4th annual plenary meeting of the Coordinated Action on Tuberculosis

On January 29th 2026, remotely and in person, at Solaris in Paris.

29 January 2026

In brief

The Coordinated Tuberculosis Action (AC TB) of the ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases (ANRS MIE) will bring together its three working groups for its fourth annual plenary meeting in a hybrid format.

  • Date: Thursday 29 January 2026 (8:30am–5pm E.C.T.)
  • Location: Le Solaris (25 rue Boyer, 75020 Paris) or online

Registration is free but mandatory. It will close on 16 January 2026.

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The plenary session will bring together its three working groups focused on: tuberculosis in mothers and children; tuberculosis and immunosuppression; and new therapeutic and vaccination strategies.

True to its mission as a scientific catalyst, this day will provide a forum for exchange between fundamental, translational and clinical researchers, both nationally and internationally. The aim is to highlight a selection of ongoing work, including work by the new generation of researchers, stimulate interdisciplinary synergies and encourage collaborative work.

Scientific & Organizing committee

  • François-Xavier BLANC (co-chair)
  • Olivier NEYROLLES (co-chair)
  • Alain BAULARD
  • Maryline BONNET
  • Guislaine CARCELAIN
  • Nathalie DE CASTRO
  • Didier LAUREILLARD
  • Olivier MARCY
  • Philippe VANDE PERRE
  • ANRS MIE, Fundamental research department : Djamila N’GADJAGA & Guia CARRARA

With the support of:

  • ANRS MIE : Fathima ABOOSALIHU
  • L’Institut de pharmacologie et de biologie structurale (IPBS), Toulouse : Nancy VALTOVA

Programme

8h30 Greetings
9h00 – 10h30

Opening Session

– Yazdan Yazdanpanah (ANRS MIE’s director)
– François-Xavier Blanc (co-chair of the AC Tuberculose)
– Olivier Neyrolles (co-chair of the AC TB)
9h30 – 10h30

Year in review

– GT1 “Tuberculosis within the mother-child relationship”
Olivier Marcy (IRD, Bordeaux) & Philippe Van de Perre (CHU, Univ. Montpellier)

– GT2 “Tuberculosis and immunodeficiency”
François-Xavier Blanc (CHU, Univ. Nantes) & Nathalie De Castro (St Louis APHP, Paris)

– GT3 “New therapeutic and vaccination strategies”
Alain Baulard (Institut Pasteur, Lille) & Maryline Bonnet (IRD, Univ. Montpellier)
10h30 – 12h05

Thematic session: a word from young researchers

Panel moderators: Guislaine Carcelain (APHP, Univ. Paris Cité) & Alain Baulard (Institut Pasteur, Lille)

  • 10h30 – Strengthening radiological diagnostic capacity for intrathoracic tuberculosis in children at peripheral health centres in six countries with high tuberculosis incidence and limited resources
    Bernard Fortune Melingui (IRD, Montpellier)
  • 10h50 – Descriptive epidemiology of tuberculosis in France between 2010 and 2023: a retrospective national study based on SNDS data
    Hugo Law-Koune (EPI-PHARE, CHU Réunion)
  • 11h10 – Exploring the invisible: reawakening differentially cultivable tuberculosis bacilli
    Oriane Rivière (Institut Pasteur, Lille)
  • 11h30 – Effluxosomes: how Mycobacterium tuberculosis resists host-generated metal stress through dynamic membrane platforms
    Pierre Dupuis (IPBS, Toulouse)
  • 11h50 – Bacterial biomarkers predicting treatment outcomes for tuberculosis in HIV patients with a rate of CD4<100
    Moussa Condé (Sorbonne Université, Paris)
12h05 – 13h30 Lunch break
13h30 – 15h

Round table debate: Asymptomatic tuberculosis diagnosis and screening

Nicolas Nagot (Univ. Montpellier, Inserm, EFS, CHU Montpellier) & Jonathan Hoffmann (Fondation Mérieux, Lyon)
15h – 15h15 Coffee break
15h15 – 16h45

Round table debate: Stratified therapeutic strategies and individualized approach

Lorenzo Guglielmetti (Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Cimi-Paris) & Maryline Bonnet (IRD, Univ. Montpellier)
16h45 – 17h

Closing words

With François-Xavier Blanc (CHU Nantes)