Location:    Campus Drie Eiken, Promotiezaal D.Q.002 + Foyer

Time:          14:00 - 18:00

PROGRAM

Part 1, talks 

  • 14:00    Introduction – Adrian Covaci, coordinator of the UA Exposome OEC 
  • 14:10    Maria van de Lavoir, Toxicological Centre: Untargeted hair lipidomics: comprehensive evaluation of the hair-specific lipid signature and considerations for retrospective analysis
  • 14:25    Jodie Buytaert, ECOSPHERE: Accumulation and transfer of legacy and emerging PFAS in a terrestrial food chain
  • 14:40    Paulien Cleys, Toxicological Centre and LEMP: Exposure to Phthalates and Alternative Plasticizers in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients
  • 14:55    Rik van den Boom, Zebrafish lab: Combined western diet and bisphenol A exposure induces an oxidative stress-based paraoxonase 1 response in larval zebrafish
  • 15:10    Jonas Torfs, Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology: Bonobos and their bacteria: Comparing the gut microbiome of zoo-housed and wild bonobos
  • 15:25    Fatima den Ouden, Toxicological Centre and Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK, University of Hasselt): Role of environmental contamination on the microbiome-inflammation axis
  • 15:40    Liesa Engelen, Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK, University of Hasselt): Ambient air pollution alters protein expression profiles in newborns: an ENVIRONAGE birth cohort study

16:00    Break 

16:00 – 17:00    Part 2, poster presentations and networking 

17:00 – 18:00    Networking reception 

Contact

Giulia Poma