Workshop Key Concepts in Neuroimmunology

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Plenary speaker: 

• Robert Dantzer (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA)

Speakers:

• Jérôme Badaut (INCIA, UMR CNRS/UB 5287, Bordeaux, France)
• Bruno Brochet (Neurocentre Magendie, UMR INSERM/UB U862, Bordeaux, France)
• Lynn Chiu (ImmunoConcept, UMR CNRS/UB 5164, Bordeaux, France)
• Laurent Groc (IINS, UMR CNRS/UB 5297, Bordeaux, France)
• Jan Pieter Konsman (INCIA, UMR CNRS/UB 5287, Bordeaux, France)
• Agnès Nadjar (NutriNeuro, UMR INRA/UB 1286, Bordeaux, France)
• Nathalie Schmitt (ImmunoConcept, UMR CNRS/UB 5164, Bordeaux, France)

Organizing committee:

• Jan Pieter Konsman (INCIA, UMR CNRS/UB 5287, Bordeaux, France)
• Agnès Nadjar (NutriNeuro, UMR INRA/UB 1286, Bordeaux, France)
• Thomas Pradeu (ImmunoConcept, UMR CNRS/UB 5164, Bordeaux, France)
• Sophie Layé (NutriNeuro, UMR INRA/UB 1286, Bordeaux, France)

This workshop is supported by Thomas Pradeu’s ERC Starting Grant IDEM, PhilInBioMed, and ImmunoConcept.

 The questions raised by this workshop will include:

• What is the benefit for biology and medicine to think in terms of (psycho)neuroimmunology in comparison with its constituting disciplines, namely immunology, neurobiology, and psychology?
• At what level(s) of analysis (organism, organ, cell, and molecule) are neuroimmunology and psychoneuroimmunology most powerful in explaining health and disease?
• What does it mean for the central nervous system to be immune-privileged and can other nervous systems or organs be qualified in the same way?
• How important are biological barriers (blood-brain barrier, gut barrier, etc.) and biological
  compartments (brain parenchyma, meninges, gut lumen, peritoneal cavity) in constraining or favoring neuroimmune interactions?
• Does neuroimmunology account better for the organism’s capacity to maintain its integrity than neuroscience and immunology?
• What are the implications and what can be the impact of some (psycho)neuroimmunological research findings for other fields of biology and medicine, and more generally for philosophical and social issues?

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