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9:00 am - 9:50 am Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Coffee + registration

Collect your badge and enjoy a coffee

9:50 am - 10:00 am Bimhuis Theatre

Welcome, Rules of Engagement

10:00 am - 10:10 am Bimhuis Theatre

Opening commencement

Official opening of the AIMMS 2025 Festival by VU Amsterdam's Chairman of the Board Margrethe Jonkman.

Margarethe Jonkman Margarethe Jonkman
10:20 am - 10:35 am Bimhuis Theatre

AIMMS Festival: a celebration of molecular science

Whether you’re passionate about revolutionizing the future of food, accelerating drug development, safeguarding the planet for future generations or finding new talent, there’s a place for you in the AIMMS Festival.

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink
10:35 am - 11:00 am Bimhuis Theatre

Highlights of AIMMS projects

Kamille will speak with selected teams to showcase a few AIMMS highlights throughout 2024. Each team will have a couple of minutes to present their work.

Kamile Kres Kamile Kres
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Bimhuis Cafe

Parallel Workshop: Organ on a chip in drug discovery

How can VU, AUMC and UT make a difference? Rob Leurs, Bas Teusink and Anja Wilmes will lead breakout groups to brainstorm about opportunities.

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink
Rob Leurs Rob Leurs
Anja Wilmes Anja Wilmes
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Parallel Workshop: Introduction to AI-assisted patterns and identification of molecules

An interactive session where Greg Stephens (VU, LaserLaB - Molecular Biophysics), will inspire for the first 15 minutes and followed by 15 minutes of applied data generation across use cases followed by 30 minutes of crowd Q&A moderated by Frank Bruggeman (AIMMS, SysBio)

Frank J Bruggeman Frank J Bruggeman
Greg Stephens Greg Stephens
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Parallel Workshop: Partnering & navigating the funding landscape

A look at the current funding situation and an overview of upcoming opportunities. Purpose: To inform and inspire action Hosted by: Paul de Vries (VU IXA-GO), BiotechBooster, Holomicrobiome

Paul de Vries Paul de Vries
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Lunch + Promega Pitch + Poster Review

Enjoy some food, explore the PhD posters and visit the Promega booth to learn more about what they offer. Promega will be giving short pitches so grab a headset and listen!

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Keynotes: 1) Emerging risks, the role of BuRO at the NVWA, 2) PFAS: highlighting the need for innovation in management of man-made substances

Keynotes Dick Sijm (NVWA) will give the talk about Emerging risks, the role of BuRO at the NVWA Arjen Wintersen (RIVM) will speak about PFAS: highlighting the need for innovation in management of man-made substances. Followed by an audience Q&A lead by Majorie van Duursen (AIMMS, EnvironHealth & Tox)

Dick Sijm Dick Sijm
Arjen Wintersen Arjen Wintersen
Majorie van Duursen Majorie van Duursen
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Use of AI in drug development

Keynote presented by Marwin Segler, (Microsoft)

Marwin Segler Marwin Segler
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Coffee Break

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Parallel workshop: Alphafold tutorial plus live experiments

After a short introduction to Alphafold followed by live experiments in the room, led by Halima Mouhib, Sven Hennig, Gustavo Jeuken and David Poole.

Halima Houb Halima Houb
Sven Hennig Sven Hennig
David Poole David Poole
Gustavo Jeuken Gustavo Jeuken
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Bimhuis Cafe

Parallel workshop: Mass spec identification challenges

Purpose is to brainstorm to identify challenges and opportunities (led by Kevin Jooss)

Kevin Jooss Kevin Jooss
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Parallel Workshop: How to pitch your research? Come find out

Interested to learn tips and tricks to make an effective pitch presentation? This session by Bas Teusink is for you. From quick tutorials to you creating your own pitch, you'll leave the room with new tools to inspire confidence.

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

VU-UT Molecules for Society Challenge Final Pitches

The VU-UT finalists for the Molecules for Society Challenge will pitch their final ideas to an expert jury consisting of Deloitte, IXA-GO and AIMMS.

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Day 1 Closing and Evening Program Overview

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink
Kamile Kres Kamile Kres
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Drinks, Snacks, Posters and Music Experiments

After a productive day, it's time to relax. Explore more posters, catch up with a friend or step into the Atriumzaal to experiment with the combination of music and science. Music Lab hosts will show you what to do.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Bimhuis Cafe

Dinner and Entertainment

Head back upstairs for some food and live entertainment some of the AIMMS colleagues performing the hits with his band.

9:00 am - 9:30 am Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Wake-up coffee

Enjoy a warm cup of coffee before the day begins

9:30 am - 9:35 am Bimhuis Theatre

Day 1 Recap & Day 2 Preview

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink
9:35 am - 10:20 am Bimhuis Theatre

Panel Discussion: Innovation drivers for academic+industry collaboration: talent, ideas, breakthroughs

Why does industry collaborate with academia? There are a few compelling reasons. Hear Tess Korthout (Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center) give her perspective, followed by a panel discussion including Marian Geluk (Next Food Collective), Davide Iannuzzi (VU Amsterdam Chief Impact Officer) and moderated by Paul Nederkoorn (VU-UT)

Tess Korthout Tess Korthout
Davide Iannuzzi Davide Iannuzzi
Paul Nederkoorn Paul Nederkoorn
Marian Geluk Marian Geluk
10:20 am - 11:00 am Bimhuis Theatre

AIMMS in the elevator: Poster pitches

Speed pitching! Can you get your idea across in the time it takes to ride up or down in an elevator? Hear a few selected PhDs pitch us their research overview.

11:00 am - 11:30 am Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Coffee Break

11:30 am - 12:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Keynote: Therapeutic Oligonucleotides: Opportunities and Analytical Challenges

Hear Paul Ferguson (AstraZeneca) talk about their approach.

Paul Ferguson Paul Ferguson
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Parallel Workshop: Toxicological challenges in the protein transition

Herwig Bachmann together with he Next Food Collective moderates this session to think about new opportunities for collaborative research on current challenges in the food transition, with expert guests Frederic Been (Effect-directed analysis, or EDA) and Samantha Hughes (Using C. elegans to decode the nutritional benefits of food).

Herwig Bachmann Herwig Bachmann
Frederic Been Frederic Been
Samantha Hughes Samantha Hughes
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Bimhuis cafe

Parallel workshop: Navigating the entrepreneurship ecosystem in The Netherlands

Eva Moreno Iglesias (IXA-GO VU) talks with panellists Saskia Neubacher (CEO Incircular BV), Stefan Ellenbroek (Unlock, Biotech Booster), Martin Holub (Nucleate) and Linze Rijswijk (RomInWest).

Eva moreno Iglesias Eva moreno Iglesias
Saskia Neubacher Saskia Neubacher
Stefan Ellenbroek Stefan Ellenbroek
Martin Holub Martin Holub
Linze Rijswijk Linze Rijswijk
12:00 am - 1:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Parallel Workshop: How to do science with impact

Lars Mulder (Deloitte) will talk about how they can help position research to generate the most impact. This is crucial when applying for funding.

Lars Mulder Lars Mulder
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Lunch + Poster Viewing

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Parallel Workshop: Patents and IP: Tips and tricks to securing your ideas

Tips and tricks to securing your ideas. Insights prvided by Jan van de Loosdrecht (IXA-GO) and Wouter Mooij (De Vries & Metman Patent office).

Wouter Mooij Wouter Mooij
Jan van de Loosdrecht Jan van de Loosdrecht
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Parallel workshop: NAMs in drug discovery and toxicology? How to make a difference?

Here we will discuss how we use non animal approaches (or new approach methodologies, NAMs) to accelerate the development of safer chemicals for both humans and environment. This will be a discussion based workshop, so bring your thoughts and ideas and ears. Moderated by Paul Jennings (AIMMS VU), co-chaired by Samantha Hughes (AIMMS VU) and Lisa Baumann (AIMMS VU)

Paul Jennings Paul Jennings
Lisa Baumann Lisa Baumann
Samantha Hughes Samantha Hughes
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Bimhuis Cafe

Parallel workshop: PhD empowerment: how to increase control over your PhD and scientific career

In this interactive workshop, Claudius van de Vijver, Head of the PhD programme of the national Graduate School PE&RC, will work with you on empowering your PhD, become more assertive, visible and in control.

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Keynote: From industry to academia: Top lessons I've learned

Margarethe Jonkman Margarethe Jonkman
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Muziekgebouw, Atriumzaal

Coffee break

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Keynote: Challenges in Health & Food at DSM-Firmenich

By Marco van den Berg (DSM-Firmenich)

Marco van den Berg Marco van den Berg
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Bimhuis Theatre

Award ceremony + Closing remarks

Bas Teusink Bas Teusink