In memoriam of Prof. Michael P. Sheetz – Forces at Play: emerging themes in Mechanobiology>

Planning

Monday, January 19, 2026

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13:30 - 14:00 Welcome - Welcome  
14:00 - 14:15 Introductory talk (Buffon Amphitheater)  
14:15 - 14:45 Grégory GIANNONE (Buffon Amphitheater) - Deciphering the mechano-sensitive properties of the membrane periodic skeleton  
14:50 - 15:20 Thomas ISKRATSCH (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mechanotranduction Molecular Mechanical sensing and imprinting as regulator of cardiac myocyte phenotype and function  
15:25 - 15:55 Magdalene SO (Buffon Amphitheater) - Neisseria Type IV Pilus: from biomechanics to pathogenesis and commensalism  
16:00 - 16:10 Sponsor presentation - ABBELIGHT - Sébastien BELLOW (Buffon Amphitheater)  
16:10 - 16:20 Sponsor presentation - ARTIDIS - Marko LOPARIC (Buffon Amphitheater)  
16:20 - 16:50 Break (Buffon Hall)  
16:55 - 17:25 Alexander BERSHADSKY (Buffon Amphitheater) - Integrin-mediated focal and fibrillar cell-matrix adhesions and their interactions with microtubules  
17:30 - 18:00 Linda J. KENNEY (Buffon Amphitheater) - Serendipity or Dumb Luck: My two decades of adventures with Mike  

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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09:00 - 09:30 Satyajit MAYOR (Buffon Amphitheater) - A mechanoresponsive, ATP-powered membrane fabric encodes directional migration cues  
09:35 - 10:05 Haguy WOLFENSON (Buffon Amphitheater) - Fibrosis inhibition via control over enzymatically-regulated fibronectin fibrillogenesis  
10:10 - 10:40 Catherine GALBRAITH (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mapping Molecular Fields to Understand Protein Organization  
10:40 - 11:15 Break (Buffon Hall)  
11:15 - 11:45 Michael DUSTIN (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mixed mobility supported lipid bilayers put the immunological synapse into another gear  
11:50 - 12:20 Patricia BASSEREAU (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mechanics of cell protrusions  
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch (Buffon Hall)  
14:00 - 14:30 Virgile VIASNOFF (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mechanics of Cell-cell adhesion beyond linkers.  
14:35 - 15:05 Marco FOIANI (Buffon Amphitheater) - ATR and ATM-mediated mechano-transduction pathways and clinical implications  
15:10 - 15:40 Sara WICKSTRÖM (Buffon Amphitheater) - Mechanical regulation of cell states  
15:40 - 16:10 Break (Buffon Hall)  
16:15 - 16:45 G. V. SHIVASHANKAR (Buffon Amphitheater) - AI-based mechano-genomic biomarkers for health and disease  
16:50 - 17:20 Dennis DISCHER (Buffon Amphitheater) - Matrix Rigidity, Genetic Fluctuations, & Macrophage Polarization  

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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09:00 - 09:30 Yasuhiro SAWADA (Buffon Amphitheater) - Harnessing Mechanical Forces to Recapitulate the Multifaceted Health Benefits of Exercise - From Cellular Mechanosensing to Systemic Health  
09:35 - 10:05 Jacques PROST (Buffon Amphitheater) - Epitheliums with fields and flows  
10:10 - 10:40 Pascale MONZO (Buffon Amphitheater) - Invasive gliomas: Motility behaviors and mechanical properties  
10:40 - 11:10 Break (Buffon Hall)  
11:10 - 11:40 Pere ROCA-CUSACHS SOULERE (Buffon Amphitheater) - From integrin adhesion reinforcement to the nucleus  
11:45 - 12:15 Ajay TIJORE (Buffon Amphitheater) - Selective killing of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) by ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces  
12:15 - 12:30 Conclusions  
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