Programme

8:45 - 9:15: Registration and welcome coffee (Foyer, Building Q)

NP 1: Sarah De Beuckeleer (Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology) - Mapping the cell state plasticity of patient-derived glioma stem-like cells (pdf, 135 kB)

NP2: Winde Hilven (Bio-Imaging Lab) - Evaluating structural alterations and neuroinflammation in a non-human primate model of Batten Disease (pdf, 126 kB)
NP3: Charlotte van der Waal (MOVANT) - Establishing normative data for the assessment of the Subjective Postural Vertical using a motorized tilting chair (pdf, 130 kB)
NP4: Ayse Candayan (VIB-CMN Molecular Neurogenomics Research group) - Same gene, different outcomes: Insights into the expanding landscape of RNA polymerase III disorders (pdf, 112 kB)
NP5: Paulien Meulemeester (MICA) - Endocannabinoid Neuroenzyme PET Imaging in Huntington's Disease mice (pdf, 124 kB)
NP6: Bieke Bekaert (Peripheral Neuropathy Research group) - Neuromuscular models to investigate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (pdf, 117 kB)

NP7: Marine Liesse (imec-Vision Lab) - A Data-driven Approach to Microstructural Imaging (ADAMI) (pdf, 123 kB)
NP8: Marijne Vandebergh (VIB-CMN – Applied and Translational Neurogenomics) - The road towards implementation of TMEM106B genetic testing in clinical practice in progranulin pathogenic variant carriers (pdf, 146 kB)
NP9: An-Marie Schyvens (Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics) - A performance validation of six commercial wrist-worn wearable devices for sleep stage scoring compared to polysomnography (pdf, 128 kB)
NP10: Marion Decrop (Bio-Imaging Lab) - Exploring Dopaminergic Pathways in the Brain Using Preclinical Pharmacological MRI (pdf, 120 kB)
NP11: Elissa Embrechts (MOVANT) - Gaze control during walking: a gateway to understanding sensory and cognitive functioning, dynamic postural control, and fall risk in older adults? (pdf - 125 kB)
NP12: Luís-Jorge Amaral (FAMPOP - Global Health Institute - Neglected Tropical Diseases Team) - High epilepsy prevalence and excess mortality in onchocerciasis-endemic counties of South Sudan: A call for integrated interventions (pdf, 143 kB)

More information coming soon

Dr. Dorien Verdoodt (Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAntwerp)
Dr. Tamaya Van Criekinge (Nutrition and Movement Sciences, Maastricht University)

NP13: Eva Wachtelaer (Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI)) - Vulnerability and resilience for mental illness following viral infections in the NESDA deep-phenotyped longitudinal cohort (pdf, 136 kB)
NP14: Gabriele Petraityte (Bio-Imaging Lab) - Structural and Resting-State Effective Connectivity in a Non-Human primate Model of Huntington’s Disease (pdf, 134 kB)
NP15: Tinne Vandenbroeke (Translational Neurosciences) - Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: a cross-sectional study taking hearing loss into account (pdf, 137 kB)
NP16: Jana Osstyn (imec-Vision Lab) - Delta-MRI: a framework for direct deformation estimation from longitudinally acquired single-coil and multi-coil MRI data (pdf, 113 kB)
NP17: Nathan Donies (Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group) - SCREEN4PN: Efficient evaluation of therapeutic compounds for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease using patient-derived induced motor neurons and neuromuscular organoids (pdf, 122 kB)
NP18: Siebe Van Calster (Laboratory of Experimental Hematology) - Multi-Omics analysis reveals ischemic stroke-like features in matured HiPSC-derived neurospheroids after oxygen/glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (pdf, 128 kB)