4th ENABLE symposium a big success

This 4th European PhD and Postdoc symposium “EXPLORING LIFE DYNAMICS: In and out of equilibrium”, organized by and for young researchers, was held completely online. ENABLE aims to involve young scientists in opening the academic world from within by promoting crosstalk between biomedical disciplines, collaboration with industry, and engagement with society. ENABLE 2021 took place in Milan, albeit this year of course only virtually. Again, this year was a great success.

ENABLE (European Academy for Biomedical Science) is an initiative funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme that involves four renowned European Research Institutes (IRB Barcelona – Spain, RIMLS – Netherlands, NNF CPR – Denmark, SEMM – Italy) and an innovative science communication agency (Scienseed). ENABLE seeks to promote excellence in the biomedical sciences in Europe: supporting young researchers, strengthening scientific careers, and bringing biomedicine closer to society.

Poster awards ENABLE for Kest Verstappen and Daan 't Hart

59 posters were presented online during the conference. Kest Verstappen (theme Reconstructive and Regenerative Medicine) and Daan ’t Hart (theme Renal disorders) each won the prize for their poster session. Kest presented his poster entitled “Graphene-based biomaterials as potential inhibitors of astrogliosis”. Congratulations to Kest, Frank Walboomers (PhD promotor) and Sander Leeuwenburgh (head Regenerative Biomaterials)! Daan’s poster presentation carried the title ”Say NO to podocyte injury: An (e)NOS-NO-sGC-cGMP-TRPC6 pathway as putative novel treatment target” and was highly valued by the jury and other participants. Daan is a PhD candidate in the group of Johan van der Vlag and Tom Nijenhuis.

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 724115)