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📅 Conference Program
Thursday · 1 October 2026
RADICAL-CDG Kick-off Meeting
Time
RADICAL-CDG Kick-off Meeting
13:00
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13:15
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13:15
Welcome
Speaker:
Gert Matthijs
13:15
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13:30
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13:30
WP7: Management, IP, practicalities
Speaker:
Gert Matthijs
13:30
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14:00
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14:00
WP5: GORAB
Speakers:
Uwe Kornak and Hana Hansíková
14:00
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14:30
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14:30
WP2: G6PC3/G6PT
Speakers:
Maria Veiga-da-Cunha and Dirk Lefeber
14:30
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15:00
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15:00
☕ Coffee break
15:00
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15:30
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15:30
WP6: PAO engagement
Speakers:
Vanessa Ferreira, Cristina Barrigas,
Marta Falcão and Alfonso Ramos
15:30
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16:00
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16:00
PMM2-CDG
Speakers:
Belén Pérez, Rocío Mato,
Hana Hansíková and Elena Taverna
16:00
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16:30
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16:30
WP4: Dolichol
Speakers:
Matthew Wilson, François Foulquier
and Christian Thiel
16:30
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17:00
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17:00
WP3: NANS-CDG
Speakers:
Dirk Lefeber, Elodie Lebredonchel,
Arnaud Bruneel and François Foulquier
17:00
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17:15
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17:15
Closing
Speaker:
Matthew Wilson
Friday · 2 October 2026
Leuven 2026 CDG Conference
Time
Insights into disease mechanisms
09:00
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09:15
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09:15
Welcome
Speaker:
Jaak Jaeken
09:15
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10:00
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10:00
Structural insight into the eukaryotic
protein N-glycosylation machinery
Speaker:
Kaspar Locher
10:00
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10:15
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10:15
New opportunities from glycoimmunology studies:
case studies on GNEM and PMM2-CDG
Speaker:
Paula Videira
10:15
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10:30
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10:30
Cellular mechanism associated with
SLC35A2-CDG brain malformations
Speaker:
Salma Amin
10:30
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11:00
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11:00
☕ Coffee break
11:00
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11:15
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11:15
PGM1 deficiency is linked to sarcomeric
and mitochondrial dysfunction in
patient-derived IPSC-cardiomyocytes
Speaker:
Silvia Radenkovič
11:15
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11:30
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11:30
Development of a splice-switching antisense
oligonucleotide for a deep-intronic
ATP6AP1-CDG variant
Speaker:
Ludvík Hejl
11:30
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11:45
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11:45
Repurposed drugs as candidate pharmacological
chaperones: in vitro evaluation in PMM2-CDG
Speaker:
Inês Teodoro
11:45
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12:00
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12:00
Improving SGLT5 inhibition for the treatment
of neutropenia in GSD1b and G6PC3 deficiency
Speaker:
Maria Veiga-da-Cunha
12:00
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12:30
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12:30
Maintaining enzyme function with a rescue metabolite
Speaker:
Guido Bommer
12:30
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12:45
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12:45
The intracellular impact of GPI anchor biosynthesis
defects: A focus on mitochondria and ER
Speaker:
Peter Ďatko
12:45
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13:00
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13:00
An unexpected localization of dolichol synthesis
enzymes: mechanistic implications for
glycosylation pathways?
Speaker:
Eline Pieters
13:00
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14:30
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14:30
🍽 Lunch
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17:45
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18:00
Shared session
End of day remarks
Speaker:
Gert Matthijs
Saturday · 3 October 2026
CDG Community and Patient Engagement
Time
CDG Community and Patient Engagement
09:00
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09:30
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09:30
World-CDG and patient outreach
Speaker:
Vanessa Ferreira
09:30
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09:45
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09:45
What matters most in CDG?
Proxy-reported patient preference
information for future trial endpoint development
Speaker:
Marta Falcão
09:45
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10:00
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10:00
Building meaningful patient and public
involvement and engagement in rare disease
drug development: A systematic review,
bibliometric analysis, policy and evolution
of the CDG community
Speaker:
Cristina Barrigas Viñuela
10:00
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10:15
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10:15
Title TBC
Speaker:
Rita Barone
10:15
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10:30
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10:30
From translational discovery to real-world impact
in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation:
Integrating caregiver priorities,
healthcare coordination and clinical
management evidence
Speaker:
Alfonso Ramos Díaz
10:30
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11:00
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11:00
☕ Coffee break
11:00
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11:15
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11:15
Third-space effusions in CDG patients:
clinical treatment insights from the
Polish experience
Speaker:
Milena Greczan
11:15
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11:45
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11:45
CDG CARE: Strengthening the global CDG community
through patient-centered research,
collaboration, and capacity building
Speaker:
Ivan Duncker
11:45
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12:00
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12:00
Five patients with a novel clinical
presentation of NUS1-CDG
Speaker:
Veronika Holubová
12:00
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12:30
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12:30
From drug screening to N of 1 studies
and clinical trials
Speaker:
Eva Morava
12:30
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12:45
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12:45
Meeting close
Speaker:
Gert Matthijs
Parallel track
CDG
Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
RADICAL-CDG