International Network on Ectopic Calcification
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.
First announcement of the 2025 joint Ectopic Calcification Meeting.
In 2025, INTEC and ISSEC join forces to organize a joint Ectopic Calcification Meeting. This 3-day meeting will also incorporate the PXE Budapest meeting, the iSCCa meeting on vascular calcification and the BBC meeting on bone and cardiovascular biology. Stay tuned for more information on the program, abstract submission and registration via our channels in the coming weeks and months. Rendez-vous in Nancy, France for the largest ectopic calcification meeting yet!
Research topic on cardiovascular calcification in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is now accepting submissions
A new Frontiers Research Topic on Cardiovascular Calcification has just been launched by Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Edited by Lukas Nollet, Olivier Vanakker and Georges Lefthériotis, this topic seeks to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and translate research findings into impactful clinical applications.
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