NL
On June 12 and 13, 2025, the 4th Dutch Antisense Therapeutics Symposium took place in Groningen (The Netherlands).
This meeting brought together more than 100 national and international participants working on antisense therapeutic strategies to treat rare diseases. This meeting also offers a platform to early career investigators to present their work and provides a friendly environment to network with the experts in the field.
Our Lifelong VISION PI Alex Garanto co-organized this year’s edition, which featured inspiring keynote lectures on entrepreneurship and regulatory pathways for translating antisense technologies into clinical applications either through conventional paths or n-of-1 personalized experimental treatments. The scientific program also highlighted exciting developments in novel delivery systems and therapeutic approaches targeting muscular, neurometabolic, and brain disorders amongst others. Edwin van Oosten, presented his work titled “Towards personalized antisense oligonucleotide treatment for Stargardt disease: targeting an ultrarare deep-intronic ABCA4 variant using human in vitro models” which was awarded with the 3rd prize for the best oral presentation.
The symposium showcased significant progress in delivery technologies and antisense therapeutics, reinforcing the growing impact of this field in addressing unmet medical needs.
The dates and location for next year will be released after summer on www.dutchantisense.org.
Related news items
second hDMT Eye-on-Chip meeting
26 August 2025We invite all Lifelong VISION members working with IPSC models to register for the second hDMT Eye-on-Chip meeting in Amsterdam UMC, co-organised by Ingeborg Klaassen.
go to page
Donations to support research into rare retinal disorder DCMD
28 July 2025Last week, Radboudumc researchers Suzanne de Bruijn, Susanne Roosing, and research technician Florian Winkelaar received two generous donations from the Dominant Cystoid Macular Dystrophy (DCMD) working group.
go to page
Celine Koster received award for best presentation at ISCEV
7 July 2025Céline Koster - de Goede received the Eberhard Dodt Award for the Best Presentation at this year’s International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) Annual Symposium!
go to page
Three fantastic days at the USH2025 meeting in Nijmegen
3 July 2025Three fantastic days at the USH2025 meeting in Nijmegen! USH2025 brought together the triangle of caregivers, scientists, and the patient community in its search for a cure for the combination of progressive hearing impairment and vision loss.
go to page
Lifelong VISION gaining exposure at recent meetings
27 May 2025🌟Members of the Lifelong VISION consortium were actively involved in the recent hDMT Vessels-on-Chip Theme Group meeting in Delft and the 11th Trippenhuis meeting of the Dutch Society for Cell Biology in Amsterdam.
go to page
Lifelong VISION consortium members at ARVO2025
15 May 2025Our consortium members had a great time at the ARVO2025 annual meeting!