Activities organised as part of the Coordinated Research Project
libst | Louvain-la-Neuve
Conference: Weinstein Cardiovascular Development and Regeneration Conference May 6-9, 2026. Jersey City, NJ, USA. The Weinstein conferences are the top "rendez vous" of scientists active in the field of cardio vascular development. Emma attended and presented a poster.
Conference: HOX and TALE transcription factors: from developmental regulatory networks to disease states. March 5-6, 2026. Title : HOXA1 and the heart, at the heart of HOXA1 René Rezsohazy has been invited as a speaker to this small format two-day workshop in Heidelberg with the support of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
Training: Microfluidics cell culture In the framework of a collaboration with the SYMBIOSE lab at UMons (Prof. Sylvain Gabriele) and the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience (Dr. Antony Proces), Manel Berkemal received training in microfluidics in order to deploy a cutting-edge co-culture system of neurons in the lab of Françoise Gofflot.
Training: Heart phenotyping November 2025 to January 2026. Team members involved : Emma De Jonge. Marseille Medical Genetics, Dr. Stéphane Zaffran's lab. This training focused in developing heart phenotyping and the RNAscope technique.
EPISTEMODEVO network retreat November 19, 2025. The project's research teams got together in the charming setting of the priory of Malèves-Sainte-Marie in the Walloon Brabant's countryside. This scientific retreat gave the teams an opportunity for an inspiring brainstorming as well as the presentation of researcher Azat, Emma, Manel and Romane's latest results.
Training: Project management November 8 and 22nd, 2024. Team members involved : Romane Schils The training addressed the main principles of project management, including its stages (initiation, planning, execution, closure), the roles of project stakeholders, and the use of key management and monitoring tools. These concepts were applied in practice through the design and implementation of a fictitious project, developed collaboratively by participants.
Seminar on philosophy of molecular and developmental biology at the Center for Philosophy of Science and Society (ISP, UCLouvain) - Emmanuelle Maciel, “Hybridizing omics and traditional molecular biology” - Fábregas-Tejada & Sims, “On the Prospects of Basal Cognition Research Becoming Fully Evolutionary: Promising Avenues and Cautionary Notes" - Maël Lemoine, “Can the aging of an organism be reduced to the aging of its cells?”. Abstract. - Ivan Kuzin, “The Concept of Information and New Phenomena in Molecular Biology". Abstract.
