Meeting Agenda - Joint ImAge-D / DeLIVERy Consortium Meeting
Krakow, Poland, March 31 - April 4, 2025
Monday, March 31
Arrival of ImAge-D doctoral candidates and principal investigators
16:30 – 18:00 The Do’s and Don’ts of DC’ing – Dr. Karolina Szafranska
18:00 – Gathering of ImAge-D doctoral candidates (DCs)
Tuesday, April 1
Skills Training for ImAge-D Doctoral Candidates / Arrival of DeLIVERy participants
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome address / General remarks – Assoc. Prof. Bartlomiej Zapotoczny, IFJ PAN
9:15 – 10:45 Sample preparation and clearing for microscopy – Prof. Friedemann Kiefer, University of Münster
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Introduction to 3D cell culture using MPS systems – Dr. Harry Dawson, Cherry Biotech
12:00 – 13:00 Introduction to scanning probe microscopy / atomic force microscopy – Prof. Malgorzata Lekka, IFJ PAN
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00 Optical Technologies for Intravital Imaging – Prof. Friedemann Kiefer, University of Münster
15:00 – 16:00 Fluorescence-activated cell sorting and downstream analysis I – Dr. Stefaan Verhulst, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:15 Fluorescence-activated cell sorting and downstream analysis II – Dr. Stefaan Verhulst, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
17:15 – 18:15 Grant reviews / summary and discussions – all ImAge-D PIs + DCs
19:00 Joint Dinner at the Q Hotel Restaurant
Wednesday, April 2
Joint ImAge-D / DeLIVERy Scientific Conference
Morning Session – Chair: Prof. Thomas Huser
09:00 – 09:10 Opening Address – Prof. Thomas Huser, Bielefeld University
09:10 – 9:30 Shambhavi Dwivedi – University of Münster
09:30 – 9:50 Stefan Huijgens – UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
09:50 – 10:10 Yimeng Chen – University of Oslo
10:10 – 10:30 Emina Horvac Velic – UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20 Dibakar Borah – IFJ PAN
11:20 – 11:40 Gaetan Grima – Bielefeld University
11:40 – 12:00 Manisha Chatterjee – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
12:00 – 12:20 Anqi Lyu – University of Gothenburg
12:20 – 12:40 Arkajyoti Sarkar – Vrije Universiteit Brussel
12:40 – 13:00 DC 10 – University of Gothenburg
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session – Chair: Prof. Peter McCourt
14:00 – 14:30 Invited Talk: Dr. Nachiket Vartak, IfADo – Shining light on basic liver physiology – old questions, new evidence
14:30 – 15:00 Invited Talk: Prof. Alessandro Podesta, Università degli Studi di Milano
15:00 – 15:30 Invited Talk: Prof. Silje Skrede, University of Bergen
15:30 – 16:00 Invited Talk: Assoc. Prof. Jana Ruda-Kucerova, Masaryk University Brno
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:40 Prof. Erik Sveberg Dietrichs, University of Oslo – Antipsychotics and the Liver
16:40 – 17:05 Prof. Eelke Snoeren, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
17:05 – 19:20 Teambuilding Activity: City Game – GameSpace
19:45 Joint Dinner at the Q Hotel Restaurant
Thursday, April 3
Morning Session – Chair: Prof. Jan Schulte am Esch, Protestant Hospital Bethel / Bielefeld University
9:00 – 9:30 Invited Talk: Dr. Krzysztof Szade, Jagiellonian University
9:30 – 9:55 Prof. Lorena Arranz, University of Oslo
9:55 – 10:20 Dr. Karolina Szafranska and Dr. Larissa Kruse, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway – Different flavours of NAC and an update on Cubix at UiT
10:20 – 10:45 Dr. Kajangi Gnanachandran, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway – Effects of polypharmacy on mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC): advancing from 2D to 3D systems
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:25 Invited Talk: Prof. Patricia Lalor, University of Birmingham
11:25 – 11:50 Prof. Leonardus van Grunsven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
11:50 – 12:15 Milan Lobo, VUB, Modeling the Adverse Effects of Polypharmacy in Human and Mouse- Derived In Vitro Liver Disease Models
12:15 – 13:00 Moderated Discussions (Topics to be chosen during the meeting via QR code)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session – Chair: Prof. Leonardus van Grunsven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
14:00 – 14:30 Invited Talk: Prof. Jan Hengstler, IfADo – Death mechanisms in the liver – zombies, murders and suicide
14:30 – 14:55 Dr. Henning Ortkrass, Bielefeld University, Axially super-resolved imaging of LSECs by multi-angle total internal reflection excited structured illumination microscopy
14:55 – 15:15 Dr. Surjendu Bikash Dutta, Bielefeld University, 3D fluorescence imaging of liver tissue by two-photon excited Bessel beam light sheet microscopy
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break / ImAge-D Committee Meetings
16:15 – 17:00 Leave for Wieliczka salt mine
17:30 – 19:00 Visit of the Wieliczka salt mine
19:00 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
22:00 Bus transfer to the hotel (estimated arrival 22:30)
Friday, April 4
Morning Session – Chair: Prof. Malgorzata Lekka, IFJ PAN
9:00 – 9:30 Dr. Harry Dawson, Cherry Biotech – MPS model development for LSEC model culture and platform updates
9:30 – 9:55 Dr. Pieter de Beule, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
9:55 – 10:20 Assoc. Prof. Bartlomiej Zapotoczny, IFJ PAN
10:20 – 11:10 Dr. Annika Kiel, Jasmin Schürstedt-Seher, Dr. Wolfgang Hübner, Bielefeld University – Isolation, storage and optical super-resolution microscopy of human LSEC
11:10 – 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 – 11:50 Prof. Jan Schulte am Esch, Protestant Hospital Bethel
11:50 – 12:15 Prof. Karen Kristine Sørensen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
12:15 – 12:40 Assoc. Prof. Caroline Adiels, University of Gothenburg
12:40 – 13:05 Prof. Peter McCourt, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
13:05 – 13:15 Closing Remarks