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Agenda: Sept 2, 2025, 8AM – 4:45 PM

 

Session 1: Disease models and mechanisms 

 

Time 

Speaker 

Topic 

Moderators: Matthias Zielonka,  Andrea Gropman
0800-0820
Andrea Gropman
Tresa Warner
 
The journey to the current UCD landscape 
0820-0840
Ljubica Caldovic
Cellular models for UCD research
0840-0900
Nicola Brunetti-Pierri
Using animal models to understand UCD
0900-0920
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas
Personalized therapeutic genome editing for UCD
0920-0935
Open discussion
0935-0950
Break

 

 

 

Session 2: From phenotypic diversity to precision medicine 

 

Time

Speaker

Topic

Moderators: Kimihiko Oishi, Stefan Kölker
0950-1010
Andrea Gropman
Brain imaging as a prognostic biomarker for UCD
1010-1030
Greta Wilkening
Unraveling the neuropsychological and quality of life complexity of UCD
1030-1050
Matthias Zielonka
Early prediction of disease severity: 
a tool for precision medicine in UCD
1050-1110
Aimee Dudley
Large-scale functional assays for understanding variant impact in UCD
1110-1130
Johannes Häberle
Diagnostic and clinical trial applications of 
in vivo ureagenesis measurement
1130-1145
Open discussion
1145-1240
Lunch

 

 

 

Session 3: Innovative vs established therapies: Advantages and limitations 

 

Time

Speaker

Topic

Moderators: Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Nicholas Ah Mew
1240-1300
Tresa Warner 
Barbara Yu 
Innovative therapies: Patients' expectations 
1300-1320
Yoko Nakajima
An East-West comparison of UCD dietary management
1320-1340
Akinari Fukuda
Metabolic management versus whole liver 
or stem cell transplantation 
1340-1400
Cary O. Harding
Gene therapies for UCD
1400-1420
Gerald Schwank 
Current progress and challenges in gene editing for UCD
1420-1440
Sonam Gurung
RNA-based therapies for UCD: An update
1440-1455
Open discussion
1455-1510
Break

 

 

 

Session 4: Challenges of newborn screening for UCDs 

 

Time
Speaker
Topic
Moderators: Shirou Matsumoto, Giancarlo la Marca
1510-1530
Shawn McCandless
Promise and challenges of newborn screening for UCDs 
1530-1550
Yoichi Wada
Proteomic approach to screening for proximal UCDs
1550-1610
Stefan Kölker
Newborn screening for all UCD? Results of a pilot study
1610-1530
Ines Thiele
Opportunities in 
machine learning-supported newborn screening
1630-1645
Open discussion and wrap up