1' Poster pitch presentations

The following Honours Programme, Master and PhD students of the faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine present their research as 1’ poster pitch presentations. Follow their presentations from 15:00 until 16:30 in the public space on the ground floor of Campus Heymans - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Jury members: prof. Vanessa Dubois, dr. Pieter-Jan De Sutter, prof. Eric Achten, dr. Evelien De Bakker, prof. Arnaud Vanlander, dr. Sophie Van Welden, prof. Christel Moons, dr. Lia Visintin, prof. Patrick Calders, dr. Maria Augustina Pavicich, prof. Kristien Roelens, prof. Ward De Spiegelaere, prof. Luc De Baerdemaeker, dr. Joke Deprez, prof. Christophe Stove, dr. Katrien Kestens, prof. Lies Lahousse, dr. Matthijs Moerkerke, prof. Koen Raemdonck, prof. Hilde De Rooster, prof. Tessa Kerre, prof. Bruno De Geest, prof. Myriam Hesta

Honours programme students

Poster
number

Name

Poster title

HP1

Victor Hofmans and Koben De Cooman

Value of preoperative CT-based indices in large ventral hernia repair

HP2

Rilke Spanoghe

Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Conditioned Medium to improve tendon regeneration

HP3

Laura Vandaele

The Integration of community health workers for preventive activities within primary health care practices

HP4

Jonas Desloovere

Reliability of trunk muscle activation onset during anticipatory postural adjustments

HP5

Charyssa De Smul

Thickening infant formula with starches: a questionable strategy for reflux control?

HP6

Amber De Meulenaere

Comparison of HUVEC migration through hydrogels with and without porogen to optimize formation of microvascular networks in bottom-up tissue engineering

HP7

Nore Dekoninck

Comparing the effects of two training modalities on movement control and lumbar spine proprioception in patients with recurrent low back pain

HP8

Theo De Greve

The HEADACHE study: Signs of altered somatosensory sensitivity and processing in migraine and TTH patients

HP9

Emma Clarysse

Platelet Lysate as an Alternative to Fetal Bovine Serum for Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Culture

HP10

Ina Vanquaille

Cell-derived extracellular matrix as alternative to Matrigel for culturing gastrointestinal organoids

HP11

Toon Hamelink

Developing a gender and pain questionnaire: thematic analysis of focus group feedback

HP12

Belind Ahmeti and Fien Wittevrongel

From plan to procedure: integrating virtual surgical planning and patient-specific guide design for tibial component placement in distal femoral tumor resections

HP13

Marie Dgebuadze and Renee Leroux

Clinical performance of silver fluoride and sodium fluoride for root caries management in care home residents in Flanders, Belgium three-month results from a prospective observational study

HP14

Lisa Van Thuyne and Flore Vanassche

Incidence and degree of hepatic steatosis after partial pancreatectomy

HP15

Gert Elewaut

Cortisol Stress Responses in Chronic Pain: A Comparison Between Fibromyalgia, Chronic Low Back Pain, And Controls

HP16

Daan Vervaet and Danika Croes

C2C12 Viability and Inflammation Assays for Saliva-Based Sarcopenia Research

HP17

Robin Vanhauwe

Prediction of Three-Dimensional Lower Limb Bone Shape Using Conventional Clinical Alignment Parameters

HP18

Amélie Dewaele and Raul Provoost

A qualitative process evaluation of a supervised toothbrushing program for early childhood caries in day care centers in Belgium: exploring implementation barriers & facilitators using CFIR

HP19

Tijl Cocquyt and Alexander Florizoone

PLAYWISE: rationale and protocol for a multi-centre, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

HP20

Lotte Raes

Differences in barriers and facilitators for hearing aid uptake in adults without hearing devices in Flanders depending on age

HP21

Noor Delaere

The use of fluoroquinolones in dogs and cats

Master students

Poster
number

Name

Poster title

MA1

Morgane Merci

Impact of muscle fiber type on insulin resistance in young adults: interaction with physical activity

MA2

Joulia Vermeerschen

The Effect of Cognitive Load on the Learning Effect of a Biofeedback-based Gait Retraining Program

MA3

Simon Bogaert

The effect of altering stride frequency on walking economy and biomechanics in young and older adults

MA4

Sara De Clercq

Cracking the code of muscle carnosine: A targeted sequencing study

MA5

Noah Vanryckeghem

Field-Based Accuracy and Determinants of critical power and W in Elite Cyclists

MA6

Anaïs Behaeghel

The influence of music exposure on tinnitus and hyperacusis in musicians

MA8

Noor Temmerman

Vestibular Evoked Potentials

MA9

Rafal Hanc

Unrevealing endothelial cell based anti tumor immunity

MA10

Valérie Windey

Neural oscillations in auditory phoneme categorisation

MA11

Celien Vandenberghe

Analytical and Clinical Validation of  Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling  (VAMS) for Therapeutic Drug  Monitoring of Biologics in Psoriasis  Patients

MA12

Laurine Vandewiele

Study of the inflammatory impact of mucus barrier defects, with focus on the gut-kidney axis

MA13

Isabeau Bouillon

Food supplements for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Evaluating the effects of N-Acetlycysteine and Ectoine using zebrafish as a preclinical model for therapeutic innovation

MA14

Sara Declerck

Hydrogels for space radiation shielding applications

MA15

Delphine De Coninck

Taurine & Leucine as Potential Nutraceuticals in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: a Preclinical Study in sapje Zebrafish

MA16

Maryse Van Landegem

Investigating the Role of Mast Cells in the Development of Aortic Damage Using Mouse Models of Marfan Syndrome

MA17

Bente Vandeputte

The influence of sex hormones on MASLD: Investigating their role in disease severity and hepatic metabolism

MA18

Hanne De Caluwe

Exploring deep mutational scanning to functionally assess cancer risk associated with BRIP1 variants

MA19

Samuël Mot

Optimization of normalization methods for bicistronic reporter assays to investigate IRES activity

MA20

Mathis Mortier

Differentiating the DAO-ARPE-19 cell line: Creating a Representative Oxidative Stress Model for the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

MA21

Karo Tuypens

The impact of puberty suppression and gender-affirming hormone therapy on MASLD severity using a mouse model of adolescent gender transition

MA22

Emma Sybout

The paracrine influence of epicardial adipose tissue on human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

MA23

Emile Mortier

Characterization of lymphocyte populations and tertiary lymphoid structures in the microenvironment of equine sarcoids

MA24

Arnaud Thomaes

Functional dissection of cis-regulatory elements of the FOXL2 region in ovarian granulosa cells to elucidate the pathogenesis of syndromic female infertility

MA25

Elena De Rijbel

Multi-omics to uncover missing heritability in inherited retinal diseases

MA26

Marthe Bauwens

Cardiac stress responses in Marfan syndrome may activate mechanisms related to mitochondrial dysfunction: analyses in human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

MA27

Jana Dewaele

Decoding tumor antigens: Dendritic cell maturation within the tumor environment

MA28

Anne Ossieur

Comparative Analysis of CRISPR/Cas9-based Techniques for Germline Gene Correction in Mouse Embryos

MA29

Paulien Penne

Influences of daily stress measures in people with epilepsy on seizure occurrences and their correlation

MA30

Kesia Van Coillie

Pre-clinical evaluation of L-asparaginases and GCN2 inhibitors for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia

MA31

Robbert Willemarck

Volumetric additive manufacturing of tuneable, bifunctional gelatin-based hydrogels serving lung tissue engineering

MA32

Martin Watelet

Unravelling the role of GTF3A in nucleolar stress response: decoding a novel inborn error of immunity

MA33

Liza Vanhauwaert

Multi-Phantom Assessment for Scanner Stability

MA34

Dongyang Van Landegem

The use of PET imaging in the clinical management of PitNET

MA35

Lientje Roelants

Unraveling the function of GATA2 and GATA3 in mouse preimplantation embryos via CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

MA36

Maite Burgelman

Assessing the predictive role of Magnetoencephalography in determining patient eligibility for surgery

MA37

Florence Vossen

Diagnostic and Clinical Value of [¹⁸F]FET PET in Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumours

MA38

Chloë Vlamynck

Pronuclear Transfer Rescues Developmental Arrest in Padi6-Deficient Mouse Embryos: An Epigenetic Assessment

MA39

Pieterjan Vande Casteele

Error-Related Negativity in EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface Compared to Natural Limb Control

MA40

Zoé Doorakkers

Investigating Cytokine-Mediated HIV Latency Reversal Using a Dual-Fluorescent Reporter Virus

MA41

Amber De Kinder

Development of cell-specific classification tools for stem cell-derived live organoid models

MA42

Laurine Bostyn

Influence of material composition of a hydrogel construct on the release and function of BMP-2 and 4 in tissue repair

MA43

Anne Voogdt

Neuropsychological correlates in the female brain

MA44

Lisa Van den Bossche

Prevalence and genotype distribution of high-risk HPV among pregnant women in Hawassa, Ethiopia

MA45

Sara Verwilst

Early Sex‑Dependent Cellular and Humoral Immune Signatures Induced by LiteVax‑Adjuvanted Influenza Vaccination

MA46

Yoran De Prycker

Exploring the use of a peri-implantation model to gain insight in embryonic mechanisms

MA47

Ngoc Nguyen Mai

Implementation of RNA sequencing in molecular diagnostics: Transcriptomics in prenatal genetic testing to aid in variant interpretation

MA48

Janne Debrauwer

A primary CD4+ T cell model to study cytokine-driven HIV latency reversal

MA49

Silke Decadt and Pauline Mulliez 

Studying the causes of post-stroke seizures using video-EEG and histological analysis

MA50

Lena Van Lancker

Transfer of single and multiplex PCRs to a digital PCR platform

MA51

Julie Vandenberghe

Increasing insight into the role of UCHL1 in drug resistance mechanisms in hepatocellular carcinoma

MA52

Ade Cottyn

Biofunctionalized GelMA hydrogels to support neurite outgrowth and connectivity in cerebral organoids

MA53

Jutta Bauwens

Characterizing the HIV-1 reservoir across different subtypes using HIV-PULSE

MA54

Aurélie D'hollander and Rania Benzian

Interindividual Variation in Polyphenol Metabolism: A Pilot Study on the Role of Microbial Functionality and Gut Transit Time in Postmenopausal Women

MA55

Shari De Vriese

Prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women at first antenatal care visit in Hawassa, Ethiopia

MA56

Caro Rottiers and Lune Coussée

Investigating Semiological Features, vPSG and EEG Findings in Patients Diagnosed with Disorders of Arousal (DOA)

MA57

Jitse Jacobs

Establishing Primary Cell Cultures from Canine Splenic Masses with a Focus on Hemangiosarcoma

MA58

Robin Bartczak

Targeting the Amino Acid Response Pathway to treat High-Risk Neuroblastoma

MA59

Febe De Roos

Glucose-triggered in situ polymerization of ETE-COONa for metabolically responsive bioelectronic interfaces in epilepsy

MA60

Ioannis Christidis

Characterizing nanobodies as tools for tracking and  modulating inflammasome signaling

MA61

Rinche Willems

CRISPR-mediated genome editing in zebrafish to knock in brca2 variants for in vivo functional analyses

MA62

Julie Siccard and Emma Degroote

Determining the effect of the post-mortem interval in post-mortem tissue derived from whole-body donors

MA63

Jeroen Michels and Sarah Hespel

Human dental follicle organoids: optimisation of nanoplastic exposure protocol & toxicity analysis

MA64

Robbe Comeyne

Study of rat HEV in humans

MA65

Marie Van Gaever and Hana Hoogers

Examining Preschoolers' Emotion Regulation Strategies: Psychometric Properties of the Translated Dutch Early Emotion Regulation Behavior Questionnaire (EERBQ-Dutch)

PhD students

Poster
number

Name

Poster title

PhD1

Emily Brugger Galetic

NanoClaws as a cure for FIV

PhD2

Yaël Sertons

Elucidating the role of sex steroid exposure in autoimmunity

PhD3

Fran Leijnen

NOTCH1 fusions in pediatric T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma: impact on biology and treatment

PhD4

Lotte Deschepper

Clinical utility of AUC-based model-informed precision dosing for continuous vancomycin infusion in adults

PhD5

Oriana Nobus

Studying the impact of puberty suppression and masculinizing hormone therapy on the kidney in a mouse model of adolescent gender transition

PhD6

Manon Van Haute

Experimental Validation of a Non-Commercial Radiation Dose Structured Report–Based Dose Estimation System (PySkinDose) to Assess Patient Skin Burden in Endovascular Procedures

PhD7

Emma Bruggeman

Breast2Brain: Unravelling endocrine disruptor-linked risks for Alzheimer's disease and breast cancer via exposomic and genetic insights in the GLORIA® population

PhD8

Cathérine Van herteryck

Fragile Rings, Strong Buffers: Stabilizing Beta-lactams for Reliable Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

PhD9

Lotte Ulrix

The role of circRNAs in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia: unravelling molecular mechanisms in disease pathobiology

PhD10

Laura Coekelbergs

Empowering men with prostate cancer: implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred supportive care program

PhD11

Silke Bocklandt

Transcranial focused ultrasound for seizure modulation: parameter mapping in the intrahippocampal kainic acid mouse model using fiber photometry

PhD12

Beyza Yücesan

Illuminating corneal cell therapy: Photoporation as non-viral gateway for genetic enhancement

PhD13

Valerie Dehondt

Exacerbation risk by chronic proton pump inhibitor use in obstructive lung diseases

PhD14

Bart Wouters

Effects of adolescent gender transition on skeletal muscle

PhD15

Julie Verbrugge

Fast-tracking the clinical translation of novel combination therapies for children with sarcoma using personalized tumor models

PhD16

Judith Van Wynsberghe

Usefulness of PPi levels to interpret variants of unknown significance and incompletely penetrant alleles in the ABCC6 gene

PhD17

Kiara Van Acker-Verberckt

Phenotypic characterization of a hiPSC-derived cardiomyocyte model harbouring a pathogenic variant in desmoplakin associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

PhD18

Fitsum Weldegebreal Mlashu

High-Risk Non-Vaccine HPV Genotypes among Pregnant Women in Eastern Ethiopia

PhD19

Sam Beckx

Statin lipophilicity and incident exacerbations in patients with obstructive airway disease: A nationwide cohort study

PhD20

Petra Vrdoljak

No dye fits all: illuminating the challenges of fluorescent extracellular vesicle labeling

PhD21

Tessa Van Steenstraeten

THE SEPTAL TRAP? Uncovering the origin of miscarriage in septate uteri

PhD22

Inne Snijers

Implementation and evaluation of the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life in Flemish Nursing Homes

PhD23

Lenie Vanhove

Modelling mitochondrial transfer RNA deficits in zebrafish as a translational model: towards concept and clinical insights

PhD24

Emma Vander Stichele

Evaluation of accumulated dose and potential of online adaptive radiotherapy in head and neck cancer treatment

PhD25

Ilke Aernout

Galsomes as promising vaccine platform against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PhD26

Charles Lardinois

Flowsheet Modelling of Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes

PhD27

Boya Zhang

Unraveling sex differences in the hepatic response to androgens

PhD28

Yiannis De Meersman

Developmental Endothelial Locus-1 (DEL-1) is increased in the bronchial epithelium of COPD but not asthma patients

PhD29

Robbe Derudder

Activation of the autotaxin - lysophosphatidic acid receptor pathway contributes to the pathogenesis of pseudoxanthoma elasticum

PhD30

Isis Van herteryck

Impact of the use of different PK/PD indexes on amikacin dosing requirements in severely ill children: a population PK approach

PhD31

Arnaud De Clercq

Deciphering the impact of age on amoxicillin/clavulanate disposition in older adults: a population pharmacokinetic analysis

PhD32

Tibo Coulier

Precision medicine in paediatric oncology through the development of an integrated long-read sequencing multi-omics platform

PhD33

Florian Hinoveanu

Plasma-activated electrospun scaffolds for enhanced endothelialization in vascular tissue engineering

PhD34

Huan Yan

An injectable Immunomodulatory Gel to Prevent Postoperative Recurrence of Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases

PhD35

Sueun Park

TFIIIA deficiency impairs early T cell development and defines a novel (severe) combined immunodeficiency