Seeing the Invisible: from Imaging Agents Design to Biological and Clinical Applications
Hôtel Dupanloup
1, rue Dupanloup
45000 Orléans
France
Presentation
The global ageing of the population creates a growing demand for advanced diagnostic tools that will address a large number of challenges for disease diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Biological imaging techniques are highly attractive for this purpose as they allow one to visualize different objects (such as tumors) or processes (such as the variation of metabolites) and obtain precise information at the molecular and anatomical levels. In addition, recent advances in instrumentation and in the development of innovative imaging modalities have revolutionized the field of medical and biological detection, drastically improving the possibilities and accuracies of fast screening, diagnosis, prediction and treatment. For example, real-time optical image-guided surgery, the monitoring of drug delivery, the precise detection of tumour boundaries or tumour infiltration patterns, and the early detection of numerous different diseases have become feasible. However, to take full advantage of all these advanced technological developments, it is crucial to design innovative, versatile imaging agents that will address all the specific requirements of a particular biological need.
This multidisciplinary meeting will bring together experts in the design, chemical synthesis and characterization of molecular and nanosized imaging agents with biologists and medical doctors who will benefit from them for innovative biological and clinical imaging. The topics will cover:
- Peculiarities of the design, synthesis and characterization of molecular and nanosized imaging agents;
- Optical imaging and sensing applications;
- Biological imaging;
- Clinical imaging.
👉This project is co-financed by the Loire Val-Health project, funded by the ANR and France 2030 under the number ANR-23-EXES-0007.
Convenors
Vincent Pecoraro, LE STUDIUM Research Professor
FROM University of Michigan - USA
IN RESIDENCE AT Center for Molecular Biophysics (CBM)/CNRS - FR
Svetlana Eliseeva & Stéphane Petoud
Center for Molecular Biophysics (CBM)/CNRS - FR
Invited speakers
- Eszter Boros, University of Wisconsin-Madison - USA
- Peggy L. Carver, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan - USA
- Michele Diana, Department of Surgery, University of Geneva Hospitals - CH
- Gilles Gasser, ParisTech Chemistry, University of PSL - FR
- Eva Jakab Toth, Centre for Molecular Biophysics (CBM) / CNRS - FR
- Daniel Jaque, Autonomous University of Madrid - ES
- Tom Meade, Department of Chemistry, University of Northwestern - USA
- Clotilde Policar, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), University of PSL - FR
- Matteo Tegoni, University of Parma - IT
Location
Hôtel Dupanloup : 1, rue Dupanloup - 45000 ORLEANS - FR
The conference venue is unique. Located right next to the Orléans’ cathedral, the episcopal palace of Orléans, built between 1635 and 1641, locally known as the Hôtel Dupanloup, is a classical French building which served until 1905 of residence to the bishops of Orléans. Since 2014, the renewed palace hosts the International University Center for Research and Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies.
Participants will be welcomed in this exceptional surrounding, blending Middle Age and Renaissance cultures with modern design and will have the opportunity to discover French cuisine and wines.
Programme
DAY 1: Monday 26th May 2025
- 12:30 Welcome lunch & registration
- 14:00 Official Opening
SESSION 1 : Design of Imaging Agents for Biomedical Applications
Chair: Vincent Pecoraro
- 14:30 Clotilde Policar - Metal Complexes in Cells: from SOD Mimics to Imaging
- 15:00 Cyrille Richard - Persistent Luminescence Applied to Bioimaging and Biosensing
- 15:20 Franck Suzenet - Pyrazinotriazapentalene (PyTAP) a New Family of Fluorescent Scaffold for Cellular Imaging
- 15:40 Lucie Norel - Control of 4f Complexes Luminescence with Organic Photochromic Units
- 16:00 Coffee break & Posters session
- 16:30 Matteo Tegoni - Metallacrowns: from Encapsulation of Lanthanides to Ln-Containing Luminescent Peptides
- 17:00 Timothée Lathion - Functionalized Lanthanide Metallacrowns for Near-Infrared Biological Imaging
- 17:20 Jacob Lutter - A Structural Survey and Examination of Lanthanide Emission Properties of Gallium- or Zinc-Containing Compounds Featuring Metallacrown Motifs
- 17:40 Julie Bourseguin - A New Approach for the Optical Detection of Breast Cancer Cells Using NIR Imaging Agents Based on Lanthanide Complexes Incorporated into Nanoparticles"
- 18:00 End of the conference day / Arrival audience for public lecture
- 18:30 Public lecture (in French) by Michele Diana - L’IA et les robots révolutionnent la chirurgie
- 20:00 Wine & Cheese cocktail - Hôtel Dupanloup
DAY 2: Tuesday 27th May 2025
- 08:45 Welcome coffee
SESSION 2 : Magnetic resonance imaging and related imaging modalities
Chair: Matteo Tegoni
- 09:00 Tom Meade - Seeing is Believing: But Just What are We Really Seeing?
- 09:50 Luke Marchetti - Zinc-Responsive Bioinspired Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents
- 10:10 Janet Morrow - Transition Metal Coordination Cages for Biomedical Imaging
- 10:40 Coffee break & Posters session
- 11:10 Eva Jakab Toth - Manganese and Iron Chelates for 1H and 19F MRI
- 11:40 Angélique Sour - Bio-Inspired Cu(II)-Responsive MRI Contrast Agents
- 12:00 Lunch & Poster session
SESSION 3 : Optical and multimodal imaging
Chair: Svetlana Eliseeva
- 14:00 Eszter Boros - Catch and Release: Manipulating the Chemistry of Radioactive Metal Ions to Develop the Next Generation of Diagnostics and (Radio)Metal-based Medicines
- 14:50 Fabien Caillé - Isotopic Radiolabeling of Drugs for PET Translational Developments: Application to Drug Development and HIV Imaging
- 15:10 Vladimir Lysenko - Carbon Dots@DOTA-Gd Nanohybrids and their Multi-Modal Bio-Imaging Applications
- 15:30 Ling Peng - Self-Assembling Dendrimer Nanosystems for Biomedical Imaging
- 16:00 Coffee break & Posters session
- 16:30 Daniel Jaque - Biomedical Applications of Luminescent Nanothermometers: Present and Future
- 17:00 Hélène Merceron - Single-Cell Measurements of Metabolic O2 Fluxes in Chlamydomonas reinhardti
- 17:20 Anthony Delalande - Ultrasound and Microbubble-Based Theranostic Applications: Focus on Central Nervous System Drug Delivery
- 17:40 Joëlle Tchicaya Bouanga - Discover the Full Potential of Real Time Imaging and Near Infrared Spectrum to Go Over the Limit of in vivo Detection
- 18:00 Guided visit of the city centre
- 19:30 Social dinner
DAY 3: Wednesday 28th May 2025
- 08:45 Welcome coffee
SESSION 4 : Biomedical/functional imaging towards clinical and therapeutic applications
Chair: Stéphane Petoud
- 09:00 Michele Diana - Surgical Optomics and Robotics: the Combo towards Surgical Precision
- 09:50 Jean-Luc Coll - Nanotheranostic Approaches: Photons Can Help for Diagnotics and Therapy of Cancer
- 10:20 Sandra Même - High Field MRI: from Researcher Bench to the Patient’s Bedside
- 10:40 Coffee break & Posters session
- 11:10 Gilles Gasser - Metal-based Photosensitizers for Anticancer Photodynamic Therapy
- 11:40 Xavier Druart - pCLE in vivo imaging for preclinical development of new contraception methods
- 12:00 Peggy Carver - Targeting the Invisible: Pathogen-Specific Imaging for the detection of Infectious Diseases
- 12:30 End of the conference
General Information
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Congress Venue |
Hôtel Dupanloup, 1 rue Dupanloup
45000 Orléans, France
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Dates |
Monday, 26 May - Wednesday, 28 May 2025
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Language |
The official language of the Congress is English
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Welcome pack and Name Badge |
Upon arrival you will receive a welcome pack that includes the printed material of the Conference and your name badge will be given to you at the reception . Please wear your name badge at all times during the Conference and to all official Conference events.
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Invitation Letters |
An official letter of invitation facilitating the obtention of an entry visa can be sent upon request . In order to receive an invitation letter for visa purposes, send an email to maurine.villiers@lestudium-ias.fr. Please note that :
- we only issue an official letter once the payment of the registration fee has been validated.
- such letters do not represent a commitment on the part of the Organisers to provide any financial assistance.
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Certificate of attendance |
After the conference, in order to receive a certficate of participation, send an email to maurine.villiers@lestudium-ias.fr
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Hotels |
List of recommended Hotels in Orléans
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Restaurant |
How to get there ?
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By train: |
* Orléans centre station
1.5 hour trip from Paris (Austerlitz)
* Les Aubrais station (4km from Orleans town centre)
Tramway A, 10 minutes trip to Orléans centre station
> Plan your trip by train: https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
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By car: |
GPS: 47.90243, 1.91179
Please note that you can't park in the courtyard in front of the Hotel Dupanloup.
Paid car parks nearby :
Parking Cathédrale, Rue Saint-Pierre Lentin, 45000 Orléans
Parking Hôtel de Ville, 4 Rue Fernand Rabier, 45000 Orléans
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By plane: |
*Arrival at Roissy Charles De Gaulle (CDG) airport:
Take RER B in direction to Saint Rémy Les Chevreuse, step out at Gare du Nord Stop
Take Metro 5 in direction to Place d'Italie, step out at Gare d'Austerlitz Stop
> Then take a train to Orléans (see "by train" section above)
*Arrival at Paris-Orly (ORY) airport:
Take Metro 14 in direction to Saint-Denis - Pleyel, step out at Bibliothèque-François Mitterrand Stop.
Take RER C in direction to Gare de Pontoise, step out at Gare d'Austerlitz Stop
Step out at Gare d'Austerlitz Stop
> Then take a train to Orléans (see "by train" section above)
Oral presentations & posters
Abstracts for oral presentation should be submitted before Tuesday 25th March 2025.
Abstracts for poster presentation should be submitted before Monday 28th April 2025.
Please upload your abstract during the registration or send it before the deadline to maurine.villiers@lestudium-ias.fr.
The number of oral presentations is limited, convenors will process a selection and confirm your presentation few days later.
Please note that we do not print the posters, but racks & pins will be provided for up to A0 sizes, portrait format.
- Please download the template for oral presentation.
- Please download the template for poster presentation.
Pricing
(Including two lunches, a wine & cheese cocktail, a guided visit and the coffee breaks)
| Private institutions | 500 EUR |
| Private institutions & gala dinner | 560 EUR |
| Public institutions | 300 EUR |
| Public institutions & gala dinner | 360 EUR |
| Students & PhD Scholars | 100 EUR |
| Students & PhD Scholars & gala dinner | 160EUR |
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be made in writing and sent by email to the Registration Department
Up to 30 days prior to conference start – Full refund less €50 handling fee
Less than 30 days prior to conference start – No refund
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