International Network on Ectopic Calcification
New E-book on cardiovascular calcification
Lukas Nollet, Georges Lefthériotis and Olivier Vanakker edited a special research topic entitled ‘Cardiovascular calcification: disease mechanisms, clinical phenotypes and therapeutic strategies” for Frontiers in Cardiovascular medicine. Due to its success, this research topic has been made avialbe as an E-book. You can download the E-book by clicking this post and following the download link. Enjoy!
2026 INTEC SUMMER SCHOOL
We are excited to announce that the 2026 INTEC Summer School will be organised in Angers, France from July 6-8th. This year, we dive into the tech side of research, with simulation-based education and artificial intelligence in research. We cannot reveal too many details as this would ruin the element of surprise which – according to the local organiser – is important to fully enjoy the experience. Designed for both clinicians and researchers, I encourage you to stimulate your early career researchers to register for this summer course. We will be taking registrations on a first come, first serve basis with a maximum of 10 participants. As usual, the course is free for INTEC members; travel and accommodation are reimbursed according to the INTEC guidelines.
This was the 2025 JECM!
The photos of the 2025 JECM are now available online. Also, you can browse through the abstract book! We are very grateful for the positive review that the ‘Filière Oscar’, the French national network on Rare Diseases affecting Bone, Cartilage and Calcium has given the 2025 JECM edition. You can find the link to their nice overview of the meeting in this blogpost.
Website for the 2025 Joint Ectopic Calcification Meeting is online!
As of now you can browse through the meeting website to find more information about the program, submit your abstracts and to register for the meeting. Together with our partners at ISSEC, BBC, iSCCa and PXE Budapest, we hope this first joint meeting will set the standard for the future of ectopic calcification research symposia. Check the website regularly for program updates and subscribe to the INTEC newsletter to receive regular updates and news.
Registration for the 2025 INTEC Summer School is open!
We are pleased to announce that registration for the INTEC 2025 Summer School in Ghent, Belgium is now open!
The topic of the 3-day summer school, which is organised on July 2nd-4th 2025, is ‘Genomic Approaches in Ectopic Calcification Disorders’. The course is open to PhD students and early postdoctoral fellows.
Timely registration is advised, as this years Summer School will host a maximum of 15 participants, based on the order of registration. Registration is possible until June 2nd 2025.
We look forward to seeing you all in sunny Ghent for a vibrant summer course!
Shana Verschuere is our newest INTEC PhD
On January 21st, Shana Verschuere – member of the Ghent Ectopic Mineralization Research Group at the Ghent University Hospital – successfully defended her PhD thesis ‘Revisiting the molecular basis for ectopic mineralization, using pseudoxanthoma elasticum as a model’ and became our newest PhD! Congratulations, Shana!
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In alignment with the INTEC objectives, this meeting aims to unite patients’ organizations, researchers, and medical doctors to review and explain newly published research on diseases associated with ectopic calcification […]
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