REGISTRATION REQUEST and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  : March 15, 2019

To attend the conferences Jacques Monod, an abstract submission is mandatory,

Registrations request without abstract submission will not be processed, except in specific

cases (i. g. for Publishers : please contact chairperson).

Chairperson: George K. Christophides

Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Room 6165, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ, London, United Kingdom

Phone: +44(0)2075925342

Email: g.christophides@imperial.ac.uk

Vice-chairperson: Jean-Luc Imler

Modèles Insectes d’Immunité Innée (M3I), CNRS UPR9022, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 15, rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France

Phone: +33 (0)3 88 41 70 36

Email: jl.imler@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr

Insects represent the largest and most successful animal class. Owing it to their high evolutionary plasticity and ecological adaptation, but also to their robust immune systems, they have conquered all corners of the planet, thriving in most known habitats. Consequently, their impact on the environment and human wellbeing is both immense and critical, ranging from being agricultural pests and essential crop pollinators to being essential components of the food chain and contributors to environmental homeostasis to being transmitters of some of the most notorious diseases of both humans and other animals. This conference, the fourth in a series firstly introduced in 2007, aspires to provide a unique forum for networking and dissemination of the most recent and exciting discoveries in the field of insect immunology. The first component of the conference’s compound title encapsulates the fact that immunology as a scientific discipline cannot be effectively studied and understood by a single approach; it is only by combining and integrating the different scales at which immunology is studied that one can derive informed answers to specific and varying questions regarding the nature of the immune response against infections. The second component of the conference’s compound title denotes the focus of the conference and has a dual objective: by reviewing our state-of-the-art understanding of how insects successfully control infections both at the individual and at the population levels, it aims to inform current and reveal new avenues for the control of infectious diseases transmitted by insects. The conference agenda is structured around thematic sessions that cover various state-of-the-art topics in insect immunology in a highly integrated manner. These topics include amongst others: response to infections; insect-microbe interactions; pathogens, symbionts and microbiota; gut immunity and homeostasis; immune response and pathophysiology; ecology, evolution and adaptation; and innovations for human health and wellbeing.

Registration fee (including board and lodging)

500 € for PhD students
700 € for other participants

Application for registration   details here :
The total number of participants is limited to 115 and all participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of the conference. Selection is made on the basis of the affinity of potential participants with the topics of the conference. Scientists and PhD Students interested in the meeting should deposit on line :

- their curriculum vitae
- the proof of their student status
- the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
- the abstract of their presentation:

The abstract must respect the following template: TemplateResumeFile
- First line: title
- Second line: list of authors. Presenting author underlined
- Third line: author's addresses
- Fourth line: e-mail of the presenting author
Abstracts should be no longer than an A4 page and preferably be submitted in Times New Roman, font size 10 pts. No figures. ".docx" file format.

After deadline, the organizers will select the participants. Except in some particular cases approved by the Chairperson, it is recommended that all selected participants present their work during the conference, either in poster form or by a brief in- session talk. The organizers choose the form in which the presentations are made. No payment will be sent with application. Information on how and when to pay will be mailed in due time to those selected.