The metabolics.be symposium 2026 will be held on 22/05/2026 at Université du Travail de Charleroi .
This year’s theme is ” Red Flags in inborn errors of metabolism”.
REGISTRATION
Registration for this event is required and can be done from now on an until 15/05 via this link.
FEES
PROGRAM
08h45: Inscription and Welcome coffee – Hall d’Honneur Zénobe Gramme
09h15: Meeting opening and welcome from the organizing team
SESSION 1 : Chairs: D. Roland (IPG) and S. Paquay (UCL) – Auditorium 1
- 09h20: Red Flags in neuroradiology and IEM (+ Q&A) – Pr Nadine Girard, CHU la Timone, Marseille, France
- 10h10: Red Flags in IEM (+ Q&A) – Pr Clara van Karnebeek, AMC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11h00 Coffee break – La Maçonnerie room
SESSION 2 : Chairs: F. Boemer (CHU Liège) and H. Stepman (UZ Gent) – Auditorium 1
- 11h30: Metabolic impairements during protoxyde d’azote utilization – Dr Cécile Bossaert & Dr Laura Plasse, Adult Emergency Dpt, CHU Lille, France
- 12h10: New Biochemical Red Flags for Newborn Screening of Pyridoxine – Dependent Epilepsy (ALDH7A1) – Dr Joseph Dewulf, PhD, Metabolic Laboratory, UCL Louvain, Belgium
SESSION 1 & 2: Multidisciplinary session for dietitians psychologists and social worker – Auditorium 2 (9h20-12h30)
- 09h20: Psychological impact of announcing a PKU diagnostic in the context of neonatal screening – Céline Bensimon, Clinical Psychologist, Hôpital Necker – Enfants malades, Paris, France
- 10h30: Multidisciplinary approach to a clinical case – Valérie Deville, Stéphanie Dubruille, Nathalie Bercy, Bérengère Garin & Ilaria Joly, Paramedical team, Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique, Belgium
- 11h30: Glycogen Storage Diseases: Theory and Practice at Antoine Béclère Hospital – Aure-Clélia TALLEC MONNERAYE, Nutritionist Dietitian, Université Paris Saclay, France
- 12h15: Discussion
12h30 Lunch time – La Maçonnerie room
13h15 – 14h00: General Assembly (for members) – Auditorium 1
SESSION 3 : Chairs: A. Empain (Huderf) and A. Jonckheere (UZA) – Auditorium 1
- 14h00: Arginase deficiency: a new treatable disease – Dr Jean-Baptiste Arnoux, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- 14h30: Evaluation of the integration of homocysteine remethylation deficiencies into the Belgian newborn screening – Dr Céline Dufour, Hôpital des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels
- 14h45: Autologous mesoangioblast therapy for mitochondrial myopathy (m.3243A>G): preliminary results from an ongoing phase II study – Florence van Tienen, translational genomics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
15h00 Coffee break – La Maçonnerie room
SESSION 4 : Chairs: Pr F. Eyskens (UZA) – FG Debray (CHU Liège) – Auditorium 1
- 15h20: Will AI shape our future medical practice? – Dr Jeremie Gras, Medical Director, Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique, Belgium
- 15h40: The ketogenic diet in GLUT1 DS: daily reality, hidden burden, and how patient associations can help – Alice Pierson & Céline Cambron, Glut1 Belgium asbl
- 15h50: Panel discussion around new belgian rare disease plan and CEMAs – Patrick Verloo (Metabolics.be), Emmy De Leenheer (BOKS) & Stefan Joris (RaDiOrg)
