OCTOBER 8-10, 2024

LISBON, PORTUGAL

9:00am - 9:20am

Jeffrey Farrell (USA)

scRNAseq uncovers a zebrafish homolog of an uncharacterized human intestinal cell type

9:20pm - 9:35pm

Yi Ding

Advancing Zebrafish High-Throughput Screening: An Automated Microinjection and Imaging Platform for Xenograft and Infection Models

9:35am - 9:50am

Benjamin Martin

Auxin inducible protein degradation in zebrafish

9:50am - 10:05am

Elyne De Neef

Prime editing outperforms optimized homology-directed repair as a tool for knock-in generation in zebrafish

10:05am - 10:25am

Randall Peterson

MIC-Drop-seq: multiplexed molecular phenotyping of embryonic development at cellular resolution

10:25am - 10:40am

Flash Talks

• Stephan Daetwyler Self-driving, multi-scale imaging of cellular dynamics in zebrafish: from a whole organism to sub-cellular imaging

• Sarah Perlee Development of a melanocyte lineage-specific knockout system in zebrafish

• Ines Oliveira Zebrafish Sperm Cryopreservation at Champalimaud Fish Platform

• John Fehilly Generating zebrafish models for pathogenicity prediction in retinal disease genes RLBP1 and RAB28

1:00pm – 1:20pm

Kandice Tanner, National Cancer Institute (USA)

Microenvironment regulation of metastasis

1:20pm -1:35pm

Jana Travnickova

Role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in melanoma residual disease

1:35pm – 1:50pm

Nicole Anderson

A MYCN-Driven Zebrafish Model of High-Risk Neuroblastoma Exhibits Early Metastatic Dissemination

1:50pm – 2:05pm

Nadine Azzam

High-risk pediatric cancer models in larval zebrafish, mouse and short-term culture predict individual patient responses to therapy

2:05pm – 2:20pm

Gabriel Forn-Cuni

Harnessing lipid-laden macrophages for novel therapies against glioblastoma

2:20pm – 2:25pm

Flash Talks

• Veronica Akle Evaluation of bioactive compounds in zebrafish model for rationale drug discovery for malignant pediatric brain tumors

• Stefanie Kirchberger  Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of neutrophil maturation in zebrafish uncovers a conserved signature applicable to metastatic bone marrow of neuroblastoma patients

1:00pm – 1:20pm

Maria Luisa Cayuela, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, (Spain)

Telomerase RNA in Hematopoiesis: a Story Beyond Telomere Maintenance 

1:20pm -1:35pm

Catarina Henriques

Telomerase-dependent ageing in the zebrafish brain

1:35pm – 1:50pm

Ben Lai

Harnessing Immune Response to Promote Cardiac Regeneration

1:50pm – 2:05pm

Mayssa Mokalled

Fine-tuned immune responses promote innate spinal cord regeneration

2:05pm – 2:20pm

Sam Wattrus

Calreticulin mediates spinal cord regeneration by regulating macrophage interaction

2:20pm – 2:25pm

Flash Talks:

• Keinis Quintero Castillo Gold nanorods as a strategy to mitigate pre-existing beta-amyloid peptide aggregates: A study in zebrafish

• Jesus Garcia-Castillo  Telomerase and Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres mechanism team up to assure appendage regeneration in zebrafish

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Hippo Trip/Travel to Venue

7:00pm -12:00am

Conference Dinner

Casa do Alentejo

Rua Portas de Santo Antão, 58
1150-268 Lisboa, Portugal

https://casadoalentejo.pt/