Farewell symposium Cornelis Jakobs - NVKC

Farewell symposium
Cornelis Jakobs
November 25 th , 2011
VU University Medical Center Amsterdam

INVITATION
In honour of prof. dr. Cornelis Jakobs, who will reach
emeritus status in January 2012, a symposium will be
organised at the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
on Friday November 25 th , 2011:
“Farewell symposium
Cornelis Jakobs”
The symposium will follow this year’s SSIEM Academy
Course also held in Amsterdam on November 23 rd and 24 th .
For all participants of either occasion there will be a gettogether
on the evening of November 24 th .
The farewell symposium will be followed by a reception.
The organizing committee warmly invites you to attend
the symposium on the 25 th of November. We are pleased
to announce the participation of a number of highly
distinguished speakers, who will provide you with an
inspiring view on the area of inborn errors of metabolism.
Organising committee:
dr. G.S. Salomons
dr. H.J. ten Brink
prof. dr. M.A. Blankenstein
ms. A. Tekkelenburg (secretariat)

November 24 th 2011
17.00 – 19.00 Get-together (Participants SSIEM Academy +
Participants Farewell Symposium)
Venue: To be announced
November 25 th 2011
I: Current highlights: Metabolic Laboratory, VUmc
Chairman: Herman ten Brink / Peter Scheffer
Symposium “Festschrift Cornelis Jakobs”
Venue: Amstelzaal, VU University Medical
Center Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117
9.00 Henk Blom Methylation in health and disease
9.20 Tom Teerlink ADMA & cardiovascular disease: villain,
accomplice or innocent bystander?
9.40 Mirjam Wamelink New inherited defects of the pentose
phosphate pathway: surprising
phenotypes
10.00 Martijn Kranendijk D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria: novel insights
10.20 Eduard Struys Pyridoxine dependent epilepsy:
accomplishments and remaining goals
10.40 Gajja Salomons Creatine deficiency syndromes: it is the brain
that counts
11.00 – 11.30 coffee/tea
II. New disorders
Chairman: Bwee Tien Poll-The/ John Walter
11.30 Marjo van der Knaap News from the white matter front
11.55 Jean Marie Saudubray Disorders of phospholipid and sphingolipid
synthesis. A role for metabolomics?
12.20 Peter Clayton Whatever is the newest: Big surprise
12.45 Brian Fowler New disorders of cobalamine (B12) and folate
metabolism
13.10 - 14.15 lunch

III. New pathways and mechanisms
Chairman: Isabel Tavares de Almeida/ Johannes Zschocke
14.15 Ronald Wanders Pristanic-/Phytanic acid metabolism: how it
started and where we are now
14.40 Emile van Schaftingen Faulty metabolite repair
15.05 Markus Ralser Pentose phosphate pathway: a metabolic
redox sensor?
15.30 Larry Sweetman From prenatal diagnosis to neonatal
screening: a moving scene
15.55 – 16.30 coffee/tea
IV. The Farewell
Chairman: Rien Blankenstein
16.30 Mike Gibson Three Decades, Two Scientists and One
Mouse: Clinical Trial(s) in SSADH Deficiency
16.55 Cornelis Jakobs 40 years of IEM: a personal flashback
17.15 Rien Blankenstein The “end” of an era
17.30 – 19.30 reception

List of speakers:
prof. H Blom (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. M Kranendijk (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. G Salomons (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. E Struys (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. T Teerlink (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. M Wamelink (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. M Blankenstein (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. C Jakobs (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. M van der Knaap (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. R Wanders (AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. P Clayton (London, United Kingdom)
prof. B Fowler (Basel, Switzerland)
prof. M Gibson (Michigan, USA)
dr. M Ralser (Berlin, Germany/Cambridge, United Kingdom)
prof. JM Saudubray (Paris, France)
prof. E van Schaftingen (Brussels, Belgium)
dr. L Sweetman (Dallas, USA)
List of chairmen:
dr. H ten Brink (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. M Blankenstein (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. BT Poll-The (AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
dr. P Scheffer (VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
prof. I Tavares de Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal)
dr. J Walter (Manchester, United Kingdom)
prof. J Zschocke (Innsbruck, Austria)

Venues:
Get-together
Symposium
to be announced
Amstelzaal
VU University Medical Center
De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam
Registration
Admission is free. For logistical reasons, preregistration is highly appreciated
before the 1 st of November. Please mail your title, name, organisation and your
participation of
1. the Get-together on November 24 th
2. the Symposium on November 25 th (including lunch)
3. the Reception on November 25 th
by e-mail to secr.metabolicunit@vumc.nl
tel + 31 (0)20 - 4442880 (Anneke Tekkelenburg, secretariat)
Accreditation
The farewell symposium has been accredited by:
- Dutch Society for Clinical Genetics (NVKG) for 6 points
- Dutch Society for Children’s Health (NVK) for 6 points
Accreditation has also been requested at the Netherlands Society for Clinical
Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (NVKC)
Public transport/parking
Railways Amsterdam-Zuid. Tram: 5, 16, 24, 50 en 51.
Further information can be found on the following websites
http://ns.nl and http://www.gvb.nl
Paid car parking
See this website
Gustav Mahlerlaan.
http://www.vumc.com/patientcare/477446/
Hotels
Please see website
http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/visiting/accommodation/looking-for-booking

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