19th edition of the Young Belgian Magnetic Resonance Scientist symposium - YBMRS 2023

13 Nov 2023, 09:00 → 14 Nov 2023, 17:20 Europe/Brussels

Blankenberge

The 19th editon of the YBMRS conference will take place in Floréal Blankenberge on Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of November 2023. 
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The two day symposium will include keynote lectures by experts in the field, poster presentations, tutorial sessions as well as plenty of opportunities to interact with everyone active in magnetic resonance, be it in research or commercial capacity.

abstract-book_ybmrs2023.pdf

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Monday, 13 November

09:00 → 10:00 Registration, welcome coffee

10:00 → 10:10 Opening

10:10 → 10:20 Tribute to Jean Jeener (M. Luhmer)

10:20 → 12:00 Educational talks

10:20 Educational talk 1, “Quantitative NMR spectroscopy of complex mixtures”, Prof. Patrick Giraudeau

11:10 Educational talk 2, “Fast Field Cycling MR imaging”, Prof. Lionel Broche

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 → 14:20 Oral contributions

13:00 Exploring the interactions and microstructure of amorphous solid dispersions containing structural analogues of diflunisal using 1D and 2D solid-state NMR

Speaker: Lennert Cools (UHasselt)

13:20 Unlocking the Secrets of Aptamer-Small Molecule Complexes through NMR Spectroscopy

Speaker: Sofie Schellinck (Ghent University)

13:40 Establishment of a NMR-based metabolomics protocol for salivary samples

Speaker: Manon Campas (Clinical Metabolomics Group - CIRM - University of Liège)

14:00 Development and characterization of calixarene-based macrocyclic systems for the recognition of primary ammoniums in an aqueous environment

Speaker: Mr Romain Carpentier (Université libre de Bruxelles)

14:20 → 16:00 Poster session: session 1, odd numbers, coffee break

16:00 → 16:50 Plenary lecture

16:00 Plenary Lecture 1, “Hyperpolarized NMR metabolomics”, Prof Patrick Giraudeau

16:50 → 17:50 Oral contributions

16:50 The tricky story of black titania – A spectroscopic study on the reduction and reoxidation of titania

Speaker: Lore Van den Bergh (UAntwerpen)

17:10 Characterization of the impact of an inhibitor of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) using in vivo EPR and CEST-MRI

Speaker: Chloé Buyse

17:30 Development of a combined methodology towards the investigation of sustainable light-activated catalysts

Speaker: Andrea Guidetti (University of Antwerp)

18:00 → 19:30 Discussion about the future of YBMRS + meeting of the "Groupe de contact FNRS"

19:30 → 20:30 Reception

20:30 → 00:00 Dinner and party

Tuesday, 14 November

09:00 → 09:50 Plenary lecture

09:00 Plenary Lecture 2, “The mechanisms of lipid‐targeting antibiotics”, Prof Marcus Weingarth

09:50 → 11:10 Oral contributions

09:50 In vitro and in vivo study of iron oxide nanoparticles designed for theranostic targeting EGFR-overexpressing tumors

Speaker: Thomas Gevart (University of Mons)

10:10 A low-field benchtop MRI system for general applications

Speaker: R. de Oliveira-Silva (KU Leuven)

10:30 Benchtop NMR Relaxometry for monitoring Cu2+ removal using ion exchange resins and commercial activated charcoal.

Speaker: Marie Bernardi (UMons)

10:50 The application of low field NMR relaxometry in iron-rich materials

Speaker: Ziyou Yu

11:10 → 12:50 Poster session: session 2, even numbers, coffee break

12:50 → 13:50 Lunch break

13:50 → 14:40 Plenary lecture

13:50 Plenary Lecture 3, “Medical imaging with fast field‐cycling : how and why?”, Prof Lionel Broche

14:40 → 15:40 Oral contributions

14:40 Warburg-associated acidification represses lactic fermentation independently of lactate, contribution from Real-Time NMR on cell-free systems

Speaker: Maxime Kolkman (Université de Liège, laboratoire CREMAN)

15:00 Plectasin kills bacteria by a Ca2+-sensitive supramolecular mechanism

Speaker: Maik Derks (Utrecht University)

15:20 Revisiting the mode of action of teixobactin

Speaker: Rosan de Winter (NMR Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

15:40 → 16:20 Coffee break, poster removal

16:20 → 17:00 Closure, awards of the best presentations and posters