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PRESYMPOSIUM COURSE ON NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION (NBIA)


October 17, 2024 (Thursday)

10:00 Registration
12:10 Opening of the Course
Bülent Elibol, Murat Terzi (President of Turkish Neurological Society)
  1. Session: General Perspective of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA)
Chairs: Bülent Elibol, Murat Emre
12:20 - 12:50 Introduction of NBIA
Zuhal Yapıcı
12:50 - 13:20 Clinical Pearls: Recognizing NBIA Patients
13:20 - 13:50 Clinical Characteristics and Longterm Follow-up of MPAN
Okan Doğu
  2. Session: Medical Treatment and Botulinum Toxin in NBIA
Chairs: Bülent Elibol, Sibel Ertan
13:55 - 14:20 Case Discussions
Banu Özen Barut, Zeliha Matür, Gençer Genç
14:20 - 14:40 Coffee Break
  3. Session: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in NBIA
Chairs: Cenk Akbostancı, Atilla Yılmaz
14:40 - 15:00 DBS in NBIA from a Neurosurgeon's Perspective
Atilla Yılmaz
15:00 - 15:15 Presentation of Turkish Cohort of NBIA with DBS
Özgür Öztop Çakmak
  4. Session: DBS Round Table and Case Discussions
Chairs: Bülent Elibol, Ersoy Kocabıçak
15:15 – 16:30 Özgür Öztop Çakmak, Ayşegül Gündüz, Bilge Koçer, Gül Yalçın Çakmaklı, Pınar Topaloğlu, Zeynep Tüfekçioğlu, Esra Erkoç Ataoğlu
  5. Session: Electrophsiological Aspects of NBIA
Chairs: Barış Baslo, Nerses Bebek
16:30 - 16:50 Peripheral Nervous System Involvement and EMG Findings in NBIA
Sadıka Özdemir
16:50 - 17:00 Case Presentation: Sezin Baslo
17:00 - 17:20 Epilepsy and EEG in NBIA
Ayşe Deniz Elmalı
17:20 - 17:40 Highlights and Closing of the NBIA Course
18:30 - 22:00 Welcome Reception for the 9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on NBIA

9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION (NBIA)


October 18, 2024 (Friday)

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07:00 Registration
08:00 Welcome Address
08:30 - 10:00 Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA): General
Chairs: Zuhal Yapıcı, Thomas Klopstock
From Eponyms to Mechanisms: A Century of NBIA Research
Entering the Therapeutics Era for NBIA Disorders
The TIRCON Registry – Current State and Future Prospects
Thomas Klopstock (Germany)
10:00 - 10:30 Poster Sessions
Chair: Pervin İşeri

Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 PLA2G6-Associated Neurodegeneration (PLAN)
Chairs: Murat Emre, Manju Kurian
The Phenotype and Genotype of PLA2G6-Related Parkinsonism
Preparing for Gene Therapy for PLAN
Animal Models for the Investigation of Gene Therapy in INAD
Ahad Rahim (UK)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:50 Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)
Chairs: Thomas Klopstock, Ody Sibon
From Fruit Flies to Patients in Less Than 5 Years
PKAN hiPS-derived Astrocyte Models Highlight the Molecular Mechanism of Iron Accumulation
Validating Clinical and Ophthalmology Outcome Measures for PKAN
Clinical Aspects of PKAN and Possible Treatment Based on Deep Brain Stimulation
Exploring New PKAN Therapies: Current Efforts & Challenges
14:50 - 15:20 Poster Sessions
Chair: Pervin İşeri

Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:30 Beta-Propeller Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (BPAN)
Chairs: Bülent Elibol, Petek Ballar Kırmızıbayrak
Human WIPI β-Propeller Function in Autophagy and Neurodegeneration
Modulating Iron Homeostasis, Autophagy and Oxidative Stress Pathways in BPAN-derived fibroblasts: Active Compounds for Potential Therapy
Cardiac Glycosides for the Treatment of BPAN and Delineation of the Radiological Phenotype of BPAN
Apostolos Papandreou (UK)
16:30 - 17:00 Poster Sessions
Chairs: Yıldız Değirmenci, Murat Gültekin

Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:55 Aceruloplasminemia
Chairs: Thomas Klopstock, Sonia Levi
Protein Replacement and Gene Therapy Approaches in Aceruloplasminemia: Studies in Ceruloplasmin KO Mice
A Plasma-Derived Ceruloplasmin from the Optimization of Plasma Fractionation
Recombinant Ceruloplasmin as a Tool to Study the Prevalence of Aceruloplasminemia in GnomAD
17:55 - 18:15 Travel and Poster Awards
18:15 - 18:30 End of the Day: Urgent Needs and Next Steps
Thomas Klopstock
20:00 Dinner

9th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION (NBIA)


October 19, 2024 (Saturday)

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08:30 - 09:15 Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome (KRS) and Fatty Acid Hydroxylase-Associated Neurodegeneration (FAHN)
Chair: Bülent Elibol
Cellular Aspects of Iron Accumulation in Kufor-Rakeb Syndrome Patients with Different Type of ATP13A2 Mutations
Arzu Karabay (Türkiye)
Patient Led Research Advances in Fatty Acid Hydroxylase-Associated Neurodegeneration (FAHN/SPG35)
09:15 - 10:25 Mitochondrial Membrane Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (MPAN)-I
Chair: Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzębska
Alteration of Autophagy and Lipid Metabolism in MPAN: What We Know and Still Don't Know
Elucidating the Role of C19ORF12 in Triglyceride Homeostasis
Putative Involvement of Neuroinflammation in MPAN and Potential for Immunotherapy
10:25 - 10:45 Poster Sessions
Chairs: Yıldız Değirmenci, Murat Gültekin

Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15 Mitochondrial Membrane Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (MPAN)-II
Chair: Thomas Klopstock
MPAN/PKAN Biomarkers
Validated Scale for Neurological Status Assessment in MPAN Patients
11:15 - 11:40 New Insights from MRI Research in NBIA
Chair: Zuhal Yapıcı
11:40 - 12:30 COASY Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration (CoPAN)
Chairs: Valeria Sonia Tiranti, Giovanna Zorzi
Deciphering COASY-Induced Neurodegeneration: New Variants, New Phenotypes and Insights into the Transcriptomic Profile of Patient Fibroblasts
COASY-Associated Diseases in Mouse: Not Just a Matter of Neurodegeneration
Zebrafish Models of PKAN and COPAN
12:30 - 12:45 End of the Day: Urgent Needs and Next Steps
12:45 - 13:00 Highlights and Closing Remarks