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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bardin Allison <Allison.Bardin@curie.fr>
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<b>Sent:</b> 27 January 2026 08:13<br>
<b>To:</b> Irene Miguel-Aliaga <irene.miguelaliaga@crick.ac.uk>; James Briscoe <James.Briscoe@crick.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Spread the word: Conference Jacques Monod Dev bio deadline Jan 31st!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> I am hoping you can help spread the word among the Crick/London/UK dev biologists about the upcoming Roscoff Dev Bio meeting. It would be great to have some more
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="mso-line-height-alt:13.8pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6">Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:13.8pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6"> May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:13.8pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6"> Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:13.8pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6"> Apply here:
<a href="https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en" target="_blank" title="https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en">
<span style="color:#1A58A6">https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black"> PRESIDENT
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6">Allison Bardin, Institut Curie, Paris, FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black"> VICE-PRESIDENT:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:#1A58A6"> Lionel Christiaen, Michael Sars
Centre, University of Bergen, Bergen, NO</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:31.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">A<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>series<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> “</span>Conférences<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> </span>Jacques<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt"> </span>Monod”
has been held since 2012 to address <b>current questions in developmental biology. </b>The program of the conference<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> in 2026 (May 18-22<sup>nd</sup>)
</span>will focus on the “niche concept” at diverse scales and its impact on developmental biology, representing the conceptual and technical expansion of the field towards metabolism and environmental science. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-indent:31.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Emerging topics in developmental biology will be explored through six subthemes:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">1. Ecological and environmental niche control of development.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">2. Stem cells and regenerative niches.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">3. Temporal and tissue-level niches.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">4. Signalling and gene regulatory networks for patterned fate choices.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">5. Mechanical niches, morphogenesis, and cell-cell interactions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:45.0pt;text-indent:27.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">6. Metabolites, metabolism, and physiology.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Allison Bardin FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Christian Braendle FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Marianne Bronner US</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Chen-Hui Chen TW- EMBO Global Lecture</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Justin Crocker DE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Joaquina Delás UK</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Claude Desplan US</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Vincent Laudet TW/JP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">François Leulier FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Deirdre Lyons US</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="text-indent:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Marie Manceau, FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book",serif;color:black">Stéphane Noselli, FR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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