Microbes shaping human, animal and plant adaptation and evolution

NaCoMi Tiny Titans Talks — National Committee for Microbiology

THE ROYAL ACADEMIES FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS OF BELGIUM VZW/ASBL

Date: Tuesday May 26, 2026

Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Venue: Palace of the Academies – Brussels

Co‑organized with: BCCM

Program

  • 13:00 Registration
  • 13:25 Welcome address
  • 13:30 How microbes have shaped geopolitical relations throughout history
    Renaud Piarroux – Alliance Sorbonne Université – Global Health Institute (ASU‑GHI), Paris, France
  • 14:25 Parasites vs humans: who will win the arms race?
    Jean Claude Dujardin – Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
  • 15:00 Coffee break
  • 15:25 Zoonotic aspects of bovine tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
    Praharshinie Rupasinghe – BCCM/ITM Mycobacterial Culture Collection, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
  • 16:00 Land systems governance and tick‑borne diseases: a long‑term perspective on landscapes as habitat for tick‑borne pathogens
    Sophie Vanwambeke – Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain‑la‑Neuve
  • 16:35 Concluding remarks — End of the meeting
NaCoMi — National Committee for Microbiology