Meet the jury: Prof Anne Grünewald (University of Luxembourg & University of Lübeck) & Prof Sylvie Urbé (University of Liverpool)

You are kindly invited to the “Meet the jury” lectures  in the framework of the PhD Defence of Liselot Manders.

Date: 12th of January 2026, 14h30
Location: Auditorium ON4 (04.330)

2.30 pm – Anne Grünewald – “Mitochondrial Signaling in Parkinson’s disease”

Prof. Anne Grünewald is Professor of Neuroscience and Head of the Molecular and
Functional Neurobiology Research Group of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems
Biomedicine at the University of Luxembourg. She is also Professor and Head of the
Mitochondrial Function in Movement Disorders Section at the Institute of
Neurogenetics at the University of Lübeck. Her work focuses on mitochondrial biology
and mitochondrial signaling, particularly in the context of Parkinson’s disease.

3.15 pm – Sylvie Urbé – “Diverse mitophagy pathways offer new therapeutic opportunities
for translation in Parkinson’s disease”

Sylvie Urbé is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the University of
Liverpool. Her work focuses on membrane trafficking and cell signaling with a view to
understanding pathological mechanisms linked to e.g. Parkinson’s disease. She has a
strong interest in deubiquitylases and investigates their potential therapeutic value in
oncology and neurodegenerative diseases. Her team contributes to drug discovery
programmes of deubiquitylase inhibitors.

Contact info: Liselot Manders

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PRACTICAL INFO

  • DATE
    12 January, 2026
  • LOCATION
    icon ON 4
    Herestraat 79
    3000 Leuven
    Auditorium 04.330     Meet the jury link
  • TARGET GROUP
    PhD postdoc ZAP
  • LANGUAGE EVENT
    ENGLISH

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