Single cells, to care or not to care?

April 12th 2024 at the Biomedical Sciences Campus (Gasthuisberg) in Leuven.

'Short' program 24rd Annual meeting 2024

Topic: Single cells, to care or not to care? Full program will follow soon


Friday April 12, 2024

Moderators: prof. Geert Mortier, MD & Damien Lederer, MD

08:00 – 09:00   Registration

09:00 – 09:15   Welcome address by the president of the BeSHG, Damien Lederer, MD

09:15 – 11:00   Plenary session 1

·        9:15: prof. Bernard Thienpont, PhD, prof. Thierry Voet, PhD: Teaching, incl. Spatial biology

·        9:40: prof. Malte Spielmann, MD: Why should we care (about single cell diagnostics)

·       10:20: prof. Lude Franke, PhD: Linking common and rare diseases using gene regulatory networks

11:00 – 11:30   BeSHG Annual General Assembly

11:30 – 12:00   Coffee Break + Meet your sponsor + Poster viewing

12:00 – 13:00   Selected Oral Presentations

·         Parallel session 1

·         Parallel session 2

13:00 – 14:30   Lunch break + Meet your sponsor + Poster viewing

14:30 – 16:00   Selected Oral Presentations

·         Parallel session 3

·         Parallel session 4

16:00 – 16:30   Coffee break + Meet your sponsor + Poster viewing

16:30 – 17:45   Plenary session 2

·         16:30: prof. Diether Lambrechts, PhD: single cell in cancer + clinical relevance

·         17:05: prof.Stephen Quake, PhD: cellular composition of the human body, and its relevance for understanding disease aetiology.

17:45-18:00   Closing Remarks + Best Poster + Presentation Award

18:00-22:00   Reception + Party