Overview
LBG Meeting 2023
The LBG Meeting Innovation in Health Sciences encourages and supports young scientists by offering an opportunity to present their work. Moreover, it is a chance for early researchers to establish themselves within the scientific community.
The thematic sessions will include keynote lectures by international experts and oral presentations of the best submitted abstracts.
Scientific sessions
- Arthritis and rehabilitation research
- Cardiovascular research
- Haematology and cancer research
- Regenerative medicine research and artificial organs
- Keynote lectures
- Poster session
Additional highlights include Best Abstract Awards, Meet the Expert sessions and technology platforms.
Abstract call: Closed
Registration: Closed
Participation fees
- Regular fee: 100 EUR
- Student fee: 50 EUR
Venues
- Main venue: Van Swieten Saal, Van-Swieten-Gasse 1a, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Poster exhibition: Historischer Hörsaal, 1st floor, Josephinum Vienna, Währinger Str. 25, 1090 Vienna, Austria
b. The thematic sessions will include key-note lectures by international experts and oral presentations of the best submitted abstracts.
c. The LBG Meeting encourages and supports young scientists by offering an opportunity to present their work.
Best Abstract Award
The conference focuses on translational research. Abstracts on preclinical, clinical or implementation research are welcome.
The best abstracts will be selected by an international jury of experts and awarded €500 each. Please note that only abstracts submitted by scientists younger than 35 years old will be considered for the contest.
The Award Ceremony will take place on 3 November 2023, marking the conclusion of the conference.
All abstracts can be seen here (ordered by scientific field, password protected):
Arthritis and rehabilitation research
The programme
LBG Meeting Innovation in Health Sciences 2023
Day 1 – Thursday, 2 November 2023
09:00-10:00 Van Swieten
Registration and Coffee
10:00-12:00
Meet the Expert (Van Swieten)
Visit the Josephinum – Medical History Museum Vienna (fully booked)
11:30-12:30 Van Swieten
Lunch Break
12:30-12:45 Van Swieten
Welcome notes: Elvira Welzig, Managing Director at LBG; Dipl.-Ing.in Dr.in Michaela Fritz, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at MedUni Vienna
12:45-13:45 Van Swieten
Super Keynote: Prof. Elly Tanaka – Learning from natural examples of regeneration
13:45-15:15 Van Swieten
Session I – Arthritis: Prof. Rikke Moe – Navigating osteoarthritis
Selected talks by young researchers:
- Christine Strauss: Galectins -4 and -8 in Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
- Nasim Nakhost Lotfi: Assessing the Reliability of Daily Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome, Osteoarthritis and Psoriatic Arthritis
- Valentin Ritschl: Normality, the most important outcome for families of long-term survivors of pediatric kidney transplantation: a qualitative, biographic study
15:15-15:45 Van Swieten
Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Van Swieten
Session II – Haematology and Oncology: Prof. Dr. Gregor Hörmann – Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Evaluations and Algorithms in Applied Hematology
Selected talks by young researchers:
- Emir Hadzijusufovic: Uncovering the mechanisms of adverse vascular events in ponatinib-treated CML patients
- Dagmar Gotthardt: A lineage-specific STAT5BN642H mouse model to study NK-cell leukemia
- Daniel Ivanov: Identification and phenotypic characterization of disease-initiating CD34+/CD38− stem cells in JAK2- or CALR-mutated MPN
17:15-17:45
Break
17:45-19:30 Josephinum
Posterwalk & Snacks
Day 2 – Friday, 3 November 2023
08:30-09:00 Van Swieten
Coffee
09:00-10:30 Van Swieten
Session III – Cardiology: Prof. Dr. Gemma Vilahur – Novel targets and strategies for acute cardioprotection
Selected talks by young researchers:
- Lorenzo Civilla: Neurovascular Surgery Training Using a Physical and Augmented-Reality Patient-Specific Platform
- Laura Boccuni: Dissecting the impact of reactive oxygen species during macrophage differentiation in atherosclerosis
- Sophie Bromberger: The target promiscuity of BRAF inhibitors compromises endothelial function and signaling
10:30-11:00 Van Swieten
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Van Swieten
Technology Session
„Placenta upcycling – Made in Austria“ – Dr.nat.tech. Johannes Hackethal, CEO THT Biomaterials GmbH
“High Resolution Spatial Technologies for the Study of Biological Systems – A case study of the breast cancer microenviroment of FFPE samples” – Johanna Stergiadou, PhD, Science and Technology Advisor at 10x Genomics
12:30-13:30 Van Swieten
Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Van Swieten
Session IV – Traumatology: Ass. Prof. Joel Nordin – Extracellular Vesicles for Biomedical Applications – Engineering EVs for targeted drug delivery
Selected talks by young researchers
- Helene Dworak: The p-rpS6-zone delineates wounding response and the healing process
- Barbara Bachmann: Human skin equivalents with perfusable hierarchical vasculature
- Marlene Wahlmueller: Stress-Induced Premature Senescence and Senolytic Intervention in the Adipose Stromal Vascular Niche
15:00-15:30 Josephinum
Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Josephinum
Posterwalk & Snacks
17:00-17:30 Josephinum
Awards
The conference
Since 2013, the LBG Meeting provides young scientists with an opportunity to present their work.
Scientific team
- Heinz Redl – Ludwig Boltzmann Research Group Senescence and Healing of Wounds
- Tanja Stamm – Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthrirtis and Rehabilitation
- Peter Valent – Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology
- Johann Wojta – Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research
Target audiences
- Early career researchers in health sciences
- PhD and Doctoral students
- Postgraduates
The conference is open to everyone hence anyone who is interested is welcome to participate.
Contact
Bettina Lengger, PhD
+43 1 513 27 50
UFzrrgvat2023@yot.np.ng