IMS Gesellschaft für akademischen Forschungstransfer mbH

IMS Gesellschaft für akademischen Forschungstransfer mbH

Interactive Medical Science

  • Begin: 29.05.2019
  • End: 01.06.2019

Arrangement by Prof. Julia B. Hennermann
Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
University Medical Center Mainz

Questions regarding the scientific program of the course should be addressed to:

Professor Julia Hennermann
Pediatric Department,
University Medical Center Mainz
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Questions regarding logistics can be addressed to:

IMS GmbH, Sabine Michels
Tel: +49-6131/17-5763
Fax: +49-6131/17-6608
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Registration deadline: 30.04.2019


Program (Updated 11.04.2019)

Wednesday, 29 May 2019

13.00 - 14.00 Arrival / Lunch-Snack
14.00 - 14.15 Welcome and Introduction
Julia B. Hennermann
14.15 - 15.00 LSDs – A clinical overview
Michael Beck
15.00 - 16.00 Cellular pathophysiology of LSDs
Volkmar Gieselmann
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 17.15 Defects of lysosomal membrane proteins
Paul Saftig
17.15 - 18.00 Pompe disease
Ans van der Ploeg
18.00 - 18.30 Neonatal screening for LSDs
Alberto Burlina
20.00 Welcome Dinner

Thursday, 30 May 2019

08.30 - 09.15 Sphingolipids and sphingolipidoses
Konrad Sandhoff
09.15 - 10.00 Niemann Pick diseases
Marie T. Vanier
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 11.15 Gaucher disease
Tim Cox
11.15 - 12.00 Fabry disease
Albina Nowak
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.45 Workshops / Discussion case reports
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee break
16.15 - 17.15 Mucopolysaccharidoses and Mucolipidoses
Roberto Giugliani
17.15 - 17.45 Mannosidoses and other Oligosaccharidoses
Julia B. Hennermann
20.00 Meet the Expert - Dinner

Friday, 31 May 2019

08.30 - 09.15 Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in LSDs
Kurt Ullrich
09.15 - 10.00 The blood brain barrier and LSDs
David J. Begley
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 - 11.15 Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses
Angela Schulz
11.15 - 12.15 Genetic principles of LSDs: A practical session on Mendelian genetics and pedigree analysis
Andreas Gal
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch
13.15 - 14.00 Enzyme replacement therapy in LSDs
Anna Tylki-Szymańska
14.00 - 14.45 Stem cell transplantation in LSDs
Rob Wynn
14.45 - 15.15 New treatment options in LSDs
Julia B. Hennermann
16.30 Network afternoon
20.00 Farewell Dinner

Saturday, 1 June 2018

08.30 - 09.00 Prenatal presentation of LSDs
Roseline Froissart
09.00 - 09.30 Eye manifestations in selected LSDs
Susanne Pitz
09.30 - 10.00 Radiological manifestations in MPS and ML
Esmee Oussoren
10.00 - 10.30 Orthopedic management of LSDs
Bianka Link
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.30 The role of patient support groups
UK MPS Society
11.30 - 13.15 Presentation of Workshop results
13.15 - 13.30 Summary and Farewell
Julia B. Hennermann
13.20 Lunch-Snack/Departure

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