Program

Draft Program IDMC-14 

TUE 9 April
08:00-14:00    Reserved for workshops (t.b.d.)
14:30-20:30    Registration
16:30-19:00    Opening, Welcome Address
                         History of DM: past, present, future - Prof. dr. Bé Wieringa
                         (Radboudumc, Nijmegen, NL)
                         History of Neurology - Dr. Peter Koehler (MUMC+, Maastricht, NL)
                         Lessons Learned from DMD for DM - Prof. dr. Annemieke
                         Aartsma-Rus (LUMC, Leiden, NL)
19:00-20:30    Welcome Reception

 

WED 10 April
08:00-08:30    Registration
08:30-10:00    Session 1a: Pathogenic Mechanisms I
                         Invited speaker: 
                         Prof. dr. Alice Davidson, University College, London, UK
                         Why do CTG18.1 expansions in TCF4 not cause myotonic
                         dystrophy type 3 (or do they)?
10:00-10:30    Speed dating
10:30-11:00    Coffee break
11:00-12:15    Session 1b: Pathogenic Mechanisms II
                         Invited speaker:
                         Prof. dr. Christopher Pearson, Hospital for Sick Children, 
                         Toronto,Canada 
                         Primate-specific factors in disease-associated somatic repeat 
                         instability: RPA and Alt-RPA suppress and drive expansions              
12:15-12:30    Flash Poster presentations
12:30-13:30    Lunch (with posters)
13:30-15:00    Poster Session (uneven)
15:00-15:30    Fringe Session 1
15:30-16:30    Session 2: Biomarkers and Outcome Measures
                         Invited speakers:
                         Prof. dr. Ingemar Merkies/Prof. dr. Karin Faber, MUMC+,
                         Maastricht, The Netherlands 
                         Clinimetrics in DM1
16:30-17:00    Coffee break
17:00-18:00    Session 3: Clinical Manifestation and Quality of Life
18:00-18:30    Patient Engagement in Research

 

THU 11 April
08:00-08:30    Registration
08:30-10:00    Session 4: Cell and Animal Models
                         Invited speaker:
                         Prof. dr. Mina Gouti, Berlin, Germany
                         Neuromuscular Organoids  
10:00-10:30    Fringe Session 2
10:30-11:00    Coffee break
11:00-12:15    Session 5: Clinical Trials and Trial Design
                         Invited speakers:
                         Dr. Nick Johnson MD, Virginia Commonwealth University,
                         Richmond, VA, USA
                         Avidity trial 
                         Prof. dr. Hanns Lochmüller, Univ. Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
                         AMO trial
12:15-12:30    Flash poster presentations
12:30-13:30    Lunch (with posters)
13:30-15:00    Poster Session (even)
15:00-18:30    Walking Tour Nijmegen + Drinks at De Hemel

 

FRI 12 April
08:00-08:30    Registration
08:30-10:00    Session 6: Therapeutic Strategies and Drug Development
10:00-10:30    Fringe Session 3
10:30-11:00    Coffee break
11:00-12:00    Session 7: Industry
12:00-12:30    Making a career in DM
12:30-13:30    Lunch (with posters)
13:30-14:30    Session 8: Children with DM
14:30-15:00    Fringe Session 4
15:00-15:30    Coffee break
15:30-16:30    Session 9: Clinical Management and Rehabilitation
16:30-17:00    Awards and Closing Remarks
18:00-23:00    Gala dinner at Fort Lent

 

SAT 13 April
Families day

 

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