Metabolomics Symposium Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

3rd July 2025

Location: Théâtre du Grand Château, Campus VALROSE, Université Côte d'Azur, 28 avenue de Valrose, 06108, Nice

08:30 - 09:00: Welcome and Registration 

09:00 - 09:30: Opening Speech 

- Pr. Laurent COUNILLON Vice President of Research, Université Côte d’Azur 

- Local Organizing Committee 

Pr. Mohamed MEHIRI, ICN, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 
Dr. Delphine DEBAYLE, IPMC, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 
Aurélie SEASSAU, ISA, INRAE, Université Côte d’Azur 
Dr. Fabien FONTAINE-VIVE, ICN, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 
Dr. Louis-Félix NOTHIAS, ICN, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 

Session 1 

09:30 - 10:00: Can internal exposome signatures predict lung cancer risk beyond smoking? Evidence from metabolomics and multi-omics studies 
Pr. Sonia DAGNINO, UMR 4320 PHEN-X, CEA, Université Côte d’Azur 

10:00 - 10:15: Search for metabolomic signatures to determine the exposome of honey bees (Apis mellifera), a colony health indicator 
Safae OUALI, UMR 4320 PHEN-X, CEA, Université Côte d’Azur 

10:15 - 10:30:The Role of Epigenetic and Metabolic Biomarkers in Predictive and Preventive Medicine 
Dr. Mohamed BEN AHMED, TechInCare 

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break, Posters, and Discussions 

Session 2 

11:00 - 11:45: Leveraging metabolomics to reveal how metabolic alterations drive colorectal cancer progression and enable patient stratification. 
Dr. Nathalie LEGRAVE, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Department of Cancer Research 

11:45 - 12:00: Use of a metabolomics approach by Py-GC/MS for archaeometric purposes 
Pr. Gérald CULIOLI, IMBE, Avignon Université 

12:00 - 12:15: Flash communication  

12:15 - 13:45: Lunch Break and Poster Session 

Location: “Amphithéâtre de Chimie”. Please refer to the Campus Valrose map

Session 3 

13:45 - 14:15: Presentation of a Software for the Interpretation of Metabolomic and Multi-Omics Data Based on Multi-Block Data Segmentation Methods 
Dr. Jean-Charles MARTIN, C2VN, INRAE, Aix-Marseille Université 
Dr. Abdoulaye SOW, C2VN, INRAE, Aix-Marseille Université

14:15 - 14:45: High-Throughput Metabolomics and Lipidomics Workflows for Rare Disease and Cancer Research 
Dr. Djawed BENNOUNA, NIH, NCATS/DPI, USA 

14:45 - 15:00: Perspicacité-AI: An LLM-Powered Platform for Accelerating Scientific Research and Education 
Lucas PRADI, ICN, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 

15:00 - 15:30: Coffee Break and Discussions 

Session 4 – Workshop on Data Analysis 

15:30 - 17:30: Data Processing and Spectral Annotation of LC-HRMS/MS Metabolomics Data 
Dr. Corinna BRUNGS, University of Vienna, Austria Dr. Robin SCHMID, GmbH, Bremen, Germany 

17:30: Symposium Closing Session 

4^th July 2025

Location: Théâtre du Grand Château, Campus VALROSE, Université Côte d'Azur, 28 avenue de Valrose, 06108, Nice

08:30 - 09:00: Welcome and Registration
Session 5 

09:00 - 9:45: Bioactive Natural Products: From Discovery to Chemo-diversification 
Dr. Emerson F. QUEIROZ, University of Geneva, Switzerland 

09:45 - 10:15: New Strategy in the Discovery of Natural Antituberculosis Agents from French Guiana Flora 
Dr. Elnur GARAYEV, IMBE, Aix-Marseille Université 

10:15 - 10:30: Exploration of the Antitubercular Potential of French Guiana’s Flora through a Metabolomic Study 
Célia BREAUD, IMBE, Aix-Marseille Université 

10:30 - 10:45: Development of Innovative Natural Cosmetic Ingredients 
Dr. Camille DUBOIS, ICN, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur 

10:45 - 11:00: UHPLC-DAD-nano ESI-HRMS/MS-DPPH/ABTS-VIS On-Line coupling for the detection of antioxidant compounds: a novel analytical approach applied to Provence flora species 
Clémentine ACHARD-BACCATI, Aix-Marseille Université 

11:00 – 11:15: Coffee Break, Posters, and Discussions 

Session 6 

11:15 - 11:45 : Discovery and quantification of lipoamino acids in bacteria: new partners in microbiote studies? 
Dr. Justine BERTRAND MICHEL, MTH_MetaToul, I2M, Toulouse 

11:45- 12:15: Lipidomics with a broad coverage of lipid isomers 
Dr. Takeshi HARAYAMA, IPMC, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur

12:15 - 12:30: Latest Sciex Advances in Metabolomics and Lipidomics  
Heather CHASSAING, Sciex 

12:45 - 14:30: Lunch and guided tour of the NMR/MS facilities, supported by the CPER METABOLOME 2021 - 2027 program

Location: Théâtre du Grand Château, Campus VALROSE, Université Côte d'Azur, 28 avenue de Valrose, 06108, Nice

Session 7 

14:30 - 15:00: Characterizing marine benthic exometabolites from species to ecosystems 
Dr. Charlotte SIMMLER, IMBE, CNRS, IRD, Aix Marseille Université 

15:00 - 15:30: Coffee Break and Discussions 

Session 8 – Workshop on Data Analysis 

15:30 - 17:00: Comprehensive Analysis of Small Molecule MS/MS Data with SIRIUS 
Dr. Kai DÜHRKOP, Bright Giant GmbH 

17:00 - 17:30: Symposium Closing Session 

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