Journées André Picard 2026, Roscoff, March 9-10th.

The EDEN Picard network, bringing together several Developmental biology labs of Sorbonne University, MNHN and Curie Institute aims to promote developmental biology, from fertilization to morphogenesis, from molecular and cellular levels to the entire organism, but also through phylogenetic diversity of the models studied by the teams (algae, cnidarians, arthropods, mollusks, echinoderms, vertebrates…). 

More on the network: https://reseau-andre-picard.fr/

The network scientific meeting, the Journées André Picard (JAPs), will take place in Roscoff, on March 9th-10th in the conference room.  We are welcoming the following invited speakers: 

- Aissam Ikmi (EMBL Heidelberg) : Design principles of cnidarian shapes 

- Raphael Aguillon (P3M UMR7141 Sorbonne Université / Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University) Cellular logic of temporal regulation: sleep and circadian clocks from cnidarians to diatoms

- Laurent Formery (Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Sorbonne Université /  Hopkins Marine station of Stanford University; University of California Berkeley) Large-scale reprograming of differentiated larval tissues establish adult body plan during sea cucumber metamorphosis. 

Program_JAP2026.pdf

Contact : Julia Morales (morales@sb-roscoff.fr)

Sponsored by SFBD and Sorbonne University