Program

08.30h – 09.00h  Registration
09.00h – 09.20h  Dr. Brett Boonen: Succinate initiates a defence program via tuft cell-triggered calcium waves in the tracheal epithelium.
09.25h – 09.45h  Dr. Aziz Debain: Non-dipping hypertension a marker of autonomic dysfunction.
09.50h – 10.10h  Ms Wayra Brackx: Histaminergic itch in the SCN10A-p.R14L mouse model.

10.15h – 10.45h  Break

10.45h – 11.05h  Dr. Marie Mulier: A longitudinal imaging approach to study pain in the brain.
11.10h – 11.30h  Ms Jolien Vander Cruyssen: The role of Nav1.8 in hyperhidrosis.
11.35h – 12.20h  Dr. Javier Aguilera Lizarraga: Pain Sensory Mechanisms in the Gut: The Role of Intestinal Nociceptive Signalling Beyond 'Ouch'.

12.25h – 13.30h  Lunch

13.30h – 14.15h  Prof. Dr. Katharina Zimmermann: TRPC5 cold sensing: Teeth and beyond
14.20h – 14.40h  Dr. Ana Freitas: When Inflammation Strikes: A Deep Dive into the dorsal root ganglia.

14.45h – 15.00h  Break

15.00h – 15.20h  Dr. Candice Fung: Nutrient signaling in the enteric nervous system of mouse small intestine.
15.25h – 15.45h  Ms Margaux Theys: Nav1.9: the black sheep of the voltage-gated sodium channel family with a role in sensitization.

15.50h – 16.00h  Wrap up + presentation award