SysMedPD 2nd Progress Meeting in Lübeck

24 months into the project, the SysMedPD consortium met for its 2^nd Progress Meeting. Prof. Christine Klein, Principal Investigator of work package 1, and her team welcomed around 40 participants at the Institute of Neurogenetics in Lübeck, Germany.

Already before the official start of the meeting, some project partners gathered at the venue to take part in interview recordings for SysMedPD. Partners from industry and academia were interviewed and talked about their role in the project, expected results, as well as the impact on future therapies and treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. The interviews will be published on the SysMedPD website soon.

The first afternoon of the two-day meeting started with welcome notes by Prof. Christine Klein and Prof. Rudi Balling, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), followed by a status update by each work package leader. The day was rounded off with a joint dinner at a local restaurant where participants continued their discussions from the previous meeting sessions.

The second meeting day was primarily dedicated to parallel group sessions where partners had the opportunity to talk about specific project tasks, and to plan the project activities for the coming months. Prof. Anthony Lang, Director of the Movement Disorders Clinic and member of the External Advisory Board for SysMedPD, provided his expertise and feedback.

In addition to the meeting sessions, SysMedPD researchers displayed scientific posters that gave attendees an insight into their project-related research topics. The 3^rd Progress Meeting will take place in January 2019.