Conferences

Sophie B. presented at the GIGA Day of ULiège

Sophie Bekisz gave an oral presentation at the GIGA Day of the University of Liège (ULiège), which took place on 12 September 2025. Her talk was entitled ‘Practical insights into in vitro–in silico integration in lymphatic biology’. GIGA is the interdisciplinary research center of the ULiège, dedicated to biomedical sciences, advanced technologies, and innovation, supporting both fundamental and translational research.[...]
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Fernando, Ahmad, Pieter and Jeanne presented their word at the CMBBE 2025

Last week, Fernando Pérez, Ahmad Alminnawi, Pieter Ansoms and Jeanne Delhez participated in the 20th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering (CMBBE). The conference took place on 3-5 September 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. They all presented their work during the conference: Fernando: “Preserving bone integrity in acetabular revisions by minimizing implant-induced stress shielding” (poster) Ahmad:[...]
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Marc presented at the Symposium of the Belgian Biophysical Society

Marc Joiret presented his work at the Symposium of the Belgian Biophysical Society – Structure and function of biological macromolecules, Bioinformatics and Modeling, which took place in Liège, Belgium on Friday 29 August 2025. He gave an oral presentation titled “Ribosome Cruise Control: How tRNA Pools Regulate mRNA Translation”.
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Laura, Liesbeth, Tom and Lies presented their work at the EORS 2025

Last week, Laura Lafuente, Liesbeth Ory, Tom Verbraeken and Lies Geris participated in the 33rd Annual Meeting for the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS). The congress took place on 16-19 June 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. It was a week full of inspiring science, great discussions and new perspectives. They all presented during the congress: Laura gave an[...]
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Ahmad participated in the EICT PhD Workshop 2025

Ahmad Alminnawi has participated in the Engineering and Information and Communication Technologies (EICT) PhD Workshop 2025, organized by the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain on 14 May 2025. He presented a poster titled “Cytokine-Mediated Responses in Endplate Subregions of Intervertebral Disc Multitissue Biocomposite Explants”.
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Bernard presented at the 2025 SOT Annual Meeting

Bernard Staumont participated in the 2025 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting, which took place from 16 to 20 March in Orlando, USA. He presented about the development of ontology maps for applications in toxicology. The presentation was part of a workshop session on computational dynamic systems models for predictive hazard assessment.
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Claire gave a keynote talk at the InMAT 2025 conference

Claire Villette gave a keynote talk at the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Materials (InMAT 2025), which took place on March 31st- April 2nd 2025 in Rostock, Germany. The title of her presentation was ‘Multi-physics modelling for tissue engineered skeletal disorder replicas’.
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Ahmad presented at the 2025 MCAA Annual Conference

Ahmad Alminnawi has participated in the 2025 Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Annual Conference and General Assembly, which took place in Krakow, Poland on 21-22 March 2025. He presented his work in a talk entitled “CT-Based Calculations of Perfusion-Induced Wall Shear Stresses in Osteochondral Explants of Intervertebral Discs”.
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Our group organizes the byteMAL 2025

This year, our group is the local organizer of the byteMAL, a bioinformatics and systems biomedicine conference organized by and for early-career researchers and students. For the first time, the byteMAL conference will take place in Leuven: Monday, April 14th 2025. The local organizing committee members are: Lies Geris Luiz Ladeira Bernard Staumont Loïc Comeliau Laura[...]
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BSTE 2024: Several team members presented their research

The 2024 edition of the Belgian Symposium of Tissue Engineering (BSTE) took place in Leuven. Several team members presented their research. We had some oral presentations in several sessions: Biomechanics and in silico modeling: Laura Lafuente-Gracia and Loïc Comeliau Cell Biology & Molecular Pathways: Ehsan Sadeghian Biofabrication & Bioprinting: Ayse Kose Clinical translation: Gabriele Nasello And also some[...]
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