Understanding Congenital CMV Infections

Updates on congenital CMV and research opportunities

3-4 OCTOBER 2024 Updates on congenital CMV and research opportunities

Location: Auditorium Orchidee, UZ Leuven campus Gasthuisberg
Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Registration and abstract submission

You can submit an abstract for a 10 minute oral presentation on your research.
You can submit a 2-5 minute research proposal to brainstorm on interdisciplinary.

https://forms.gle/LkqVdnoQS2QopuFV6

Registration fee

• PhD students: free
• Residents/trainees: 50EUR
• Doctors/experts in field: 150EUR

Interuniversity Initiative Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences

Luc De Catte, Emma Van den Eede, Lennart Van der Veeken, Elizaveta Padalko, Ina Foulon, Caroline Van Linthout, Caroline De Coninck, Michael Aertsen

Preliminary program

DAY ONE

Prenatal session

• 9h-9h30 Global impact of cCMV (E. Van den Eede – Leuven, Belgium)
• 9h30-10h Screening for primary cCMV in Belgium and elsewhere (L. Noel– Liège, Belgium)
• 10h-10h30 Role of the placenta in cCMV infection (J. Fourgeaud – Paris, France)

BREAK

• 11h-12h: Interactive expert panel discussion: Critical analysis of serological tests for CMV screening
  (J. Fourgeaud , M-L. Delforge, D. De Geyter, E. Padalko, M. Depypere)
• 12h-12h30 Drugs and pharmacokinetics for secondary prevention of CMV
  (G. Andrei – Leuven, Belgium)
• 12h30-13h Prediction of fetal outcome by prenatal ultrasound imaging
  (L. Van der Veeken – Antwerp, Belgium)

LUNCH

Radiology session

• 14h-14h30 Current state and new modalities in fetal MRI in cCMV infection
  (C. Van de Walle – Ghent, Belgium)
• 14h30-14h50 Diffusion weighted imaging of the fetal brain to evaluate brain abnormalities
  (M. Aertsen – Leuven, Belgium)
• 14h50-15h10 The impact of fetal motion on DWI of the fetal brain
  (S. Leysen – Leuven, Belgium)

BREAK

• 15h30-17h Presentation of European guidelines (ECCI recommendation) and expert panel discussion(C. Donner, L. Noel, I. Foulon, L. Van der Veeken)

DAY TWO

Postnatal session

• 9h-9h30 Neonatal assessment of CMV
  (A. Keymeulen – Ghent, Belgium)
• 9h30-9h50h Neonatal imaging of CMV
  (C. Van de Walle – Ghent, Belgium)
• 9h50h-10h20 Neurological development
  (G. Naulaers – Leuven, Belgium)
• 10h20-10h40 Hearing impairment: pathophysiology, early detection and treatment
  (I. Foulon – Brussels, Belgium)
• 10h40-11h10 Vestibular dysfunction: pathophysiology, early detection and treatment
  (L. Maes - Ghent, Belgium)

BREAK

Research opportunities

• 11h30-12h Animal models and lessons learned
  (G. Andrei – Leuven, Belgium)
• 12h-12h30 Vaccination for CMV: role in pregnancy
  (B. Jacobs – Ghent, Belgium)

LUNCH

• 13h30-15h30 Presentation of CMV related projects by PhD/postdoc/research students - 10 minute oral presentations and discussion (abstract submission at registration)

BREAK

• 16h-17h Opportunities to enhance university CMV research based on current projects: Expert panel (C. De Coninck, E. Padalko, I. Foulon, L. Van der Veeken, M. Aertsen) & students who submitted a research proposal at registration
• 17h-17h30 Best oral presentation award and closing remarks (L. De Catte – Leuven, Belgium)

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