International Network on Ectopic Calcification
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!
Join the seminar on ectopic calcification mechanisms by Daniela Quaglino
On the occasion of the PhD defense of Ghent University PhD student Shana Verschuere, a ‘meet the PhD jury’ seminar is organized on January 21st at 13:30h CET with a fascinating talk on ectopic calcification mechanisms by Daniela Quaglino. This seminar will be live-streamed and is free for all, but registration is necessary to receive the stream link. Click for more information and access to the registration form.
International Patient Meeting on Dysregulated Mineralization Diseases
On January 24th, INTEC organises an online patient meeting, coordinated by prof. Leonor Cancela, with patient-oriented talks on different disorders characterised by dysregulated mineralization, including PXE, GACI, FOP, Paget’s disease as well as insights from the president of the Portuguese PXE patient organisation. Participation is free but registration is necessary to receive the online link. More information and link to the registration form can be found in this blogpost and the ‘for patients’ section of the INTEC website.
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