ICAN Scientific Seminars

Monthly scientific seminars UMRS 1166 / IHU ICAN

Sharing knowledge with our scientific and medical community is an integral part of IHU ICAN’s mission. Better knowledge of cardiometabolic diseases and the progress made in treating these conditions makes it essential to disseminate this new expertise.

It is within this framework that IHU ICAN and UMRS 1166 have set up monthly seminars to communicate and exchange with our community about IHU’s scientific and medical news.

Discover below the topics and dates of these conferences, open to everyone, and accessible online or in person.

10 February 2026 at 12:30 pm | Beta-cell adaptation unveiled: the role of myokines in insulin-resistant mice

Bertrand Blondeau – Physiology specialist

4 November 2025 at 12:30 pm | Genetics and genomics to understand the molecular basis of sex-biased non-atherosclerotic arterial diseases

Adrien GEORGES – Inserm researcher at Université Paris Cité / PARCC

6 May 2025 at 12:30 pm | Scientific integrity: from its definition to the consequences of breaches

Claude FOREST – Honorary Inserm Research Director at Université Paris Cité

18 February 2025 at 12:30 pm | Lipid metabolism in thermogenic adipose tissues

Jörg HEEREN – Professor of biochemistry and Deputy Director of the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

1 October 2024 at 12:30 pm | Deciphering the complexity of mitochondria populations in cardiomyocytes: insights into cardiac cellular bioenergetics and function

Céline GALES – Research Director at the Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases

11 June 2024 | Markers of adipose dysfunction in humans: associated risk and response to interventions aimed at weight loss

André TCHERNOF – Professor at Université Laval (Quebec, Canada), Institute of Nutrition

2 April 2024 | PLIN2-positive lipid-activated mononuclear phagocytes: role in vascular remodelling in retinopathies

Xavier GUILLONNEAU – Head of the “Retinopathy and inflammation” research group at the Vision Institute

6 January 2024 | Can hereditary heart diseases be recreated in the laboratory?

Albano MELI – Organoid Platform, Biocampus Montpellier

5 September 2023 | Adipocyte extracellular vesicles: small but mighty | Soazig LE LAY – Institut du Thorax

28 June 2023 | Importance of inner mitochondrial membrane integrity in cardiac homeostasis | Erminia DONNARUMMA – Postdoctoral Research Associate – Institut Pasteur

30 May 2023 | Advances and limitations of in-vitro liver sinusoid design on a chip: towards the construction of biomimetic multicellular culture systems | Mathieu HAUTEFEUILLE – Researcher – Developmental Biology Laboratory
Paris-Seine Biology Institute, Sorbonne University

28 April 2023 | Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Diseases | Professor Hossein ARDEHALI – MD, PhD – Director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute, Center for Molecular Cardiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

20 April 2023 | Lp(a) and aortic stenosis | Franck BOCCARA – Prof. cardiology and vascular diseases – UMRS 938 – Saint-Antoine Research Center

21 March 2023 | Regulation of the cardiac sodium channel Nav1.5 by 14-3-3 | Isabelle DESCHENES – PhD Physiology and Cell Biology – Ohio State University

13 February 2023 | Atrial fibrillation and the pulmonary veins | Lisa GOTTLIEB – Medical Doctor, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher – Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

31 January 2023 | Characterization of RNA splicing factors involved in the metabolic regulation of the liver | Santiago VERNIA – Head of the Metabolism and Gene Regulation group – MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London

24 November 2022 | Exploring the role of classic and non-classic biomarkers in the context of atherosclerotic burden | Chiara MACCHI – Research fellow – Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology – University of Milan

21 October 2022 | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathies: from animal models to innovative approaches | Jérôme MONTNACH – CNRS Research fellow – Institut du Thorax – University of Nantes

28 September 2022 | Extra-hepatic actions of PCSK9 & Identification of a gain-of-function variant of LIPC | Cédric LEMAY – Research Director – Institut du Thorax – Team 4 Cardiometabolic diseases – University of Nantes

20 May 2022 | Resolving spatial heterogeneity using Nanostring’s high-precision and single-cell profiling platforms | Jean-Baptiste PENIGAULT – PhD – NanoString

21 April 2022 | Seipin deficiency as a model of adipocyte dysfunction | Xavier PRIEUR – Institut du Thorax, Team 4 Cardiometabolic diseases – University of Nantes

31 March 2022 | Genetics and single-cell sequencing to identify new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular diseases | Patrick T. ELLINOR – Member of the Broad Institute, Harvard – Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital – Professor of medicine, Harvard School of Medicine

17 February 2022 | Ultrafast ultrasound and its applications | Mathieu PERNOT – Physics for Medicine Laboratory – ESPCI Paris – Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

21 January 2022 | Liver-on-a-chip and 3D models |  Cécile LEGALLAIS – Director of the Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory – University of Technology of Compiègne

30 November 2021 | Endogenous mobilization of adipose stromal cells: another means of communication for adipose tissue? | Coralie SENGENES – Head of the Stromagics team – Restore Institute – Toulouse

5 October 2021 | Artificial intelligence and personalized cardiac modeling: learning by heart | Maxime SERMESANT – Computational Cardiology Group Leader – INRIA – Université Côte d’Azur

14 September 2021 | OCT4-mediated inflammation induces cellular reprogramming that drives heart valve development and calcification of the aortic valve | Michel PUCEAT – Head of the Physiopathology of Cardiac Development team – Institut Marseille Medical Genetics

14 June 2021 | Hereditary heart disorders affecting young people; beyond monogenic inheritance | Connie BEZZINA – Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology – University of Amsterdam

18 May 2021 | Role of tryptophan metabolism in cardiometabolic diseases | Soraya TALEB – PARCC

6 April 2021 | Immuno-inflammation and myocardial infarction | Jean-Sébastien SILVESTRE – PARCC – Head of the Regenerative Therapies for Cardiac and Vascular Pathologies team