Annual Dutch Parkinson Scientists Conference, Leiden
October 30 - October 31
The 5th annual Dutch Parkinson Scientists conference will be help on Friday October 31st 2025 in Leiden. Registering for the event can be done through the registration form below. Registrations are open until September 7th, 2025 (with abstract) or October 1st 2025 (without abstract).
Program: Beyond the brain: The microbial link to Parkinson’s disease
Thursday October 30th – Junior DPS event
Location: LUMC main building (Albinusdreef 2 2333ZA Leiden), Route 554, Room J-01-117
12:30 – 13:00 Walk-in with coffee (lunch not provided)
13:00 – 13:10 Opening by jDPS committee
13:10 – 16:40 Design workshop by The Online Scientist, including coffee break
16:40 – 17:40 College tour with keynote speaker Filip Schperjans
17:40 – 18:00 Walk to restaurant
18:00 – Dinner with all members, Location: Restaurant Hudson
Address: Nieuwe Beestenmarkt 15–21, 2312 CG Leiden, The Netherlands
Friday October 31st
Location: Poortgebouw, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA Leiden
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening statement by organizers
09:10 – 10:10 Keynote lecture Filip Scheperjans (Helsinki University Central Hospital)
Gut Microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease – From the Basics to the Clinic
10:10 – 10:40 Award Ceremony by ParkinsonNL Anneke Mels
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:15 Dutch Research Tour Vlada Chernova (LUMC)
Fecal microbiota transplantation for patients with Parkinson’s disease: a self-
controlled interventional randomized-donor FMT pilot study
11:15 – 11:30 Dutch Research Tour David Dominguez-Parades (MUMC+)
Wireless Magnetoelectric Nanostimulation to Mitigate Motor Deficits in Parkinson’s
Disease: A Rodent Study
11:30 – 11:45 Best abstract Martino Morella (AUMC)
Biochemical characterization of α-Synuclein proteoforms and GCase activity across
brain-stem and cortical regions in Parkinson’s disease
11:45 – 12:00 Patient researchers Parkinson Vereninging – Monique Bosman
12:00– 14:00 Lunch & Poster presentations
14:00 – 14:15 Dutch Research Tour Eljo van van Battum (UMCU)
Genetic sparse labelling uncovers morphology of developing and degenerating
dopaminergic neurons
14:15 – 14:30 Dutch Research Tour Bram Boon (UMCG)
Plants for Parkinson
14:30 – 14:45 Dutch Research Tour Elbrich Postma (Radboud UMC)
Presentation title to be announced
14:45 – 15:15 Parkinson alliance agenda + workgroups
Parkinson Alliance & Research Agenda DPS: Wilma van de Berg
Workgroup Clinical development/research of PD: Teus van Laar & Paul Passier
Workgroup Netherlands Parkinson Cohort: Emile d’Angremont
Workgroup PD Model Systems: Vanessa Donega & Amalia Dolga
Workgroup Facilitating promising targets into clinic: Tim Moors & Kimberly Pietersz
15:15 – 15:35 Coffee break
15:35 – 15:50 Intermezzo Danspark – Dido Mirck
15:50 – 16:05 Dutch Research Tour Tim van Balkom (AUMC)
Towards personalized treatment for cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease
16:05 – 16:20 Dutch Research Tour Andrea Conidi (Erasmus UMC)
Finding Genes for Parkinson’s Disease: Family Based Strategies
16:20 – 16:35 Best abstract Marjolein Muller (LUMC)
Online prediction of optimal deep brain stimulation contacts from local field
potentials in chronically- implanted patients with Parkinson’s disease
16:35 – 16:50 Best abstract Jeffrey Boertien (UMCG)
The Influence of Dopaminergic Medication on Fecal Gut Microbiome Composition in
Parkinson’s Disease
16:50 – 17:00 Poster/presentation prize + closing statement by organizers
17:00 – 18:00 Drink and bites (borrel)
