Program

Dutch Translational Metabolism Conference 30-31st of May 2024
Hotel de Wageningsche Berg, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Day 130th of May, 2024
10:00 – 10.30Registration and coffee
10.30 – 10.45 Opening remarks
 Session 1
10.45 – 11.05Selected junior speaker 1 (to be determined)
11.05 – 11.25Selected junior speaker 2 (to be determined)
11.25 – 11.45Selected junior speaker 3 (to be determined)
11.45 – 12.30Keynote speaker: Prof. Luke O’Neill

Topic: Immunometabolism
Title: A break in mitochondrial endosymbiosis as a basis for inflammatory diseases

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
12.30 – 13.00Lunch
 Session 2
13.30 – 13.50Selected junior speaker 4 (to be determined)
13.50– 14.10Selected junior speaker 5 (to be determined)
14.10 – 14.55Keynote speaker: Prof. Bart Deplancke

Topic: Adipose biology
Title: Deconstructing adipose tissue plasticity, one cell at a time

EPFL, Switzerland
14.55 – 15.10Sponsor pitches
Masterclass & poster presentations
15.30 – 16.30Masterclass
16:45 – 17:00Selected posters pitch presentations
17:00 – 18:00Poster session 1
18:15 – 19:15Poster session 2

19:15 –21.00Dinner
 21.00 –Evening program: PubQuiz
Day 231st of May, 2024
7.30 – 8.15Boot camp
8.30 – 9.30Breakfast
 Session 3
9.30 – 9.50Selected junior speaker 6 (to be determined)
9.50 – 10.10 Selected junior speaker 7 (to be determined)
10.15 – 11.00Keynote speaker: Prof. Maria Falkenberg

Topic: Inherited metabolic diseases
Title: Mitochondrial DNA Maintenance: Understanding the Molecular Consequences of POLG Mutations of tumors and tryptophan

University of Gothenburg, Sweden
11.00 – 11.30Coffee break
 Session 4
11.30 – 11.50Selected junior speaker 8 (to be determined)
11.50 – 12.10Selected junior speaker 9 (to be determined)
12.15 – 13.00Keynote speaker: Prof. Christiane Opitz

Topic: Cancer metabolism
Title: Of tumors and tryptophan

German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
13.00 – 14.00Lunch
 Session 5
14.00 – 14.20 Selected junior speaker 10 (to be determined)
14.20 – 14.40 Selected junior speaker 11 (to be determined)
14.40 – 15.00Selected junior speaker 12 (to be determined)
15.00 – 15.45Keynote speaker: Prof. Javier Gonzales

Topic: Nutrition and metabolism
Title: Dietary carbohydrates and human metabolism – interactions with physical activity

University of Bath, UK
15.45 – 16.45Final remarks, conference evaluation and prize