20 Jan SYMPOSIUM | The Dutch Protein Aggregation Network (DPAN) January 30th, 2025

Groot-Ammers | January 20TH, 2025

We are excited to announce the 2^nd DPAN symposium, scheduled for Jan 30^th 2025 at the University of Amsterdam. Like last time, we will have a series of invited and selected talks from researchers working on protein aggregation (diseases) from across The Netherlands.

DATE & TIME
  Thursday, January 30th, 2025
📍  O|2 building, Auditorium at the VU, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ  Amsterdam

PROGRAM

 10:00 – 10:30              Registration & coffee

10:30 – 10:45              Introduction by organizers

10:45 – 11:35              Molecular mechanisms regulating protein aggregation
                                    Ellen Nollen (UMCG) Biological Mechanisms Driving Age-related Protein Aggregation and Toxicity

11:35 – 12:25              Structures of protein aggregates
                                    Patrick van der Wel (RUG) Structures of fibrils in Huntington’s Disease

12:25 – 13:30              Lunch break

13:00 – 14:30              Posters

14:30 – 15:15               Keynote speaker Sanne Abeln (UU)  The role of Artificial intelligence in understanding protein aggregation diseases

15:15 – 15:45              Coffee break

15:45 – 16:35              Therapeutic strategies targeting protein aggregation
                                     Nicole Datson (Vico Therapeutics) ASO therapy development and clinical trial

16:35 – 17:05             Patient organization
                                    Ingrid de Groot  Myositis patient organization of the Spierziekten Nederland (sIBM)

17:05 – 17:10              Closing remarks

17:10 – 18:00              Closing Drinks / Dinner