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Last week, our coordinator prof. S. Jozwiak lectured at the International Child Neurology Congress (ICNC 2018) in Mumbai. His talk about preseizure treatment in TSC was part of the session on Targeted Therapies in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.
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EpiXchange brought together the excellence of epilepsy research in Europe for a conference in Brussels on 23 May 2018. The main goal was to showcase major findings from seven large European epilepsy research projects including EPISTOP, discuss the main bottlenecks and recommendations to move forward and to bring research results closer to clinical application.
A 180' interview at epiXchange 2018 with our coordinator prof. S. Józwiak can be found following the link below:
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On October 20-21, the General Assembly meeting took place in the great beguinage (UNESCO world heritage) in Leuven, Belgium. It was a highly productive and inspiring meeting, attended by all consortium members and the scientific advisory board members.
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An educational session on the EPISTOP project took place at the DEA Pit Stop meeting on neurology, EPISTOP and TAND in Leuven, October 19-20 2018.
Prof. S. Jozwiak gave a general overview of the objectives and study design of EPISTOP, followed by a presentation of the preliminary EEG results by prof. L. Lagae.
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The epiXchange conference took place May 23, 2018 in Brussels. The main goal of this conference was to showcase major findings from seven large European epilepsy research projects, amongst which the EPISTOP project.
The full live stream of the epiXchange conference can be found by clicking here.
An overview of the EPISTOP project was given by prof. S. Józwiak (21:29).
Afterwards, EPISTOP was represented in the different thematic sessions:
1. Translational research in biomarkers
"EEG changes as biomarker for emerging epilepsies in TSC" by prof. L. Lagae (1:28:26)
2. Genetics of epilepsy - Therapeutics implications
"Genetics and Mosaicism in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: preliminary analysis of association with seizure phenotype in
EPISTOP" by prof. D. Kwiatkowski (2:22:37)
3. Innovation Therapeutics & Translation
"Preseizure vs postseizure treatment of epilepsy - pros and cons" by prof. S. Józwiak (3:34:56)
4. Understanding Co-morbidities in the Epilepsies
"Autism in Tuberous sclerosis: early developmental trajectories, potential biomarkers and treatment strategies" by prof. P.
Curatolo (4:47:18)
5. Biobanks and Databases - Basis for Translational Research
"Biobanking in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: challenges and opportunities for understanding epilepsy and cognitive and
behavioural co-morbidities" by prof. E. Aronica (6:05:57)
Below you can find the presentation of prof. S. Józwiak on the structure of the EPISTOP project:
