Alexandra Séverac and Claire Poullias attended to the the 9th Symposium on Visually Induced Motion Sensations, March 25-27, 2026 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Claire pitched and presented a poster about “Direction-Selective Processing of Optic Flow in Humans and Rhesus Macaques”.
For the third time, In-Vest team organised the Vertigo and Balance day at the University of Toulouse.
During the whole day, students and staff participated to the balance tests and quizz, to the snapshot contest with Fiona the flamingo, the mascot of the SEV.
In the evening after shivering for 2 hours on the cable stretched between the 2 twin towers with the picure The Walk (2015), we seem to have achieved the perfect balance, or imbalance (!) in the exchanges with the attendance between fundamental research, clinical, investment of patients, and rehabilitation, plus this year the side step (risky when moving on a wire): the lighting of a champion of balance: Thomas the circus artist whose experience fueled the discussion.
This was supported by the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Pole Culture of the Communication department of the university of Toulouse: a great collective happening for the cause of vertigo
See you next year!
On January 29-30th, 2026, we attended to the annual forum of GDR Vision that gathers the French Vision Science community, in Rennes. Alba presented a poster about results from the oculomotor study of her thesis, describing vertical eye movements induced by antero-posterior GVS.
The 2025 edition of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society conference took place in Chania, Crete (Greece) from June 7 to 11. Sarah Marchand, Alba Langlade, and Alexandra Séverac Cauquil attended and presented the latest work of the InVest team on self-motion perception and multisensory integration, continuing our collaboration with neuroscience researchers around the Mediterranean.
Alba Langlade presented her research at NeuroFrance 2025, which took place from May 14 to 16 at the Corum in Montpellier. The work she presented focuses on eye movements evoked by galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS).
SfN is the largest neuroscience conference in the world, bringing together tens of thousands of researchers each year. The 2024 edition took place in Chicago, USA, from October 5 to 9. Sarah Marchand presented her latest research on the cortical networks involved in the perception of self-motion through natural and artificial optic flow, further showcasing the international impact of the InVest team.
The 8th BioSimia Conference took place on September 30 and October 1, 2024, at the Maison de la Recherche, University of Toulouse (UT2J). This biennial event, organized by the CNRS network BioSimia, brings together researchers from various disciplines to discuss the use of nonhuman primates in biomedical research. The 2024 edition focused on topics such as enrichment protocols, interindividual variability, animal screening, and physiological and telemetry recordings. Sarah Marchand and Jean-Baptiste Durand, members of the InVest team, co-organized this conference. They contributed to the scientific program and facilitated discussions on the integration of multisensory stimulation techniques in nonhuman primate models. Their involvement underscored the InVest team’s commitment to advancing ethical and innovative research methodologies.
As part of the 2024 Balance and Dizziness Awareness Week, the Toulouse-based InVest team organized two public outreach events on the University of Toulouse campus. A ciné-debate centered around the film Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón was held in collaboration with ENT specialists (Dr. Alexandra Wreckel, Dr. Pauline Nieto), a vestibular physiotherapist (Quentin Legois), an orthoptist (Véronique Serin), and Yannis Benaniba, a vestibular patient and founder of ADeV (Association des Désordres Vestibulaires). The discussion focused on vestibular symptoms depicted in the film and their clinical relevance. On the following day, the InVest research team, led by Alexandra Séverac Cauquil and including Alba Langlade and Sarah Marchand, hosted an Open Lab Day at CerCo to introduce the general public to current research on the vestibular system and its clinical applications through demonstrations and hands-on activities.
The ECVP is a prominent international conference dedicated to all aspects of visual perception. In 2024, it was held in Aberdeen, Scotland, from August 25 to 29. Alexandra Séverac Cauquil and Alba Langlade presented their latest findings on oculometry and galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS), highlighting the InVest team’s research on visual motion and self-motion perception.
Organized by the GDR Vertige, this interdisciplinary summer school focuses on vestibular functions, balance, and vertigo. It took place in Marseille from July 1 to 5, 2024, and brought together young researchers and experts in the field. Alba Langlade attended the event to deepen her understanding of vestibular physiology and its links with multisensory integration—key aspects of the InVest team’s research.