Registration & coffee

Welcome by organizers

Keynote Lecture Glia: 
Prof. Laurent Nguyen (ULiege; Belgium): Neuro-Glia Crosstalk Shapes Brain Morphogenesis Across Species

Session 1: Glia & Development (15min/talk incl. questions)
Sanne Claassen  (Maastricht, pediatrics): Neurological consequences of Inflammatory Neonatal Brain Injury: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cells in an Ovine Model
Anika Mordelt (Nijmegen): Long-term co-maturation of hiPSC-derived microglia with neuronal networks enhances microglial identity in vitro
Reindert Jehoul (Hasselt): Defining the Role of miR-146a in Enteric Glial Reactivity

Fire Pitch session

Lunch & Poster presentations

Talented Medior Lecture:
Melissa Schepers (Maastricht/Hasselt): Restoring the neuron-oligodendrocyte unit: A central role for cAMP Signalling

Session 2: Glia & Degeneration (15min/talk incl. questions)
Laura Pieper (Utrecht): Towards a brain organoid model for astrogliosis in Alzheimer’s disease
Ambika Mahajan (Amsterdam): tau-induced neuronal secretome activates astrocytic stress signalling
Janneke Bosma (Groningen): Demyelinating autoimmune diseases of the CNS through a spatial transcriptomics lens
Zoë Donders (Maastricht): Visual evoked potentials as biomarker of demyelination and remyelination: validation through roflumilast treatment in a chronic EAE mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Break

Session 3: Glia & Repair (15min/talk incl. questions)
Femke Mussen (Hasselt): It Takes Two to Tango: Sequential Subtype-Specific PDE4 Inhibition Promotes Spinal Cord Injury Recovery by Targeting Inflammation and Repair
Imke Schuurmans (Nijmegen): Direct differentiation of iPSCs towards functional mature astrocytes to better understand neurometabolic diseases
Laura Bolkaerts (Hasselt): ELOVL6 deficiency reshapes oligodendrocyte lipid metabolism, boosting their differentiation and central nervous system repair
Emily Willems (Maastricht): The short-form selective PDE4D inhibitor RICE01 enhances remyelination and neurite growth

Closing and awards

Drinks