IPBS-Toulouse

MIRA workshop 2025 – Invited Speakers

The 4-half-day workshop will be organised as a 5-session program, including scientific talks from both French and Indian partners originally involved in the International Research network MIRA (see the page about MIRA IRN) and additional identified speakers based on the scientific topics of the workshop.

2 Keynote speakers

Nagasuma Chandra

Biochemistry department, IISc Bangalore, India

Marie-Cécile Ploy

Laboratoire RESINFIT, Université de Limoges, France

46 Confirmed speakers and chairs:

  • 23 from India (13 men / 10 women)
  • 23 from France (12 men / 11 women)

among whom 11 young researchers (8 women and 3 men, 6 from France and 5 from India).

From India

  • Rachit Agarwal Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc, https://be.iisc.ac.in/~rachit/)
  • Anjana Badrinarayanan National Center for Biological Sciences of Bangalore (NCBS, https://www.ncbs.res.in/) – Chair Session 1
  • Harinath Chakrapani Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER, https://www.hclab.in/)
  • Nagasuma Chandra IISc, Bangalore (https://biochem.iisc.ac.in/nagasuma-chandra.php) – Keynote speaker
  • Sidharth Chopra CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (CSIR-CDRI, https://cdri.res.in/1826.aspx?id=1826)
  • Arunava Dasgupta CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (https://cdri.res.in/1776.aspx?id=1776) – Chair Session 5
  • Sheetal Gandotra CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi (CSIR-IGIB, https://sites.google.com/site/gandotralab/people) – Chair Session 4
  • Asha Joseph Postdoc in Anjana Badrinarayanan group, NCBS, Bangalore (https://www.ncbs.res.in/)
  • Yogita Kapoor PhD Student in Vinay Nandicoori group, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (CCMB, https://www.ccmb.res.in/People/Research-Group/Vinay-K-Nandicoori)
  • Parvinder Kaur FNRS, Principal Scientist, Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, Bangalore (FNDR, https://www.fndr.in/)
  • Ashwani Kumar CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh (CSIR-IMTech, https://www.imtech.res.in/contact/staff/dr-ashwani-kumar/114)
  • Dhiraj Kumar International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi (ICGEB, https://www.icgeb.org/dhiraj-kumar/) – Chair Session 4
  • Debapriya Mukherjee PhD Student in Dipshikha Chakravortty group, IISc Bangalore (https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/dclab/)
  • Vinay Kumar Nandicoori CCMB, Hyderabad (CCMB, https://www.ccmb.res.in/People/Research-Group/Vinay-K-Nandicoori) – Chair Session 3
  • Leelavati Narlikar IISER, Pune (http://sites.iiserpune.ac.in/~leelavati/)
  • Avik Pathak PhD Student in Ranjana Pathania group, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT, https://bt.iitr.ac.in/~BT/rpathfbs)
  • Ranjana Pathania IIT, Roorkee (https://bt.iitr.ac.in/~BT/rpathfbs)
  • Samay Pande IISc, Bangalore (https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/samay-pande/)
  • Vivek Rao CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi (https://www.igib.res.in/?q=VivekRao)
  • Ramandeep Singh, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad (THSTI, https://thsti.res.in/en/faculty-profile/Ramandeep-Singh)
  • Amit Singh Center for Infectious Disease Research, IISc Bangalore, (https://cidr.iisc.ac.in/amit/) – Chair Session 2
  • Bhupesh Taneja CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi (https://www.igib.res.in/?q=BhupeshTaneja)
  • Vaishnavi Vijaya PhD Student in Rachit Agarwal group, IISc, Bangalore (https://be.iisc.ac.in/~rachit/)

From France

  • Anne Boyeldieu Postdoc in Patrice Polard team, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Genetique Moleculaires (LMGM-CBI, https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-polard)
  • Hélène Botella PI in Christophe Guilhot team, Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS, https://www.ipbs.fr/molecular-mycobacterial-pathogenesis/)
  • Nathalie Campo PI in Patrice Polard team, LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-polard) – Chair Session 2
  • Martin Campoy PhD student in Hedia Marrakchi team, IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/mycobacterial-envelopes-and-therapeutic-targets/)
  • Matthieu Chavent LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-m3bi)
  • Saurabh Chugh Postdoc in Olivier Neyrolles team, IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/mycobacterial-interactions-with-host-cells/)
  • Romane Dusfour-Castan PhD student in Bouet/Cornet GEDY team, LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-gedy)
  • Pierre Genevaux LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-genevaux) – Chair Session 1
  • Audrey Goman PhD student in Eric Oswald team, Institut de Recherche en Santé Digestive (IRSD, http://en.irsd.fr/)
  • Xue Han PhD student in Pierre Genevaux team, LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-genevaux)
  • Hugo Lebrette LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-mycomet)
  • Marc Lemonnier CEO ANTABIO (https://antabio.com/team/marc-lemonnier/)
  • Hedia Marrakchi IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/mycobacterial-envelopes-and-therapeutic-targets/) – Chair Session 3
  • Lionel Mourey IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/structural-biophysics/)
  • Olivier Neyrolles IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/mycobacterial-interactions-with-host-cells/) – Chair Session 5
  • Maxime Pingret PhD student in Christel Verollet team, IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/index.php/phagocyte-architecture-and-dynamics)
  • Marie-Cécile Ploy Université de Limoges (https://www.unilim.fr/recherche/laboratoires/omegahealth/resinfit/) – Keynote speaker
  • Didier Raboisson Ecole nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse, Toulouse (https://envt.fr/)
  • Olaya Rendueles-García LMGM-CBI (https://cbi-toulouse.fr/eng/equipe-rendueles)
  • Isabelle Saves CBI and IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/fr/cooperation-internationale-2/)
  • Julien Vaubourgeix PI in Eric Oswald team, IRSD (http://en.irsd.fr/)
  • Christel Verollet IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/index.php/phagocyte-architecture-and-dynamics)
  • Albertus Viljoen PI in Jerome Nigou team, IPBS (https://www.ipbs.fr/immuno-modulation-by-mycobacterial-lipids-and-glycoconjugates/)