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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
Frédéric Keck
Zoonoses
Frédéric Keck
Zoonoses
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Session 2: Living with Animals Moderator: Thomas Lecuit (Collège de France) …
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
Martin Giurfa
Cognition in Bees
Martin Giurfa
Cognition in Bees
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Session 3: Animal Intelligence Moderator: Nalini Anantharaman (Collège de France) …
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
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
From Tragedy to Farce: Variations on the Greek Sacrifice as Murder
Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge
From Tragedy to Farce: Variations on the Greek Sacrifice as Murder
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Greek culture is a millennia-old culture of sacrifice: the killing of a domestic animal in honor of the gods is the central ritual of communal life in all its forms. …
14:40 to 15:20
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) Abstract Hunting prey from among 15,000 species of vertebrates, humans are today the planet’s primary predator, far ahead of lions, wolves, or sharks. Today, 94% of the …
15:30 to 16:10
Dominique Lestel
Animality and Humanity
Dominique Lestel
Animality and Humanity
Symposium
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Session 4: To Kill or Not to Kill? Moderator: Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) …
16:10 to 17:00
New Microbiology: From Molecules to Ecosystems
Tâm Mignot, chair Biodiversity and Ecosystems
New Microbiology: From Molecules to Ecosystems
Tâm Mignot, chair Biodiversity and Ecosystems
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Introduction Metagenomics has profoundly changed our understanding of biodiversity, the evolutionary relationships between organisms, and their extraordinary adaptive capabilities. In particular, the exploration of environments on a global scale has …
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Troels Skrydstrup
Carbon Isotope Labeling: A Necessity for Pharmaceutical Development
Troels Skrydstrup
Carbon Isotope Labeling: A Necessity for Pharmaceutical Development
Guest lecturer
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Abstract Carbon isotope labeling is an important tool for studying how drugs behave in the body, including how they are broken down and processed over time. By replacing one or more carbon atoms in a drug molecule with naturally occurring carbon isotopes …
14:00 to 15:00
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Schedule for the Day 9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. Welcome and coffee (11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris, Marguerite de Navarre Auditorium) 9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Introductory remarks by Thomas RÖMER (Chairman of the Collège de France, subject to …
09:00 to 17:00
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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 …
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Présentation Nos sociétés sont confrontées à des défis sans précédent : changement climatique, érosion de la biodiversité, inégalités croissantes, transformations technologiques et fragilisation du lien social. Dans ce contexte, comment évaluer le progrès …
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Michael Sherburn
Total Synthesis Using Designed Hydrocarbons
Michael Sherburn
Total Synthesis Using Designed Hydrocarbons
Guest lecturer
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Image generated using AI. Michael Sherburn has been invited by the College of France’s assembly at the recommendation of Professor Louis Fensterbank. Abstract We design, synthesize, and study simple unsaturated hydrocarbons, seeking to understand their …
11:00 to 12:00