Our programme features an engaging mix of selected abstracts, flash talks, our keynote speaker, and two poster sessions. Check it out below!
8:30 - 9:30: Registration & coffee
Enjoy a short morning networking session with some delicious coffee and snacks.
If you cannot connect to eduroam or the University's Wi-Fi, ask a guest account at the reception desk.
9:30 - 12:00: Morning session
9:30 - 9:45: Welcome
- Kris Laukens - BIOMINA & Adrem Data Lab (UA)
9:45 - 10:45: Talks
- Cyril Willemart - Cell Death Signaling Lab (UA)
Nanopore Sequencing of Plasma Cell-Free DNA in ICU Patients for Monitoring Infection and Organ Injury - Ilia Artiushin - Evolutionary Ecology Group (UA)
Does hybridization facilitate explosive speciation of Lake Baikal amphipods? - Juan Sebastian Piedrahita Giraldo - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
Twin neural network-based spectrum transformer for small molecule analog discovery from untargeted mass spectrometry - Joe Ibrahim - Medical Genetics (UA)
A Novel Methylation-Based Classifier for Precise Detection of Neuroendocrine Tumors
10:45 - 11:00: Flash talks
- Marina Pominova - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
Benchmarking of Deep Learning-based De Novo Peptide Sequencing Tools - Irene Valdiviacallejon - Medical Genetics (UA)
Unravelling shared pathomechanisms in syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysm disorders using single-cell RNA sequencing - Gauthier Le Compte - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
Computational Decision Support for Penicillin Allergy Risk Stratification
11:00 - 12:00: Keynote lecture
- Stein Aerts - VIB.AI (KULeuven)
Modeling genome regulation
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch & poster session
Find the posters in the rooms adjacent to the main presentation room.
13:30 - 15:00: First afternoon session
13:30 - 14:15: Talks
- Mathijs Van der Lei - Medical Genetics (UA)
Next-Generation Mouse Phenotyping with the Live Mouse Tracker (LMT): Validating Novel Treatments for Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Senne Heeren - Molecular Parasitology (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Evolutionary genomics of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis across the Neotropical realm - Baukje Bijnens - Center for Molecular Neurology (VIB-UA)
Hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72 impair microglial activation and result in a defective glial response in ALS
14:15 - 14:30: Flash talks
- Peter De Rijk - Center for Molecular Neurology (VIB-UA)
Scywalker: scalable end-to-end data analysis of nanopore single-cell transcriptome sequencing - Alejandro Mendoza Cantu - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
User-Friendly Tools for Reference Data-Driven Metabolomics - Vanshika Bidhan - Center for Molecular Neurology (VIB-UA)
Understanding the role of somatic mutations in TARDBP in FTLD-TDP type C
14:30 - 15:00: Talks
- Wouter De Coster - Center for Molecular Neurology (VIB-UA)
Length and sequence variation in known and novel pathogenic tandem repeats - Janne Heirman - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
Enhanced spectrum clustering for interpretable molecular networking
15:00 - 15:45: Coffee & poster session
15:45 - 17:15: Second afternoon session
15:45 - 17:00: Talks
- Philip Ley - Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology (UA)
On the diversity and distribution of electricity-producing cable bacteria - Romi Vandoren - Adrem Data Lab (UA)
Unraveling the Complex T Cell Receptor-Microbiome Interaction Network in the Colon Through Advanced Computational Analysis - Vasileios Lemonidis - Center for Oncological Research (UZA & UA)
Unveiling the Epigenetic Landscape of Neuroendocrine Tumors - Tijs Watzeels - Center for Molecular Neurology (VIB-UA)
Alternative transcript isoform usage in cell populations of the human brain in context of Alzheimer's disease pathology - Valentina Burskaia - Evolutionary Ecology Group (UA)
Introgression dynamics of sex-linked chromosomal inversions shape the Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation - Pieter Moris - Malariology (Institute of Tropical Medicine)
Enabling the systematic genomic surveillance of malaria via a global network of travel clinics
17:00 - 17:15: Closing words
17:15: Social event
Our social event will be announced soon!