‘New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes’ Conference #6, December 12th 2025, Paris

 9:00-9:05: A few welcome words.  Dr. E. Bapteste (CNRS, ISYEB, Paris, France)

 9:06-9:26: Today’s Biology: Soil microbiota and sustainability.  Pr. Marc-André Sélosse (MNHN, France)*

 9:27-9:47: Today’s Biology: Microbiomes and paleoenvironment analyses. Dr. Catherine Larose (CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes, France)

 9:48-10:08: Today’s Biology: Microbiomes myths and misconceptions. Dr. Alan Walker (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) 

 10:09-10:29: Today’s Biophysics: Bacterial physiology in microbiomes: on the use and need for trade-offs. Dr. Johannes Keegstra (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

10:35-10:55: Today’s Biology: Environmental microbiome resilience and climate change. Dr. Ashley Shade (CNRS, Ampère, CNRS/Ecole Centrale de Lyon/INSA Lyon/Université Claude Bernard, France)

 10:56-11:16: Sustainable food : Microbial solutions for global challenges. Dr. Joshua Evans (Sustainable Food Innovation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

 11:17-11:37: Ethnology :  Ethnology of microbiomes in cheese. Dr. Élise Demeulenaere (Centre Alexandre Koyré, UMR 8560 CNRS – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales – Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Aubervilliers, France)

 11:38-11:58: Today’s Biology: Evolution of microbiomes. Dr. Rafael Ponce-Toledo (Sorbonne-Université, France)

 14:00-14:20: Art: Museology and microbiomes. Dr. Adam Bencard (University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Medical Museion and CBMR, Denmark)

 14:21-14:41: Diffusion: Microbiomes and citizen sciences. Pr. Rob Dunn (Department of Applied Ecology, NC State University, USA) 

 14:42-15:02: Architecture: Architecture and microbiomes. Dr. Cédric Libert (MArch AA School of Architecture London, UK) & Dr. Francesca Guerrieri (Centre Recherche sur le Cancer, Lyon, France)

 15:03-15:23:  Semiotics: Semiotics and microbiomes. Pr. Jocelyne Arqembourg (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France)

15:30-15:50: Tomorrow’s Biology: Microbiomes and mining. Dr. Laura Hug (U. Waterloo, Canada)

15:51-16:11: Art: The Art of Decay: Reimagining Thanatomorphosis Through Kusōzu Tradition and Forensic Microbiology. Pr. François-Joseph Lapointe (Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada)

16:12-16:32: Tomorrow’s Biology: Principles underlying cross-kingdom molecular connections. Dr. Rebecka Sepela (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA)

16:33-16:53: Invited selected talk : The Ecology of Pet-Human Microbiomes. Dr. Pauline Van Leeuwen (Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), University of Antwerp, Belgium)

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