REOLUT Node 2nd Annual Conference – 2025

The 2nd REOLUT Node Annual Conference will be held on 26 March 2025 at Waterhouse Room, Hyatt Regency, Manchester.

The deadline for registration is 10th March 2025 (17:00, GMT). Attendees are encouraged to submit a poster abstract here. The deadline for abstract submission is 17th February 2025 (17:00, GMT) and successful candidates will be informed on the 3rd March 2025 (17:00, GMT).

Please note that we are unable to cover costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence to general delegates, i.e. attendees who are not presenting as a plenary speaker or panel member

Agenda

Registration (9.30 am – 10.00 am)

Session 1 (10.00 am – 12.00 pm)

Time Topic

10.00 am – 10.10 am

Welcome and introduction

William Newman (University of Manchester)

10.10 am – 10.40 am

How to model the lining of the human urinary tract in the laboratory

Jennifer Rohn (University College London)

10.40 am – 12.00 pm

Project streams of the REOLUT project – setting off, and how far have we got?

Clinical Registries

Human Genetics

Biological mechanisms of disease

Future therapies for rare urinary tract diseases

William Newman  & Neil Roberts (University of Manchester), David Long (University College London), and Melanie Chan (Imperial College London)

Lunch and Networking (12.00pm – 1.00 pm)

Session 2 (1.00 pm – 2.45 pm)

Time Topic

1.00 pm – 1.30 pm

Living with a REOLUT condition

Sebastian Osorio Rico (University of Antioquia, Colombia)

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm

Short talks (TBC)

2.15 pm – 2.30 pm

Health economics of gene therapy for a rare urinary tract disease 

Sean Gavan (University of Manchester)

Refreshments (2.30 pm – 3.00 pm)

Session 3 (3.00 pm – 4.00 pm)

Time Topic

3.00 p – 3.45 pm

Panel discussion

Looking back on today and looking forward to patient benefits

Louise de Winter and Rosie Cockroft (The Urology Foundation), Brenda Cheer (ERIC, The Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity), Claire Andersen (UNIQUE), Sebastian Osorio Rico (University of Antioquia, Colombia), and Adrian Woolf (Chair, Universityof Manchester)

3.45 pm – 4.00 pm

Closing remarks