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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
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 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
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 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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