NHEJ in Health and Diseases

You are cordially invited to a three-day meeting focused on the NHEJ pathway and its roles in development and cancer. Join us from September 24-26, 2025, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, near Paris.

This meeting marks the second international gathering centered on the mechanisms and functions of NHEJ. Our goal is to foster new insights, facilitate exchanges, and encourage the development of innovative concepts to deepen our collective understanding of this pathway.

The format of the meeting will include oral sessions consisting of talks by the invited speakers and talks selected from the submitted abstracts. In addition, there will be poster sessions. All attendees are encouraged to submit abstracts.

The meeting will open at 9:00 on Wednesday, September 24, and end at 18:00 on Friday, September 26.

Registration is now open. 

Abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2025

NHEJ Molecular Mechanism

NHEJ Regulation

Polymerase-Theta-Mediated End Joining

NHEJ and Telomeres

NHEJ in Development and Ageing

NHEJ and Immunity

NHEJ and Cancer

NHEJ in Radiation Biology

Invited speakers:

Sébastien Britton, IPBS Toulouse, France

Amanda Chaplin, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Dipanjan Chowdhury, Harvard Medical School, USA

Marc Delarue, Institut Pasteur, France

Ludovic Deriano, Institut Pasteur, France

Sylvie Doublié, University of Vermont, USA

Karine Dubrana, CEA Paris-Saclay, France

Karl-Peter Hopfner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Sarah Lambert, Institut Curie, France

Titia de Lange, Rockefeller University, USA

Gaëlle Legube, CBI Toulouse, France

Francisca Lottersberger, Linköping University, Sweden

Katherine Meek, Michigan State University, USA

Mauro Modesti, CRCM Marseille, France

Tanya Paull, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Jeremy Stark, City of Hope, USA

Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Institut Imagine, France

Wei Yang, NIH Bethesda, USA

Organizers:

Pascale Bertrand, CEA IBFJ/iRCM

Mireille Bétermier, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS I2BC

François Boussin, CEA IBFJ/iRCM

Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA I2BC

Gaëtan Gruel, IRSN

Joseph Loparo, Harvard Medical School

Stéphane Marcand, CEA IBFJ/iRCM

Dale Ramsden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Support and logistics:

Aurélie Gouret, UMRE008/U1274, Inserm

Aude Le Cloirec, UMRE008/U1274, CEA

Location: 

ASNR 

Amphithéâtre Bâtiment 01

31 Avenue de la Division Leclerc

92260 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

Access by public transportation from Paris city centre:

Métro line 13 to Châtillon-Montrouge. From there, Tram T6 to Division Leclerc (4 stops).

The meeting location is just across the street from the Tram T6 station.

Hotels (early booking advised)

Residhome apparthôtel Paris Clamart

Ibis Budget Châtillon Paris Ouest

Contact:

UMRE008/U1274 Office, email: secretariat-u1274@cea.fr