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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