News and opportunities
You can find here all the news about events, meetings, trainings but also outreach initiatives, job opportunities or call for applications.
21/10 Sathish Ramakrishnan - How do secretory cells release their cargo so fast ?
Yale School of Medicine, USA
Practical information
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, 11.30am
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Marie Curie
11-13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Marie Curie
11-13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5
Organization
PCC seminar
contact : feng-ching.tsai@curie.fr
contact : feng-ching.tsai@curie.fr
21/20 Conor McCann - Developing a Stem Cell Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease
UCL, UK
Practical information
Friday, October 23rd, 2026, 11.30am
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Marie Curie
11-13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Marie Curie
11-13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 5
Organization
30/10 Simone Reber - The cytoplasm in organelle scaling
Max Planck Institute Berlin, Germany
Practical information
Friday, October 30th, 2026, 11.30am
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Burg
12 rue lhomond, Paris 5
Institut Curie
Amphitheatre Burg
12 rue lhomond, Paris 5
Organization
06/11 Nikolas Claussen - TBA
Princeton university, USA
Practical information
Friday, November 6th, 2026, 1pm
ENS
TBA
ENS
TBA
Organization
13/11 Min Wu - TBA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
Practical information
Friday, November 13th, 2026, 1pm
Location ENS, TBA
Location ENS, TBA
Organization
20/11 Ada Altieri - From disordered Generalized Lotka-Volterra models to gut microbiome complexity
MSC, Paris
Practical information
Friday, November 20th, 2026, 11am
PMMH ESPCI Paris-PSL,
7 Quai Saint Bernard, Barre Cassan Bât A 1er étage Case 18, 75005 Paris
Salle réunion PMMH 1
PMMH ESPCI Paris-PSL,
7 Quai Saint Bernard, Barre Cassan Bât A 1er étage Case 18, 75005 Paris
Salle réunion PMMH 1
Organization
08/01 Benjamin Apffel - TBA
ENS Lyon
Practical information
Friday, January 8th, 2027, 11am
PMMH ESPCI Paris-PSL,
7 Quai Saint Bernard, Barre Cassan Bât A 1er étage Case 18, 75005 Paris
Salle réunion PMMH 1
PMMH ESPCI Paris-PSL,
7 Quai Saint Bernard, Barre Cassan Bât A 1er étage Case 18, 75005 Paris
Salle réunion PMMH 1
Organization
Coming events
No events to come
Past events
EnLife - Kick-off meeting - October 16th, 2025
EnLife Call for collaborative applications - public presentation of the submitted projects - February 18th, 2026
EnLife Call for collaborative applications - public presentation of the submitted projects - February 18th, 2026
Paris Biological Physics Community Day 2026 Nov 27 2026 - sponsored by EnLife
Practical information
November 27th, 2026
Ecole Normale Supérieure
l'Amphithéâtre Galois
45 rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris
Organizing committee: D. Wang, M. McDermott, F. Vogel
Contact : parisbiophysicsday@gmail.com
Ecole Normale Supérieure
l'Amphithéâtre Galois
45 rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris
Organizing committee: D. Wang, M. McDermott, F. Vogel
Contact : parisbiophysicsday@gmail.com
Description
The Paris Biological Physics Community Day (PBPCD 2026), this year at its 14th edition, is a conference organized by young researchers in the Paris area with the aim to bring together researchers in biological physics and create an opportunity for sharing knowledge.
It's going to be a day of conviviality, we envision to have a dynamic and informal atmosphere. In the program the talks of the invited speakers are interleaved with short presentations by young investigators.
No fees: lunch, coffee breaks and closing apéro included! Just come to Amphithéâtre Galois, ENS.
Submit your abstract here
Deadline November 6th
It's going to be a day of conviviality, we envision to have a dynamic and informal atmosphere. In the program the talks of the invited speakers are interleaved with short presentations by young investigators.
No fees: lunch, coffee breaks and closing apéro included! Just come to Amphithéâtre Galois, ENS.
Submit your abstract here
Deadline November 6th
4th Symposium tribute to M. Dahan - Clusters and condensates at the cell membrane Nov 30 - Dec 1 2026
Practical information
November 30th - December 1st, 2026
Institut Curie
Amphitheater Constant Burg
12 rue lhomond 75005 Paris
Organizing committee: Patricia Bassereau, Mathieu Coppey, Antoine Coulon, Aïda Fakhr, Bassam Hajj, Christian Specht
Contact : aida.fakhr@curie.fr
Institut Curie
Amphitheater Constant Burg
12 rue lhomond 75005 Paris
Organizing committee: Patricia Bassereau, Mathieu Coppey, Antoine Coulon, Aïda Fakhr, Bassam Hajj, Christian Specht
Contact : aida.fakhr@curie.fr
Description
The symposium will focus on phase separation, size regulation of membrane domains, biophysical aspects of membrane dynamics, as well as biochemical interactions within cells and at membranes.
As the previous editions, this symposium is held in memory of Maxime Dahan, a pioneering biophysicist who passed away in 2018. It will bring together scientists from diverse disciplines to share their work and to continue his legacy in this exciting field of research at the interface of molecular cell biology and biophysics.
Details program to come. It features three scientific sessions with presentations by international scholars as well as selected short talks.
Submit your abstract to aida.fakhr@curie.fr
Deadline : September 30th
The Maxime Dahan Prize for Innovation in Methods and Instrumentation at the Interface of Physics, Biology & Medicine will be awarded during the meeting.
As the previous editions, this symposium is held in memory of Maxime Dahan, a pioneering biophysicist who passed away in 2018. It will bring together scientists from diverse disciplines to share their work and to continue his legacy in this exciting field of research at the interface of molecular cell biology and biophysics.
Details program to come. It features three scientific sessions with presentations by international scholars as well as selected short talks.
Submit your abstract to aida.fakhr@curie.fr
Deadline : September 30th
The Maxime Dahan Prize for Innovation in Methods and Instrumentation at the Interface of Physics, Biology & Medicine will be awarded during the meeting.
Course - ABC A - Advanced Biology Course on Artificial Cell Sept 16 - Dec 16 2026
Link the course's website
Practical information
September 16th to December 16th 2026
14 sessions of 2h, every Wednesdays 5:15-7:15 pm
Institut Pierre Gilles De Gennes
6 rue Jean Calvin, 75005, Paris
Registration
Contact : bofei.ma@bio.ens.psl.eu
Deadline July 21st, 2026
14 sessions of 2h, every Wednesdays 5:15-7:15 pm
Institut Pierre Gilles De Gennes
6 rue Jean Calvin, 75005, Paris
Registration
Contact : bofei.ma@bio.ens.psl.eu
Deadline July 21st, 2026
Description
This course will attempt to describe the components needed and how to assemble them to build a cell, as well as to identify the technical and conceptual challenges involved. The path we must take to create a cell provides insight into living organisms and what they are made of. In particular, the course will attempt to define a set of criteria that must be met for the resulting entity to be considered alive. It will also identify, among the many functions and properties of living systems, those that are essential and indispensable for the emergence and maintenance of life. Finally, this course will help advance current thinking on the definition of life and the experimental strategy to be implemented to construct a form of life.
Organisation
Each session is 2 hours long, divided into :
○ 10 minutes presentation by students who interviewed the speaker of the previous session.
○ 1h20 presentation by an expert, detailing milestone studies, current challenges, and their personal research.
○ 30 minutes for students to interview the speaker, with evaluations based on their performance.
Organisation
Each session is 2 hours long, divided into :
○ 10 minutes presentation by students who interviewed the speaker of the previous session.
○ 1h20 presentation by an expert, detailing milestone studies, current challenges, and their personal research.
○ 30 minutes for students to interview the speaker, with evaluations based on their performance.
Course - 8th Cell Biology and Cancer course “Building Forms: How Cells Create Patterns” Nov 16-20 2026 - sponsored by EnLife
Link the course's website to come
Practical information
November 16-20, 2026
Institut Curie
Registration are not open yet
Capacity : 30 participants
Selection : Candidates will be selected based on the abstract describing their current work and a three sentences-long motivation letter explaining why they want to participate to this course.
Organizers : Stéphanie Miserey (IC), Danijela Vignevic (IC), Guillaume Montagnac (I Gustave Roussy), Lara Krüger (IC) and Isma Bennabi (IC)
Institut Curie
Registration are not open yet
Capacity : 30 participants
Selection : Candidates will be selected based on the abstract describing their current work and a three sentences-long motivation letter explaining why they want to participate to this course.
Organizers : Stéphanie Miserey (IC), Danijela Vignevic (IC), Guillaume Montagnac (I Gustave Roussy), Lara Krüger (IC) and Isma Bennabi (IC)
Description
The 8th Cell Biology and Cancer course will explore how biological forms emerge across scales, from intracellular organization to tissues and whole organisms. It will focus on key cellular processes such as cytoskeleton dynamics and intracellular trafficking, and how these processes shape complex cellular structures. The course will also address pattern formation, morphogenesis and collective cell behaviors at the tissue level, in the context of mechanobiology and developmental biology.
Speakers
Jan Brugués (DE), Martin Loose (AT), Manuel Thery (FR), Nicolas Minc (FR), Anne Grapin-Botton (DE), Emmanuelle Bayer (FR), Benoit Sore (FR), Silvia Fre (FR), Ewa Paluch (UK), Daria Bonazzi (FR),Marie-Helene Verlhac (FR), Carlos Perez Gonzalez (FR), James Sharpe (ES), Pierre-Francois Lenne (FR), Romain Levayer (FR), Anna Czarkwiani (DE), Yohanns Bellaiche (FR), Alain Chedotal (FR), Buzz Baum (UK), Diana Pinheiro (AT)
Speakers
Jan Brugués (DE), Martin Loose (AT), Manuel Thery (FR), Nicolas Minc (FR), Anne Grapin-Botton (DE), Emmanuelle Bayer (FR), Benoit Sore (FR), Silvia Fre (FR), Ewa Paluch (UK), Daria Bonazzi (FR),Marie-Helene Verlhac (FR), Carlos Perez Gonzalez (FR), James Sharpe (ES), Pierre-Francois Lenne (FR), Romain Levayer (FR), Anna Czarkwiani (DE), Yohanns Bellaiche (FR), Alain Chedotal (FR), Buzz Baum (UK), Diana Pinheiro (AT)
PSL calls for applications
- Young Researcher Starting grant - Deadline March 30th, 2026
- Seed package - Deadline April 13th, 2026
- Researcher-professors - Deadline April 24th, 2026
- Prematuration - Deadline first step May 5th, second step May 19th, 2026
- Paired PhD's grant call - Deadline May 20th, 2026
- Visiting fellow - Deadline June 10th, 2026