RISKS FROM MIRROR LIFE
The Institut Pasteur and the Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund are organizing an international symposium
RISKS FROM MIRROR LIFE
on June 12, 2025 3:00-6:00pm which will be streamed live.
As agreed with the organizers, all HEC Santé-HEC Health members are invited.
Programme:
15:00 Introductory remarks
David Bikard, PhD
Head of the Synthetic Biology Group, Institut Pasteur
15:10 The international conversation on mirror life
Filippa Lentzos, PhD
Associate Professor in Science & International Security in the Department of War Studies and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King’s College London
15:40 Feasibility and potential pathways towards mirror life
John Glass, PhD
Professor, leader of the JCVI Synthetic Biology Group, and La Jolla, CA Campus Director at the J. Craig Venter Institute
16:10 Break
16:30 The risks of mirror life to the ecosystem
Deepa Agashe, PhD
Associate Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
17:00 The immune risks of mirror bacteria in humans, animals and plants
David Relman, MD
Professor in Medicine, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University
17:30 Closing Remarks
Yasmine Belkaid, PhD
President, Institut Pasteur
Registration:
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Should you have any question, please feel free to contact us by email.
