Lipids in Health and Disease 2024
Lipids are of decisive importance for many common diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (e.g. infarctions), neuronal diseases (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease) and cancer. Lipids are also essential for the function of biomaterials and can be used in drug delivery devices. At the end of this course the participant will be able to define/explain:
- the role of lipids in human health and disease
- the potential of lipids as disease biomarkers
- the potential of lipid metabolic pathways/enzymes as modulators and targets for therapy
- methods to study lipids
- the application in biomaterials and in drug delivery systems
Lectures
- 14/02/2024
Introduction and biochemistry of lipids (Prof. Dr. Swinnen, KUL & Prof. Dr. Bogie, UH)
Location: Leuven + online - 21/02/2024
Lipids in health and disease: cardiovascular and cardiorenal disease (Prof. Dr. Noels, Aachen University)
Location: Hasselt + online - 28/02/2024
Lipids in health and disease: cancer (Prof. Dr. Swinnen, KUL)
Location: Kortrijk + online - 6/03/2024
General principles of mass spectrometry (Prof. Dr. J. Jankowski, Aachen University)
Location: Leuven + online - 13/03/2024
Lipids in health and disease: fatty acids & brain disease (Prof. Dr. Bogie, Hasselt University)
Location: Hasselt + online - 20/03/2024
Lipids in health and disease - cardiovascular disease: mechanistic aspects (Dr. Van der Vorst, Aachen University)
Location: Hasselt + online - 27/03/2024
Application: Lipid-based nano-& micromaterials (Prof. Dr. Lammers, Aachen University)
Location: Leuven + online - 15/05/2024
Lipids in neuropathies - CMT1a (Dr. Alessio Silva, Leuven University)
Location: Leuven + online
Student seminars are optional (17/04/2024 24/04/2024 and 8/05/2023) and free of charge. During these seminars students prepare and present a topic of their choice (related to the lipid biology in health and disease).
Course fee
10 euro/lecture. If you register for the whole course, you'll get a 10% discount.
Registration
You can register here. You can register for the whole course or for separate lectures. After registration you will receive an email containing invoice details and online link for the lectures. Your registration will be definitive upon payment of the invoice.