Loïc Garçon

France

Loïc Garçon is MD-PhD, hematologist, specialized in red blood cell inherited disorders and particularly in membranopathies. He is currently at the head of the Hematological Laboratory at Nice Universitary Hospital. He works as a clinical consultant at the Center of Reference for Red Blood Cell Disorders at Bicêtre Universitary Hospital since 2004. His research work focuses on normal and pathological erythropoiesis, and particularly in Hereditary Xerocytosis.

10:30 – 12:20

Wednesday Day 3 : May 6th

Scientific Session 5 – Red Cell Membrane Biology in Health and Disease

CHAIRS : Richard van Wijk, Hélène Guizouarn

10:30 – 10:55 Invited speaker: Paola Bianchi (Italy)

Breaking the Balance: Red Blood Cell Instability in Hereditary Spherocytosis and Beyond

10:55 – 11:20 Invited speaker: Loïc Garçon (France)

Expression and function of PIEZO1 during human erythropoiesis

11:20 – 11:35 Guillaume Bouyer (France)

PIEZO1-driven echinocytosis in red blood cells is independent of calcium and water fluxes

11:35 – 11:50 Reetta Penttinen (Germany)

Investigation of pharmacological PIEZO1 modulators using automated patch-clamp

11:50 – 12:05 Bita Asghariastanehei (France)

Red blood cell PIEZO1 activation drives faster coagulation and structural alterations in blood clots through red blood cell deformability impairment

12:05 – 12:20 Titine Ruiter (The Netherlands)

Ex vivo glucose tracing in red blood cells from patients with hereditary xerocytosis reveals enhanced glycolytic flux