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Overview This course offers a comprehensive exploration of erythropoiesis and red blood cells, from hematopoietic stem cells to major erythroid disorders. After reviewing the organization of hematopoiesis and the bone marrow niche, we will describe the …
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Introduction The 2026–2027 course on creative work will continue its exploration of one of the research areas to which Pierre-Michel Menger devoted his work: the arts. The 2025–2026 course demonstrated how the arts constitute a rich yet enigmatic subject …
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Schedule for the Day 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Welcome: 11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris, Marguerite de Navarre Lecture Hall 9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Introductory remarks by William Marx (Collège de France) 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Keynote lecture by …
09:00 to 17:00
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Moderator: Philippe Chevallier …
17:30 to 19:00
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Schedule for the Day 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Lecture by Pierre FRESNAULT-DERUELLE (University of Paris 1): Hergé’s Dupondts: Figurines from a Cabinet of Curiosities Economics and Collecting Session Chair: Michel PORRET 9:30–9:35 a.m.: Introduction …
09:00 to 17:00
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Florence Burgat is a philosopher and a research director at INRAE, assigned to the Husserl Archives (ENS Paris). She studies the condition of animals, particularly from a phenomenological perspective. She is the author of L’Humanité carnivore (Seuil, …
18:00 to 19:00
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Abstract Literature offers numerous attempts to give animals a tangible existence by highlighting their inherent dignity and the unique quality of their presence. The opening of the symposium on animals will thus be entrusted to a bestiary of nine …
19:00 to 20:00
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© Jean-François Joanny. Introduction Following the course on intracellular transport, Jean-François Joanny’s course this year will focus on the physical aspects of energy consumption by cells and metabolism. This course will be offered in conjunction with …
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals   Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) …
09:30 to 10:10
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) …
10:10 to 10:50
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) Abstract The “orangutan,” or “man of the woods,” made its debut in 17 th -century Europe through the earliest treatises on medical casuistry, among other clinical cases. Its …
11:10 to 11:50
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Session 1: Thinking About Animals Moderator: William Marx (Collège de France) Abstract In the era of Mesopotamian and biblical narratives, the ark of survival was associated with the flood that wiped out nearly all living creatures, followed by a renewal …
11:50 to 12:30
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract In Western countries today, the horse is primarily viewed as a recreational animal. Yet, not so long ago, it played a central role in our societies. Swift as lightning, …
14:00 to 14:40
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Protest movements against government policies on agriculture and the environment often invoke the image of an animal taking revenge for the mistreatment inflicted upon it …
14:40 to 15:20
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Translational research aims to bridge the gap between basic scientific discoveries and their application for the benefit of patients. In neurodegenerative diseases, …
15:20 to 16:00
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Roman law is at the origin of the dichotomy between personae and res and classifies animals as things, thereby reflecting, within the legal order, a social organization …
16:20 to 17:00
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) Abstract Every new discovery in biology invites us to rethink our view of the living world and the place humans occupy within it. Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and …
17:00 to 17:40
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence  Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) …
09:30 to 10:10
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract Since nonhuman primates are our closest relatives in evolutionary history, studying their communication systems can help us identify traits shared with speech in …
10:10 to 10:50
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract Honeybees have a brain measuring barely one cubic millimeter, yet they exhibit a remarkably sophisticated behavioral repertoire. In addition to their historical …
11:10 to 11:50
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) Abstract This talk will first demonstrate how collaborative research between behavioral biologists and physicists makes it possible to quantify social interactions …
11:50 to 12:30
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Philosophers of ancient and medieval India agree that animals perceive and are capable of experiencing pleasure and pain: in the Indian debate over the legitimacy of …
14:00 to 14:40