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Webinaire Regards Croisés : Végétaliser l'assiette : entre acceptabilité sociale et pratiques de terrain - 17 Mars 2026
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17 March 2026

Webinar

Cross-Perspective Webinar : Plant-Forward Diets: Between Social Acceptability and Real-World Practices

As part of GOS2 (Grand Strategic Objective 2 of the INRAE AlimH Department), its coordinators Vincent Paillé, researcher at the PhAN joint research unit, Stéphanie Chambaron-Ginhac, and David Val-Laillet, are pleased to invite you to their Cross-Perspective Webinar entitled: “Plant-Forward Diets: Between Social Acceptability and Real-World Practices”. This webinar, featuring sociologist Clémentine Hugol-Gential and chef Gregoire Maille, will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 2:00 pm. Two perspectives—social sciences and hands-on culinary practice—to successfully transition toward more plant-based menus.
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27 January 2026

By: Communication Pôle Santé - Nantes Université

AT THE HEART OF THE FUTURE LOIRE SANTÉ HOSPITAL, IRS 2020 TAKES SHAPE

To strengthen the links between clinical activities, research and teaching, a third Health Research Institute (Institut de Recherche en Santé or IRS, in French), named IRS 2020, is currently under construction at the heart of the future Loire Santé Hospital. This development addresses a long-standing, documented need and forms part of the strategic hospital-university trajectory of the Nantes site. It builds on the investment in the IRS-UN (2008) and IRS2-Nantes Biotech (2016) research buildings and represents the next major milestone in this strategy to expand health research facilities. These premises, made available to Nantes Université, will house several joint health research units, including UMR 1280 PhAN.

The microREGAL project, funded through the LEVEX call of the CRNH-Ouest and running until the end of 2026, aims to elucidate the role of GLP-1 in the regulation of food reward, in interaction with the gut microbiota. Led by the Rennes-based laboratory NuMeCan (Adélie Salin, Gaëlle Boudry) in collaboration with PhAN (Vincent Paillé), this seed project investigates the neurobiological mechanisms underlying individual and sex-specific differences in responsiveness to GLP-1 analogues, which are increasingly used in clinical practice. PhAN's contribution focuses on identifying and characterizing the brain pathways and gut–brain circuits involved in GLP-1 signaling, with particular attention to vagal afferent pathways and reward-related neural networks. By integrating microbiota, endocrine and neuroscience approaches, microREGAL aims to generate robust preliminary data to support a future ANR proposal, with strong translational potential for understanding and managing eating behavior disorders.

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12 February 2026

Salle Maxi de Stereolux, Nantes

Nuit Blanche des Chercheur·es

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La Nuit Blanche des Chercheur·es returns on 12 February to Stereolux and Halle 6 Ouest, in Nantes, with an ever-greater ambition: to bring the public together around a bold and multifaceted exploration of "resistance". Organised by Nantes Université in partnership with Stereolux, this free event, at the crossroads of research, art and culture, promises a unique immersion in the many facets of resistance yesterday, today and tomorrow. On the programme: captivating lectures, interactive workshops, inspiring mini-conferences, science dating, a show, arts-science performances, exhibitions, blind tests, DJ sets and more. More info at: nbc.univ-nantes.fr

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From 29 Jan. 2026 to 30 Jan. 2026

Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Annual meeting of the ANR France 2030 LetsProSeed consortium

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Florine Cottaz, a PhD student supervised by Patricia Parnet (PhAN) and Marie Bodinier (BIA), will present the early stages of her PhD project at the annual meeting of the ANR France 2030 LetsProSeed consortium. This meeting will take place from January 29 to January 30 in Gif-sur-Yvette. A visit to the company Danone will also be organized.

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Welcome on our web page. The Join Research Unit "Physiology of the Nutritional Adaptation" was created in 2006 to study perinatal denutrition.