Symposium 'Meet The Expert: Precision Neurotherapeutics via Photopharmacology and Soft Bioelectronics'

For whom
Employees , Students
When
12-10-2026 from 14:00 to 20:00
Where
Room 0.1 - UGain (ground floor, Building Magnel), Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 60, 9052 Zwijnaarde
Language
English
Organizer
Department of Head and Skin - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Contact
marijke.vergaelen@ugent.be

The symposium is about precision neurotherapeutics via photopharmacology and soft bioelectronics in the context of epilepsy and chronic pain.

Program

  • 14:00-14:10: Introduction and opening of the symposium
  • 14:10-14:30: Drs. Ruben Tack ‘Divergent 7-position coumarin synthesis: water-soluble photocages for neuropharmacology’
  • 14:30-14:50: Drs. Axel Parys ‘PEG-Hydrogel Coatings for the Improved Implantability and Non-Destructive Imaging of Neural Interfaces’
  • 14:50-15:10: Drs. Xavier De Becker ‘Expanding the Field of View: Approaches for Broad-Field Brain Illumination’
  • 15:10-15:30: Drs. Dina K C 'Photopharmacological modulation of epileptic neural circuits’
  • 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
  • 16:00-17:00: Meet The Expert - Keynote lecture Prof. Dr. Francisco Ciruela ‘In vivo GPCR photopharmacology: towards therapeutics?
  • 17:00-17:30: Coffee break Public PhD Defense of Drs. Marijke Vergaelen
  • 18:00-20:00: Drs. Marijke Vergaelen ‘Closed-Loop Control of Hippocampal Excitability via Adenosine A1 Receptor Photopharmacology in Two Ex Viv
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