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 (9.30am–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

  • Olivier NEYROLLES
  • François-Xavier BLANC
  • Alain BAULARD
  • Maryline BONNET
  • Nathalie DE CASTRO
  • Guislaine CARCELAIN
  • Didier LAUREILLARD
  • Olivier MARCY
  • Philippe VANDE PERRE

ANRS MIE, basic research department: Djamila N’GADJAGA, Fathima ABOOSALIHU, Guia CARRARA

ANRS MIE, innovation department: Jeanne BERARD

ANRS MIE, clinical research department: Joséphine TINE, Marcia TRUMEAU

Pharmacology & Structural Biology Institute (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)
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 – 12h10

Thematic session: a word from young researchers

– Oriane Rivière (Institut Pasteur, Lille)
– Pierre Dupuy (IPBS, Toulouse)
– Bernard Fortune Melingui (IRD, Montpellier)
– Hugo Law-Koune (Epi-Phare, CHU Réunion)
12h10 – 12h30

Feedback from the AC TB’s international symposium on asymptomatic tuberculosis

Presentation by the scientific committee of the AC TB
12h30 – 13h45 Lunch break
13h45 – 15h30

Round table debate: Asymptomatic tuberculosis diagnosis and screening

Nicolas Nagot (Univ. Montpellier, Inserm, EFS, CHU Montpellier) & Jonathan Hoffmann (Fondation Mérieux, Lyon)
15h30 – 15h45 Coffee break
15h45 – 17h15

Round table debate: Stratified therapeutic strategies and individualized approach

Lorenzo Guglielmetti (Sorbonne Université, Inserm, Cimi-Paris) & Maryline Bonnet (IRD, Univ. Montpellier)
17h15 – 17h30

Closing words

With François-Xavier Blanc (CHU Nantes) & the AC TB’s bureau