BSCDB Spring Webinars
Neural Stem Cells and Cortex Development (Tuesday May 11, 2021)
16:00-18:00 European Time (GMT + 01:00)
Keynote lecture: “The evolution of neurons and nervous systems.”
Dr. Detlev Arendt, Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Welcome by Laurent NGUYEN, ULg GIGA
Chair: Eric BELLEFROID, ULB
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells guide the migration of cortical interneurons into the developing cerebral cortex
Fanny LEPIEMME (ULg GIGA)
Molecular dissection of the single-cell control mechanism of brain angiogenesis in the zebrafish model
Giel SCHEVENELS (ULB)
Cell type diversity in a developing octopus brain
Ruth STYFHALS (KULeuven)
Keynote lecture introduction by Eve SEUNTJENS, KULeuven
The evolution of neurons and nervous systems
Dr. Detlev Arendt, Developmental Biology Unit, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany.
Non-coding RNA in Health and Disease (Friday May 21, 2021)
12:45-14:00 European Time (GMT + 01:00)
Keynote lecture: “Understanding flavivirus pathogenesis: three-hybrid screening for host factors hijacked by viral non-coding RNA.”
Dr. Kai DALLMEIER & Sander JANSEN, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
Welcome by Prof. Patsy RENARD and Prof. Charles NICAISE, UNamur (5 min)
Chair: Prof. Benoit MUYLKENS, UNamur
Understanding flavivirus pathogenesis: three-hybrid screening for host factors hijacked by viral non-coding RNA (45 min)
Dr. Kai DALLMEIER, group leader & Sander JANSEN, PhD student at KU Leuven, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy
Closing reamrks by Prof. Patsy RENARD and Prof. Charles NICAISE, UNamur (10 min)
Mechanobiology (Thursday June 10, 2021)
16:00-17:15 European Time (GMT + 01:00)
Welcome by Isabelle MIGEOTTE, ULB
Chair: Liesbet GERIS, ULg and KU Leuven
Actuation Enhances Patterning in Human Neural Tube Organoids
Abdel RAHMAN ABDEL FATTAH, KU Leuven
Label-free imaging of cholesterol assemblies reveals hidden nanomechanics of breast cancer cells
Andra Cristina DUMITRU, Université Catholique de Louvain
Collective migration during a gap closure in a two dimensional haptotactic model
Marie VERSAEVEL, Université de Mons
Closure