Dear all, Please find below a description of the interdisciplinary colloquium « New Challenges Induced by Microbiomes » (REVMICNAT5) (funded by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) via the GDR REVMICNAT : https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/fr/revmicnat and https://www.sb-roscoff.fr/en/revmicnat). Anyone is invited to attend. Feel very free to advertise by forwarding this email to anyone you may think would be interested. The event is free, hybrid (attendees can join either in person or virtually) but upon registration by email before September 8th to : epbapteste@gmail.com. When emailing, please let me know whether you would prefer to attend virtually or in person (40 seats, on a first serve, first come basis). It will take place within the University Jussieu, Jussieu Campus, on October 7th 2024. Kind regards, Eric Bapteste Provisional program (the speaker order is not truly in any order yet) *Provisional program 'REVMICNAT 5th edition':* 9:00-9:05: *A few welcome words. Dr. E. Bapteste* (CNRS, ISYEB, Paris, France) 9:06-9:26: *Today's Biology: The microbiome within the microbiome. Dr. Eduardo Rocha (Pasteur, France)* 9:27-9:47: *Today's Biology: Lessons from microbiomes from the past. Dr. Catherine Larose *(CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes, France) 9:48-10:08: *Today's Biology: Biodeterioration and microbiomes. Dr. Yvan Moënne-Loccoz* (UMR CNRS 5557 Ecologie Microbienne, UMR INRAe 1418 - VetAgro Sup, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France) 10:09-10:29: *Today's Biology: Holobionts and macroalgae.* *Dr. François Thomas (CNRS, Roscoff, France) * 10:30-10:50: *Today's Biology: Addressing the role of perturbations in microbiome dynamics. Dr. Marco Fondi* (Biology Dep., University of Florence, Italy) 5 minutes break 10:55-11:15: *Politics : The geopolitics of microbes. Dr. Gitte du Plessis* (Academy of Finland Research Fellow, Politics, Tampere University) 11:16-11:36: *Religion : Religion, Animals, and the Theological Anthropology of Microbes in the Pandemicene. Dr. Aminah Al-Attas Bradford* (Department of Applied Ecology, NC State University, USA) 11:37-11:57: *Design:* *Fashion, bioactive textiles and microbiomes**.** Dr. Cláudia Suellen Ferro de Oliveira *(CBQF - Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal) LUNCH BREAK (1h30 for all speakers) 13:30-13:50: *Art*: *Doing art with microbiomes.* *Lise Leloutre* (Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France) 13:51-14:11: *Art: Microbes, viruses and science-fiction. Marie Truffié *(Graduated from L'Ecole des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, France) 14:12-14:32: *Architecture: Microbiomes and the History of Architecture. Pr. Mark Wigley* (Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, USA) 14:33-14:53: *Law sciences: Microbiomes and the evolution of laws. Dr. Laure Thomasset* (Institut Catholique de Paris, Faculté de Sciences Sociales, d'Economie et de Droit (FASSED), France) 14:54-15:14: *Today's Biology: Person-to-person-microbiome transmission. Dr. Mireia Valles-Colomer* (distancial) (Department of Medicine and Life Sciences UPF (MELIS-UPF), Barcelona, Spain) 15:15-15:35: *Tomorrow's Biology: Microbiomes and the plastisphere. Dr. Méril Massot* (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS-UMR 5175, Montpellier, France) 5 minutes break 15:40-16:00*: Philosophy: Responsibility and the Microbiome. Dr. Kristien Hens* (University of Antwerp, Department of philosophy, Antwerpen. Belgium) 16:01-16:21: *Tomorrow's Biology: The impact of microbiome studies on astrobiology as a field. Dr. Michael Macey* (School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK) 16:22-16:39: One spot to be funded by the GDR - for you, maybe? You can apply at epbapteste@gmail.com; your application will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee of Revmicnat Dr. Eric Bapteste 7, quai Saint-Bernard, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7205 ISYEB, Bâtiment A, 4eme et. pièce 427, Paris 75005 France - Livre pour enfants et curieux: "Le monde surprenant des microbes: virus, bactéries, archées,..." (Editions Circonflexe) "Tout se transforme! Comment marche l'évolution" (Editions Circonflexe) Livres pour adultes: "Tous entrelacés! Des gènes aux super-organismes, les réseaux de l'évolution" (Belin) "Les gènes voyageurs: l'odyssée de l'évolution" (Belin) "Conflits intérieurs: fable scientifique" (Editions Matériologiques) Bapteste Eric (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)