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Exposés des 6 candidats sélectionnées pour le Prix Bauchau 2025 dans les orientations BOE et BBMC/MMM.
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Déc. 2025
On December 17, the Earth and Life Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Siddharth Sareen for an ELI Sustainability Talk entitled "Governing multi-scalar energy transitions across sectors".

Dr. Siddharth Sareen is Professor at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo and Professor at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen. Professor Sareen is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist whose work spans development studies, human geography, and political ecology.
He holds PhD in Development Studies from the University of Copenhagen and Forest and Nature Management from Padova University, following an Integrated Master’s in Development Studies from IIT Madras. His research focuses on the governance of energy transitions, with particular attention to social and environmental justice, energy poverty, and sustainability across sectors such as electricity, urban transport, and the built environment.
You are cordially invited to take part in this seminar, to be held on December 17 from 16:15 to 17:15 in SUD03 (Croix du Sud, Louvain-la-Neuve).
After the seminar, ELI members are invited to join the de Serres building Cafeteria for a complimentary drink. Please note that registration is required for the drink, to help us estimate the right amount of food. Please register by accepting the Teams invitation. Registration is not required to attend the conference only.
ELI-Talks are open to everyone, including academics, scientists, staff members, students, as well as researchers from outside UCLouvain and even the general public. These talks can be attended in person or online, via Teams.
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Déc. 2025
The joint KU Leuven - UCLouvain symposium “A Holistic Approach on Rare Diseases” is held on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of our universities.
This one-day event brings together researchers from both the KU Leuven Institute for Rare Diseases (Leuven.IRD) and the UCLouvain Institut des maladies rares to share insights, learn from each other’s expertise and spark new collaborations in the field of rare diseases.
| 1.00 p.m. - 3.10 p.m. | Introduction Prof. Marion DELCROIX (KU Leuven) & Prof. Olivier DEVUYST (UCLouvain) |
| Unraveling unmet needs of persons with rare diseases Prof. Isabelle HUYS (KU Leuven) | |
| A translational path along inherited kidney diseases Prof. Olivier DEVUYST (CuSL / UCLouvain) | |
| Organisation and recognition of the multidisciplinary expertise centre for epidermolysis bullosa Dr. Caroline COLMANT & Prof. Gunnar NAULAERS (KU Leuven) | |
| Recent advances in Hemophilia Prof. Cédric HERMANS (CuSL / UCLouvain) | |
| Prenatal treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: from bench to bedside and a global RCT Prof. Jan DEPREST (KU Leuven) | |
| Neonatal screening of inborn errors of metabolism by tandem mass spectrometry: insights from 450,000 tests in a single centre and recent advances Prof. Marie-Cécile NASSOGNE & Prof. Joseph DEWULF (CuSL / UCLouvain) | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 3.45 p.m. - 5.45 p.m. | Houge-Janssens syndrome: how patient participation and basic researcher collaboration leveraged the journey from diagnosis to first clinical trials for rare PP2A-related developmental disorders Prof. Veerle JANSSENS (KU Leuven) |
| RNU4-2 : From Patients’ Diagnostic Odyssey to a Rapid Breakthrough in Knowledge Prof. Nicole REVENCU (CuSL / UCLouvain) | |
| PIAS4 deficiency as a novel cause of autoinflammation Prof. Isabelle MEYTS (KU Leuven) & Prof. Nisha LIMAYE (DDUV, UCLouvain) | |
| Electronic Medical Record and Rare diseases Dr. Joëlle THONNARD (CuSL / UCLouvain) | |
| From discovery to gene therapy in <20y for the MECP2 duplication syndrome Prof. Dr. Hilde VAN ESCH (KU Leuven) | |
| Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation: a genuine Leuven-Louvain story Prof. Emile VAN SCHAFTINGEN (DDUV, UCLouvain) | |
| 5.45 p.m. - 5.55 p.m. | Conclusion Prof. Jean-Pascal MACHIELS (CuSL) |
| 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. | Reception |
*Accreditation in Ethics and Economics
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Déc. 2025
Interreg France–Wallonie–Vlaanderen met à l’honneur la capitalisation des projets et célèbre la grande finale du concours Brick Masters : Capitalisez, construisez, gagnez !
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