Spring meeting 2024

Date: 
Friday, April 26, 2024 - 10:00
Keynote speaker: 
Prof. Dr. Peter Zygmunt (Lund University)
Hosted by: 
Prof. Dr. Philippe Gailly
UCLouvain
Belgium
With support of: 
Venue: 
Palace of the Academies
Rubens room
Rue Ducale 1 - Hertogstraat 1
1000 Brussels
Program: 

09.15-10.00 Welcome with coffee and tea

Keynote lecture

10.00-11.00 TRP ionotropic cannabinoid receptors
Prof. Dr. Peter Zygmunt (Lund University, Sweden)

Oral communications (morning session)

11.00-11.15 Delineating the Binding Pocket of Meclofenamate in the TRPM4 ion channel
Andy Pironet and Rudi Vennekens (KULeuven)

11.15-11.30 Analysis of cyst hetero- and homogeneity in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Jean-Paul Decuypere, Daniel Borras, Priyanka Koshy, Abhishek Garg, Djalila Mekahli, Rudi Vennekens (KULeuven & UZ Leuven)

11.30-11.45 Investigating myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in exercising mice
S. Eens, M. Van Hecke, S. Van den Bogaert, K. Favere, N. Cools, E. Fransen, T. Roskams, H. Heidbuchel, PJ. Guns (UAntwerp)

11.45-12.00 β3-adrenoceptor as a new promising target against proliferative retinopathies
Melecchi A., Amato R., Canovai A., Cammalleri M., Dal Monte M., Bagnoli P. (University of Pisa, Italy)

12.00-12.15 Understanding the impact of heart failure treatment on cancer growth
C. Civati, B. Goovaerts, B. van Berlo, V.F.M. Segers, G.W. De Keulenaer (UAntwerp)

12.15 – 12.45 Lunch

12.45 – 13.30 Guided Poster Session

Posters:

• Exploring apelinergic system signaling in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Corinna Heinze, Jean-Paul Decuypere, Rudi Vennekens, Djalila Mekahli (KU Leuven)

• Investigating the structure and pharmacology of SK channels through molecular docking and in vitro patch clamp
Mouchet A.1, Vitello R.2, Brans A.1, Seutin V.3, Liégeois J.F.2, Kerff F.1 (ULiège)

• The endothelial glycocalyx: a functional and morphological investigation in a mouse model
Benjamin Hanotieau, Louise Mary, Sophie Dogné, Nathalie Kirschvink (UNamur)

• Brain Death-Induced Renal Injury in pigs: Unveiling Glycocalyx alteration and the Protective Role of Tacrolimus
Kaoutar Idouz, Benoit Rondelet, Laurence Dewachter, Asmae Belhaj, Nathalie Kirschvink, Sophie Dogné (UNamur, CHU UCL Namur & ULB)

• Conditional deletion of TRPC1 modulates synaptic plasticity, long term depression, and memory extinction in Fragile X Syndrome mice
Farah Issa, Xavier Yerna, Thibaud Parpaite, Caren Jabbour, Olivier Schakman, Nicolas Tajeddine, Roberta Gualdani, Philippe Gailly (UCLouvain)

• PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORPHAN G PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTOR GPR85
Manon Stoffels, Monika Wozniak, Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar, Julien Hanson
(ULiège & U Tübingen)

• Investigating cell type diversity in the maturing bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in mice
Yana van de Poll, Yasmin Cras, Tommas Ellender (UAntwerp)

Oral communications (afternoon session)

13.30-13.45 Induction of Autophagy normalizes Arterial Stiffness in Mice
Van Praet M., Neutel C.H.G., Jacobs C., Roeyen E., Wesley C., Krüger D, Guns P.J., De Meyer G.R.Y., Martinet W. and Roth L. (UAntwerp)

13.45-14.00 Bcl-2-based strategies to target dysregulated Ca2+ signaling as an early event in Alzheimer’s disease
Callens Manon, Vervliet Tim, Chernyuk Daria, Polozova Marina, Gordeev Andrey, Pchitskaya Ekaterina, Chigriai Margarita, Bezprozvanny Ilya, Bultynck Geert (KULeuven & Peter the Great St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University)

14.00-14.15 The effect of hypercholesterolemia and aging on nociception in rodents
Justyna B Startek, Alina Milici, Silvia Pinto, Evy Van Den Broek, Karel Talavera (VIB-KU Leuven)

14.15-14.30 Kinins: Locally formed peptides during inflammation with potential use in tissue regeneration
Leonardo MARTIN, Michael BADER, João PESQUERO (UAntwerp,
Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany & Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil)

14.30-14.45 Implication of cholesterol in mechanosensitive ion channel deregulation in glioblastoma
AVALOSSE Noémie; DUMITRU Andra-Cristina; VERSAEVEL Marie; GABRIELE Sylvain; GAILLY Philippe & TYTECA Donatienne (UCLouvain & UMons

14.45 – 15.15 Coffee – Tea and Networking

Closing lecture

15.15-16.00 Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Signaling in Muscular Dystrophies
Alexandra Tassin (UMons)

16.00 General Assembly for the Members

Contact

Belgian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology
Enp. number: 0411.970.678
03 265 25 87
secretary@physphar-belgium.be