Concurrent 10' presentations
The following (post)doctoral researchers of the faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine present their research as oral presentations (max. 10 minutes including question round) organized as concurrent sessions in different domains.
PART 1: 14:05 - 14:55
Basic Sciences 1
Virtual room 1 - Moderators: prof. Tom Coenye and prof. Olivier De Wever
| 14:05 | Aalders Jeffrey | Effects of fibrillin mutations on the behaviour of heart muscle cells in Marfan syndrome |
| 14:15 | Gysens Fien | Implementing a high-throughput parallel CRISPRi screening platform to identify functional lncRNAs |
| 14:25 | Hermans Leen | ß glucan-induced IL-10 secretion by monocytes triggers porcine NK cell cytotoxicity |
| 14:35 |
Vanbillemont Brecht Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FFW |
Development and Evaluation of Next-Generation Pharmaceutical Freeze-Drying Technologies |
| 14:45 | Tay Hanna | Macrophage depletion reduces angiogenesis in the ex ovo chick chorioallantoic membrane assay |
Basic Sciences 2
Virtual room 2 - Moderators: prof. Herman Favoreel and prof. Elfride De Baere
| 14:05 | Carron Marjolein | Functional characterization of a Xenopus tropicalis knockout and a human cellular model of RCBTB1-associated inherited retinal disease shows involvement of RCBTB1 in the cellular response to oxidative stress |
| 14:15 | Maes Bastiaan | Absence of Taok3 protects from house dust mite driven asthma in mice |
| 14:25 | Pottie Eline | Functional characterization of psychedelic new psychoactive substances using different 5-HT2AR bioassays |
| 14:35 |
Pouya Dini Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FDI non-clinical |
Parental control of angiogenesis in equine placenta |
| 14:45 | Proesmans Silke | Edema formation and glucose uptake changes in a rat model for intracerebral hemorrhage |
Clinical Sciences
Virtual room 3 - Moderators: prof. Piet Cools and prof. Eric Cox
| 14:05 | Colman Marlies | Further insights in the rare kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: report of 3 unrelated individuals and 2 new pathogenic variants |
| 14:15 | Devriendt Nausikaa | Plasma amino acid profiles in dogs with closed extrahepatic portosystemic shunts do improve but remain abnormal three months after successful gradual attenuation |
| 14:25 | Van Der Heggen Tatjana | Beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill children – Risk factors for suboptimal exposure and clinical failure |
| 14:35 |
De Scheerder Marie-Angélique 3rd Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FGE |
HIV-STAR: HIV-1 Sequencing To identify the Anatomical relevant HIV Reservoir |
| 14:45 | Zeng Hang | Presence of zoonotic Sarcocystis species in Belgian cattle |
Therapeutical/Diagnostic sciences
Virtual room 4 - Moderators: prof. Siska Croubels and prof. Kevin Braeckmans
Health Sciences
Virtual room 5 - Moderators: prof. Christophe Stove and prof. Wim Derave
PART 2: 15:10 - 15:50
Basic Sciences 1
Virtual room 1 - Moderators: prof. Tom Coenye and prof. Olivier De Wever
| 15:10 | Schynkel Tinus | Interferon-Mediated Long Non-Coding RNA Response in Macrophages in the Context of HIV |
| 15:20 | Pérez Baca María del Rocío | A novel neurodevelopmental syndrome caused by loss-of-function of the Zinc Finger Homeobox 3 gene (ZFHX3) |
| 15:30 | Ramon Jana | Unraveling the membrane permeabilizing behavior of Gasdermin E using a photoporation-based efflux strategy |
| 15:40 |
Geeurickx Edward 2nd Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FGE |
Development and application of a biological reference material for extracellular vesicle research |
Basic Sciences 2
Virtual room 2 - Moderators: prof. Herman Favoreel and prof. Elfride De Baere
Clinical Sciences
Virtual room 3 - Moderators: prof. Piet Cools and prof. Eric Cox
| 15:10 | Backers Lynn | Missing heritability in Bloom syndrome: First report of a deep-intronic variant leading to pseudo-exon activation in the BLM gene |
| 15:20 | Da Silva Hellen | Autonomic symptoms and associated factors in patients with chronic heart failure |
| 15:30 | Bogaert Bram | Development of a nanoparticle platform for encapsulation of cationic amphiphilic drugs and RNA therapeutics |
| 15:40 |
Eline Abma Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FDI Clinical |
OncoCiDia: an innovative cancer treatment combining a vascular disrupting agent with targeted radiotherapy: preliminary results in dogs |
Therapeutical/Diagnostic sciences
Virtual room 4 - Moderators: prof. Siska Croubels and prof. Kevin Braeckmans
| 15:10 | Bekaert Bieke | Correcting a mutation in the germ line by CRISPR/Cas9 to overcome transmission of hereditary infertility in mice |
| 15:20 | Van Steenkiste Glenn | Reliable detection of atrial fibrillation in horses with the aid of deep learning |
| 15:30 | Vanluchene Helena | mRNA vs. self-amplifying mRNA for protein expression in the retina |
| 15:40 |
Lefere Sander 1st Laureate PhD Thesis Prize FGE |
Angiogenesis and macrophages as diagnostic and therapeutic targets in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
Health Sciences
Virtual room 5 - Moderators: prof. Christophe Stove and prof. Wim Derave