Programme

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 information at the reception desk.

9:30 - 9:45: Welcome

• Kris Laukens - BIOMINA & Adrem Data Lab (UA)
  

9:45 - 10:45: Talks

• Cyril Willemart - Cell Death Signaling Lab (UA) 
  Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in ICU Patients to Monitor (Ferroptotic) Cell Death
  
• 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
• 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

10:45 - 11:00: Flash talks

• Marina Pominova - Adrem Data Lab (UA) 
  Benchmarking of Deep Learning-based De Novo Peptide Sequencing Tools
• Irene Valdivia Callejon - 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

Find the posters in the rooms adjacent to the main presentation room. 

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
• Alexandra Vujkovic - AUDACIS (UA) & Clinical Virology (ITM)
  TCR Convergence in HIV Controllers: Insights into Natural Viral Suppression
  

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
  

Enjoy some coffee and snacks while networking and inspecting posters!

15:45 - 17:15: Talks

• Philip Ley - Geobiology (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
  
• 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

Since our social event sparked quite some interest, we've decided to organize a reception adjacently to joyfully end this spectacular day!