REGISTRATION REQUEST and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 18, 2023 (French time)

To attend the conferences Jacques Monod, an abstract submission is mandatory,

Registrations request without abstract submission will not be processed, except in specific

cases (i. g. for Publishers : please contact chairperson).

Chairperson: Andrea Linn Graham

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA

Phone: + 1 609 258 6703

Email: algraham@princeton.edu

Vice-chairperson: Oliver Kaltz

 Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554, CC065

Université de Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon

34095 Montpellier, France

Phone: +33 (0)4 67 14 40 63

Email: oliver.kaltz@umontpellier.fr

Infectious diseases present an inherently multi-scale problem for evolutionary biologists: it is crucial that we understand both within-host processes and between-host processes, including any fitness trade-offs posed by the transition between scales, to understand the coevolution of strategies of attack and defense.  For example, the evolutionary fitness of vector-borne parasites is shaped by immune selection and competition within the host, but also by transmission from host to vector, selective processes within the vector, and transmission from the vector to a new host.  Likewise, the evolutionary fitness of hosts is shaped by the relative costs and benefits of immune defense in light of the risk and cost of parasitism for each host, and for the other hosts with which each host must compete for food and mates.  Furthermore, these interactions are impacted by spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the landscapes in which hosts and parasites complete their life cycles.

Our primary aim with this conference is to foster the interdisciplinary exchanges that are essential to investigating cross-scale dynamics and thus to understanding the coevolution of hosts and parasites.  Historical barriers to communication – e.g., between theorists and empiricists, or among evolutionary biologists, epidemiologists, microbiologists, and immunologists - need to be surmounted.  Our conference will nurture conversations across these divides.  We invite researchers to join us, for exciting presentations and discussions on themes such as genetic and genomic signatures of host-parasite coevolution, the evolutionary dynamics of attack and defense, and the environmental contexts shaping coevolution.

Registration fee (including board and lodging)

475 € for PhD students
725 € for other participants

We’re hoping to offer travel bursaries to postdoc and student attendees (details forthcoming)

Application for registration   details here :
The total number of participants is limited to 115 and all participants are expected to attend for the whole duration of the conference. Selection is made on the basis of the affinity of potential participants with the topics of the conference. Scientists and PhD Students interested in the meeting should deposit on line :

- their curriculum vitae
- the proof of their student status
- the list of their main publications for the 3 last years
- the abstract of their presentation:

The abstract must respect the following template: TemplateResumeFile
- First line: title
- Second line: list of authors. Presenting author underlined
- Third line: author's addresses
- Fourth line: e-mail of the presenting author
Abstracts should be no longer than an A4 page and preferably be submitted in Times New Roman, font size 10 pts. No figures. ".docx" file format.

After deadline, the organizers will select the participants. Except in some particular cases approved by the Chairperson, it is recommended that all selected participants present their work during the conference, either in poster form or by a brief in- session talk. The organizers choose the form in which the presentations are made. No payment will be sent with application. Information on how and when to pay will be mailed in due time to those selected.