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DHDRN symposium 2024

11 July 2024

The 2024 Dutch Huntington Disease Research Network (DHDRN) symposium will be held at the UMCG in Groningen on October 17, 2024. Our keynote speaker will be Prof. Erich Wanker from the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, Germany. He will give a keynote lecture entitled “Uncovering the pathobiology of polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin in Huntington’s disease: past and present advances”. All researchers, companies and health professionals with an interest in Huntington's disease are invited to join the meeting.

Tentative schedule:

Our plan for the schedule is to welcome you with coffee from 10am, with the scientific programme running from 10.30am till 5pm. More detailed information will follow.

Registration and deadlines:

Please plan to register and submit abstracts, from which additional speakers will be selected. There will also be an opportunity for poster presentations. The deadline for submitting abstracts will be Fri. Sept 20 th , and the registration deadline Monday Sept. 30th (before which we will announce the selected speakers).

The meeting is free of cost for you, but please register by sending an email to  g.noppert umcg.nl , and also indicate if you would like to submit an abstract for a presentation or poster. We hope to welcome you on Thu October 17, 2024 in Groningen!

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Mark Hipp
Dineke Verbeek
Patrick van der Wel

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Last modified:11 July 2024 11.57 a.m.

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