Deadline abstract and registration | May 6th 2025�Submission abstracts | mimicry@kuleuven.be
Location | O&N5, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg
Registration | Via this link
The Trilogy Of Reproduction
Session I The Swimmers’ Quest: From Testes To Fertilization – Chairman H. Devroe
09:40 – 10:05 Keynote speaker Prof. Ellen Goossens (VUB, Belgium) � Testicular tissue transplantation to restore fertility after gonadotoxic treatment
10:05 – 10:20 MIMICRY invites Dr. Ilse Goovaerts (UZA, Belgium) � DNA fragmentation in sperm
Session II The Ovarian Orchestra: Eggs, Hormones and Timing – Chairman L. Lannoo
10:20 – 10:45 Keynote speaker Prof. Christiani Amorim (UCL)� Theca-granulosa cell spheroids as a model for steroidogenesis
10:45 – 11:00 MIMICRY presents Prof. Frederic Lluis � GSK3 and cellular dormancy: linking embryonic diapause to cancer survival
Coffee break
Session III The Embryo Chronicles: Embryo Development and Beyond – Chairman S. Mackens
11:30 – 11:45 MIMICRY presents Prof. Joris Vermeesch � On the origins and consequences of haploidy and polyploidy�11:45 – 12:00 MIMICRY invites Prof. Atilgan Yilmaz � High-throughput Functional Genomics Approaches to Decipher Essential Genes for Human Myogenesis
Session IV The Fragile Foundation: impact of Endometrial Disorders on Fertility – Chairman J. Vriens
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote speaker Prof. Andrea Romano (Maastricht University)
Endometriosis and the role of the local steroid metabolism
14:30 – 14:45 MIMICRY presents Amber De Moor
Modelling endometriosis inflammation using organoid models
14:45 – 15:00 MIMICRY presents Lena Luyckx
PCOS endometrium-derived epithelial organoids as a novel model to study endometrial dysfunction�
Coffee break
Session V Inherited Scars: Lasting Effects of Pregnancy Complications– Chairman K. De Clercq
15:30-16:00 Keynote speaker Dr. Jorge Lopez-Tello (Madrid University)
Placental endocrine malfunction due to loss of paternal Igf2: a story told across generations
16:00 – 16:45 MIMICRY presents Dr. Hannes Van der Merwe
The placenta: villain or victim
16:45 – 17:00 MIMICRY presents Dr. Francesca Russo
From scars to solutions: pregnancy as a window of hope
The Womb’s Influence
Lunch break & Poster session
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:40 Introduction Prof. Katrien De Clercq
June 6th, 2025