Dublin Cystinosis Workshop 2024
In February Cystinosis Ireland invited 40 experts in cystinosis research and treatment as well as experts working in the field of myopathy (muscle wasting) to join us for the 10th annual Dublin Cystinosis Workshop. Speakers included keynote addresses from Dr Reza Sadjadi, Harvard Medical School, USA, on Clinical trial readiness, myopathy and dysphagia assessment in adults with Nephropathic Cystinosis; and Philippos Mourikis of East-Paris University, France, on Muscle stem cells and their niche and how it can be used to study severe and mild myopathy. Projects currently funded by Cystinosis Ireland were presented in video updates.
The winners of the 2023 Professor Roz Anderson memorial prize and the Cystinosis Ireland award for the best oral presentation to a non-scientific audience, Louise Medaer and Hayley Chang respectively, also shared updates on the progress in their work. The meeting was delighted to award the 2024 Professor Roz Anderson memorial prize to Sante Princiero Berlingerio of KU Leuven, Belgium presenting his work “Targeting oxidative stress-driven lipid peroxidation improves podocyte dysfunction in cystinosis”. You can find out more about the Dublin Cystinosis Workshop at www.cystinosis.ie/research.
