SFBTM. Dans le cas où votre équipe de recherche ne disposerait pas de carte de paiement, nous vous invitons à vous rapprocher de vos tutelles pour la mise en place d’une carte virtuelle (https://www.creditmutuel.fr/fr/particuliers/gerer-au-quotidien/paywebcard.html). Attention cette année les inscriptions seront considérées validées une fois le paiement effectué ou à minima après réception d’un bon de commande.

Nous sommes particulièrement heureux de vous accueillir et nous espérons vous voir très nombreux à l’occasion de ces journées lyonnaises.

Le comité d’organisation : Edith Bonnelye, Irma Machuca-Gayet, David Magne, Frédéric Mallein-Gerin, Olivier Peyruchaud.

Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in the International Congress for modern bone regeneration including cartilage, tendons and ligaments, bone tec 2017, by SUBMITTING YOUR SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS AND ABSTRACTS under www.bone-tec.com (online submission only).

Presentations will be selected from submitted proposals / abstracts on one of the main SCIENTIFIC TOPICS of the congress:

• scaffolds, matrices
• drug release systems
• cells and growth factors
• bone regeneration
• cartilage and tendons engineering
• clinical applications
• bioreactors and cell-printing technology

SYMPOSIA PROPOSAL APPLICATION

Research teams and scientific societies are invited to organize symposia. Proposals on any of the above mentioned topics from 1 to 2 hours are welcome.

DEADLINE for SYMPOSIA PROPOSAL APPLICATION: 30TH JUNE, 2017

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – POSTER OR ORAL PRESENTATION

Scientists and PhD/Master Students are invited to submit electronic abstracts on one of the main topics of the conference.

DEADLINE for ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: 30TH JUNE, 2017

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS BONE-TEC 2017:

(to be completed)

Prof. Dr. Peter ten Dijke, The Netherlands Prof. Christopher Evans, US Prof. Dr. Dr. C. James Kirkpatrick, Germany Prof. Claudio Migliaresi, Italy Prof. Dr. Antonios G. Mikos, US Antonella Motta, Italy Prof. Dr. Ralf Müller, Switzerland

• Prof. Richard OC Oreffo, UK
• Prof. Rui Reis, Portugal
• Prof. Julio San Roman, Spain
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidmaier, Germany
• Dr. Karl-Heinz Schuckert, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Yasuhiko Tabata, JP
• Prof. Dr. Swee-Hin Teoh, Singapore

Abstract submission guidelines and detailed congress information can be obtained by visiting www.bone-tec.com.

We are looking forward to your abstracts and would be delighted to welcome you to Munich in October 2017.

Best wishes,

Prof. Martijn van Griensven
Congress Chair bone-tec 2017

L’institut des Sciences Analytiques de Lyon propose en 2017 une formation dans le domaine de la Bio-Ingénierie de surface.
Cette formation mise en place avec succès en 2016 est reconduite pour une seconde année.
Le programme est détaillé dans le catalogue CNRS formations entreprises https://cnrsformation.cnrs.fr/.

Bio-ingénierie de surface : applications biopuces, biocapteurs, bioadhésion, nanomédecine
Responsables : Carole CHAIX, Florence LAGARDE
28 au 30 Novembre 2017

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FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
Matrix Pathobiology, Signaling & Molecular Targets
Spetses, Greece, 25–30 May 2017

http://www.febs-mpst2017.upatras.gr
Poster available for download here.

The 6th FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Matrix Pathobiology, Signaling and Molecular Targets (6th FEBS-MPST 2017) follows the previous successful FEBS-MPST 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009 and 2007 meetings.
Matrix Biology is a fast growing field with significant impact in all areas of Biosciences. The 6-days FEBS-MPST 2017 will offer oral sessions with invited plenary lectures, talks by confirmed speakers, general lectures and tutorials, selected talks related to the topics of the presented abstracts, poster presentations, panel discussions and speakers’ corner/meet the expert. These sessions will address both basic and applied science topics that appeal to the range of participants working in the fields of Matrix Biology, Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, Glycobiology, Structural Biology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology and Medicine.

The Organizing Committee has put together an outstanding group of internationally recognized experts as invited speakers. Open slots for talks will include selected short talks and confirmed registered speakers as well. The lectures and tutorials will provide you with an update of important new knowledge covering key areas of the field. Young Travel Fellowships and Young Investigator Awards will also be available upon application/selection procedure for graduates and fellows up to 5-years after their PhD.

Traditionally, the most important goal of the FEBS-MPST Meetings is to bring together scientists from life sciences on an important and rapidly developing scientific field and to create the environment for a superb science, warm collegiality, an all-around rewarding experience and social events during this special time of year.

We are looking forward to welcome you in Greece for an exciting and memorable scientific meeting.

Nikos Karamanos
Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Application deadline for YTF applicants: 15 February 2017
Application deadline for registration and abstract submission: 28 February 2017

The 40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand (MBSANZ) will be held near Sydney, Australia on 20-23 November, 2016.

More information available on the conference’s website (the registration is already open and a draft of the program is available).