On the 23^rd of September, Amanda Foks was invited to present her research findings on age-associated immunity, including ABCs, in atherosclerosis, online at the Imperial Vulnerable Plaque and Patient meeting (VPM2024), which took place at Sevilla, Spain. The meeting was broadcasted online.

During the 6^th edition of the Graz Expert Meeting on Single-cell sequencing technologies in the cardiovascular field, held on September 15 and 16 in Graz, Austria, Jill de Mol from the group of Amanda Foks from Leiden University received the award for best poster presentation.

During this annual symposium, organized at the Medical University of Graz, basic scientists and clinicians were invited to present and discuss their recent advances with single cell sequencing technologies in the field of atherosclerosis. Amanda was invited to present her work on ‘Single cell profiling of age-associated immunity in atherosclerosis’. During the poster session, Jill de Mol presented her work on age-associated B cells as pro-atherogenic drivers in murine atherosclerosis and their association with human coronary events.

On September 15^th 2024  Assoc. Prof. Bram Slütter (ULEI) provided an online seminar, entitled ‘Resident memory cells in atherosclerosis’ for the COSTaction network AtheroNET

During an online webinar on inflammation in atherosclerosis, organized by the European Society of Cardiology, Ilze Bot lectured on the use and application of single-cell RNA sequencing in atherosclerosis. She specifically discussed two cases where such data can be of interest in target discovery and for mechanistic insight, also related to B cells.

On June 18, Ilze Bot participated in the monthly webinar organized by the European Vascular Biology Meeting. She presented her work on mast cells in cardiovascular disease, also referring to antibodies and antigens that may activate these cells, in relation to the B-specific work.

American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy

Nick Geukens from the KUL team took part in the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy 27^th Annual Meeting held between 7^th and 11^th May 2024 in Baltimore, United States
The KUL team presented their work related to unraveling the multifactorial host immune response triggered by intramuscular electrotransfer of a DNA-encoded antibody.

Biotech conference in the Benelux

Members of the KUL team joined in the biggest biotech conference in the BeNeLux, Knowledge for Growth, held between 15^th and 16^th May 2024 in Antwerpen, Belgium.

“Antigen-Specific Immune Monitoring of T Cells, B Cells, and Non-conventional Immune Cells” Conference

On the 12^th of June 2024, Nick Geukens from the KUL team participated in the conference dedicated to “Antigen-Specific Immune Monitoring of T Cells, B Cells, and Nonconventional Immune Cells”. The event was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.