Save the date: Metabolics.be symposium 2023

The metabolics.be symposium 2023 will be held on 21/04/2023 at Antwerp Zoo.
This year’s theme is “The changing mission of early diagnosis in Inborn Errors of Metabolism: from population screening towards targeted screening and back.“

The program:

9u00: Registration

9u30 – 10u30: Plenary session

• 9u30: François Eyskens – Welcome
• 9u40: Bettina Blaumeiser-“Preconceptional and prenatal genetic screening – the Belgian approach”. (Antwerpen, Belgium).
• 10u05: Trine Tangeraas, Asbjorg Stray-Pedersen -”DNA analysis in Newborn Screening: Experiences and challenges ( in Norway)”.  (Oslo, Norway).

10u30 – 11u00: Coffee break

11u00-12u30: Break-out sessions

• Darwin Hall
  • 11u00: Alberto Burlina-”Screening for Lysosomal Storage Diseases”. (Padova, Italy)
  •  11u25: François Boemer–”BabyDetect: the next-generation newborn screening project”. (Liège, Belgium).
  • 11u50: Free communications
    • Sylvie Devos– “A multiplex analysis in dried blood for newborn screening and diagnosis of lysosomal storage diseases.” (UZA)
    • Bram Decru– “HMC-CoA synthase deficiency: the importance of measuring ketone bodies in hypoglycemia.” (UZ Leuven)
    • F.-X. Van Vyve– “Sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter defect, a new case characterized by an unusual cardiac presentation.” (Hospital of Jolimont, UCL, IPG)
• Galapagos: Session for psychologists – psychiatrists
  • Casus intervention

12u30-14u00: Lunch

13u30-14u30: General assembly

14u30-15u20: Break-out sessions

• Darwin Hall
  • 14u00: Sandra Kingma-”MPS: the need for early diagnosis”. (Antwerpen, Belgium).
  • 14u20: Antoine Bondue-”MPS: Fabry Disease and Heart”. (Bruxelles, Belgium).
  • 14u45: Amber Van Baelen-”Innovation in the diagnostic field: A new multiplex analysis for the most common lysosomal storage diseases in dried blood spots”. (Antwerpen, Belgium).
  • 15:05: Free communications
    • Emilie Guérit– “Heterozygous pathogenic variants in the GBA gene are associated with Parkinson disease.” (IPG)
    • Andrea Janez Pedrayes– “Study and treatment of congenital disorders of glycosylation based on tracer metabolomics: SLC35A2-CDG.” (UZ Leuven)
    • Karen Driesen– “Metabolomics as a tool for developing therapies in an endothelial cell model of congenital disorders of glycosylation.” (UZ-Leuven)
• Galapagos: Session for dieticians and psychologists
  • Annik Simons: “Difficult eating in children with a metabolic disease. ARFID or avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.”
    • Casus 1 ARFID  patiënt met VLCADD  – An/Jade/Ulrike (UZA)
    • Casus 2 ARFID  patiënt met sucrase isomaltasedeficiëntie  – An/Jade/Ulrike (UZA)
    • Casus 3 ARFID  patiënt met zeldzame ziekte (OMIM # 617877) –  Thierens Jessy + diëtisten (UZ Gent)

15u35-16u00: Coffee Break

16u00-16u55: Break-out sessions

• Darwin Hall
  • 16u00: Alexander Geldhof-”Unraveling the molecular etiology of Pompe’s disease”. (Brussel, Belgium).
  • 16u25: Free communications
    • Patrick Verloo– “Towards an Algorithm-Based Tailored Treatment of Acute Neonatal Hyperammonemia” (UZ Gent)
  • 16u35: Election of the best free communication
• Galapagos: Session for dieticians
  • Casus PKU en Palynziq –  Genevieve Bihet (Clinique du Montlégia -Centre Pinocchio Liège)
  • Casus glucose- galactose malabsorptie  – Audrey Foucart –  (Saint Luc Bruxelles)
  • Voorstelling project metabole studiedag Belgische diëtisten 

16u55: Closing remarks by François Eyskens