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Korea-France Joint Scientific Symposium

Crossroads of Basic and Translational Research in Biomedical Science

Co-organized by the Institut Pasteur Korea and Institut Pasteur
Date: 5th June 2026
Venue: Science Technology Center, Conference, Seoul, S. Korea
Program Time Talk Title (Topic) Speaker
Registration 09:20 - 10:00 Registration
Opening 10:00 - 10:15 Opening Ceremony
10:15 - 10:25 Institut Pasteur-Institut Pasteur Korea Signing Ceremony
Plenary
Lecture I
10:25 - 10:55 What the fly gave me: Lessons about insect antiviral immunity Carla Saleh
| Institut Pasteur
Session 1
Translational
Research
Toward First-
in-Class
Therapeutics
10:55 - 11:20 Innovation Development at Pasteur, bridging the gap between research and Industry Pascale Jordan
| Institut Pasteur
11:20 - 11:45 Targeting the Bioenergetic Heart of Mycobacteria:
The Journey and Reach of Telacebec (Q203)
Kiyean Nam
| Qurient
11:45 - 12:10 Discovery of Antibacterial Compounds Ivo Gomperts Boneca
| Institut Pasteur
Lunch 12:10 - 13:10 Lunch
Performance 13:10 - 13:20 Musical celebration by Lycée International Xavier School
Plenary
Lecture II
13:20 - 13:50 mRNA Control: Insights from Viruses and Implications for Medicine V. Narry Kim
| Institute for Basic Science
Session 2
Vaccine
Innovation:
Legacy and
Future
13:50 - 14:15 New Vaccine Development:
Building an Integrated Start to Finish Vision
Daniel Larocque
| Sanofi
14:15 - 14:40 Presentation of the Center for Vaccinology and Immunotherapy:
IP Paris pipeline and networks
Guillemette Masse-
Ranson

| Institut Pasteur
14:40 - 15:05 Decoding Platform-Specific Immunity in Modern Vaccines
and IPK's Novel mRNA Modalities
Euiho Kim
| Institut Pasteur Korea
Coffee Break 15:05 - 15:20 Coffee Break
Session 3
Transformative
Technology
Innovation
15:20 - 15:40 Programmable Neutralization: Integrating Generative AI and
Structural Biology for De Novo Protein Design
Yong Ho Kim
| Sungkyunkwan University
15:40 - 16:00 Deep Learning Approaches for Antibiotic Drug Discovery Christophe Zimmer
| Institut Pasteur
16:00 - 16:20 From Stem Cells to 3D Human Disease Models Barbara Fonseca
| Institut Pasteur
Session 4
Equity,
Diversity and
Inclusion in
Biomedical
Research
16:20 - 16:55
Panel Discussion: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Moderator
Heisook Lee, Korea Center for Gendered Innovations for Science and Technology Research (GISTeR)
France
Carla Saleh, Barbara Fonseca, Nathalie Aulner | Institut Pasteur
Korea
Kyuho Paul Park | Institut Pasteur Korea
Eun-Jeong Yoon | Korea National Institute of Health
Meehyein Kim | Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
Closing 16:55 Wrap up