Dutch Belgian Drosophila Meeting
Dutch Belgian Drosophila Meeting
General context
After the successful 2019 edition at the Donders Institute of Nijmegen, VIB is hosting the 10th Dutch-Belgian Drosophila meeting in Leuven in 2021. Meet all Dutch and Belgian Drosophila groups incl. PIs, and learn about various topics, from cell biology, immunity & physiology, single cell sequencing, neurobiology & behavior, to human disease modelling. The keynote lecture on neural information processing at the level of individual neurons and small neural circuits will be given by Alexander Borst from Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Germany. The perfect opportunity for networking and knowledge exchange! Participants from other countries are also very welcome to attend!
This training targets scientists who want to keep up-to-date with the latest evolutions in the Drosophila field. The training is aimed at PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians or other scientists with a molecular biology background.
Patrick Callaerts (Laboratory of Behavioral and Developmental Genetics, KU Leuven)
Georg Halder (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology)
Albena Jordanova (VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology)
Roman Praschberger (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research)
Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research)
- Participation is free for academics and researchers from research institutes.
- Note that upon no-show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year and for VIB participants the reimbursement of the catering costs (€ 50) will be charged to the research group. Click here for more information.
Program
Welcome coffee - Foyer ON5
Welcome by Patrik Verstreken - Aula ON5
Keynote (introduced by Patrick Callaerts)
TBA
Alexander Borst, Department Circuits-Computation-Models, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, DE
Session 1 (chaired by Georg Halder)
Endophilin-A's calcium switch: turning on synaptic autophagy.
Marianna Decet from the lab of Patrik Verstreken, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
tRNA sequestration triggers peripheral neuropathy.
Coffee - Foyer ON5
Session 2 (chaired by Roman Praschberger)
A sleeping fly at single cell resolution - Do cells sleep differently?
Joana Dopp from the lab of Sha Liu, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Drosophila as a model system to study familial atrial fibrillation.
Stan van Wijk from the lab of Bianca Brundel, Department of Physiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, NL
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and their role in neurodegeneration: let’s go to the nucleus.
Imaging the central dogma in living embryos to uncover how cells decide their fate.
Jacques Bothma, Hubrecht Institute, NL
Genes and gene networks regulating Drosophila insulin-producing cell development and function.
Mattias Wynant from the lab of Patrick Callaerts, Laboratory of Behavioral and Developmental Genetics, KU Leuven, BE
Lunch & Poster Session - Foyer ON5 and foyer ON4
Session 3 (chaired by Patrick Callaerts)
Transfer of coenzyme A precursors between generations and from microbiome to the host.
Ody Sibon, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, NL
Dissecting a conserved signaling network regulating developmental axon branching and adult axon maintenance.
Gabriela-Edwards Faret from the lab of Dietmar Schmucker, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Understanding and counteracting sleep defects in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Mireia Coll-Tané from the lab of Annette Schenck, Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, NL
Correlation of FUS phase separation with toxicity in Drosophila models of ALS/FTD.
Thomas Moens from the lab of Ludo Van Den Bosch, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Coffee - Foyer ON5
Session 4 (chaired by Albena Jordanova)
Mating increases Drosophila melanogaster females’ choosiness by reducing olfactory sensitivity to a male pheromone.
Philip Kohlmeier from the lab of Jean-Christophe Billeter, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, NL
Single-cell analyses in Drosophila: the fly cell atlas and the fly brain
Jasper Janssens from the lab of Stein Aerts, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Hippo signalling instructs ectopic but not normal organ growth.
Weronika Kowalczyk from the lab of Georg Halder, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, BE
Chromatin dynamics in DNA damage repair.
Aniek Janssen, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, NL
Coffee - Foyer ON5
Keynote (chaired by Patrik Verstreken)
Assembly of the Fly Olfactory Circuit
Liqun Luo, Howard Huges Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, US
Reception
Foyer ON4
Faculty Dinner
Martin's Klooster
Practical info
15 September 2021
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium
15 September 2021
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Leuven train station is approximately 4 km from the campus Gasthuisberg. Buses depart very regularly to the Gasthuisberg Campus from Leuven train station.
For tickets and up to date schedules visit website De Lijn or use the De Lijn App.
Exit at the very last bus stop ‘Gasthuisberg Campus) make sure not to exit at ‘Gasthuisberg Kliniek =
hospital)
Once you get off the bus, go to your right and go up the street until you see stairs to your left. Climb the stairs all the way up between two buildings. Look for the signs containing blue circles and white numbers and follow them all the way from 2 up to number 12. You will cross several buildings and the walk will take max. 10 minutes. When you reach number 12, you have reached O&N 5, where you can find the reception.
15 September 2021
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
The Gasthuisberg campus is west of the Leuven ring. Our buildings are situated behind the hospital (see black arrow near ‘RING NOORD’ on the map). If you come from the city center, you will arrive on campus from the east side (taking Mgr. Van Waeyenberglaan and roundabout Het Teken). If you come from Heverlee or Campus Arenberg, you will arrive from the west side (taking the Celestijnenlaan and Taborweg). When you arrive uphill at the intersection with the Rega Institute and the Red Cross building, you need to take the road down to the bicycle parking at Rega Institute (see map) where you can park. Next, follow the ‘Onderwijs & Navorsing blue route’ description below (start point is #9).
15 September 2021
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
You arrive via the E314 highway – EXIT 16
After 200 m, keep left to drive underneath the roundabout and into the tunnel.
Keep left and follow the arrows to Parking West.
You arrive via the Leuven ring road
At the roundabout, take the exit towards ‘Spoed / Ziekenhuis’.
Follow the ring around Campus Gasthuisberg and pass the entrance of SPOED.
Continue right until you arrive at a second roundabout.
Follow the directions for E314.
Near the Fire Brigade Station, make a U-turn and follow the directions for ‘Ziekenhuis’.
Keep left and drive downhill, underneath the roundabout and into the tunnel.
Keep left and follow the arrows to Parking West.
Next, leave the parking at level +1 using the big stairs near the vending machines.
Follow the red carpet and arrows to 'Onco Dagcentrum' to get to the O&N buildings. Take the stairs on your left after exiting Parking West. You are now in front of the O&N4 building; on the left you will find O&N5.
15 September 2021
Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Seminar room ON5 and posters in the lobby of ON4