September 2024
Seminars
Cerebellum and learning
Vincent Hakim, Nicolas Brunel
The cerebellum is classically thought to be involved in the control of fine motor skills and has been shown to be involved in various other brain functions, such as language, attention or emotion regulation, and brain dysfunctions such as supranuclear palsy and autism. The main model of cerebellar learning (Marr-Albus-Ito, MAI) is 60 years old and has clear limitations. The project of this seminar is to highlight new approaches to functional exploration by bringing together experimenters and theorists working at the cutting edge of research on cerebellar learning, to compare their data and propose new ideas.
Exploring the mechanisms of the cytoskeleton at all scales of life – from molecules to organisms
Carsten Janke, Eva Nogales, Filippo Del Bene
A key question in biology is how living cells adapt to highly complex functional requirements in the context of an organism. The subject of the seminar focuses on microtubules, these structures which act like cables in the cellular environment, and ensure a variety of functions, from the transport of molecules within the cell, the deformation of cells and their mobilization by flagella-like structures. The three organizers bring together eminent specialists to identify questions that remain obscure (such as the fact that we do not necessarily know how the multiplicity of action of microtubules is managed molecularly) and approaches to remove these obstacles.
Residential Studies
The illustrator as transnational mediator: Straightening Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales in the 20th and 21st centuries
Catherine Delyfer
Critics have shown that Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales articulate elaborate forms of intertextuality that reveal political, sexual, and aesthetic concerns. However, in these reassessments, relatively little has been said about the role played by illustration and book design in the interpretation and reception of these texts. However, from their first publication, Wilde’s collections of stories were designed as artists’ books. By examining more than 50 illustrated editions from around the world, this project hopes to contribute to the fields of literary studies and research about Wilde’s international reception and cosmopolitan legacy in the 20th and 21st centuries.
“Science and art” perspectives on the deep seabed
Sophie Gambardella, Marie-Charlotte Bellinghery, Claire Marc
The objective of realizing a scientific mediation action as part of the multidisciplinary ABYSSES project on the deep seabed by producing a comic strip intended to strengthen the knowledge of citizens and decision-makers about this environment. The contribution of different disciplines to this project will make it possible to answer simple questions about the deep seabed. In the Anthropocene era, make scientific research and science on the oceans accessible to the general public to discover these environments that are inaccessible to humans, yet very rich in biodiversity and above all essential in climate regulation. [learn more]
The Photography Prize
Jean-Christophe Ballot
Rome: a look at four centuries of eternity…
His research and creation project focuses on four centuries of representations of Rome through urban landscapes. It is designed with the approaches of a photographer, an architect and a collector. [Learn more]
Author’s Residency Prize
Gaëlle Obiegly
is working on a novel project in which the narrator invites you to browse an exhibition whose works are only made visible by the description he gives of them. [Learn more]