Friday 6th February 2026

08:00 - 08:15

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE for participants Annual general Meeting of the Dutch Society of Endocrinology (in Dutch)

08:30 - 09:00

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE for the other participants

09:00 - 10:00

Room: Brabant zaal

Nuclear receptors in (patho)physiology

Chair: Dr. Eric Kalkhoven, UMC Utrecht

09:00 - 09:30 Nuclear hormone receptors controlling hepatic metabolism
Prof. Henriette Uhlenhaut, Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Helmholtz Munich, Germany

09:30 - 10:00 Cortisol Rhythms in Stress and Resilience: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?
Prof. Christiaan Vinkers, Amsterdam UMC

09:00 - 10:00

Room: 80

Clinical Chemistry

Chairs: Dr. Jacquelien Hillebrand, Amsterdam UMC & Drs. Karlijn Koops, Amsterdam UMC

09:00 - 09:30 The impact of changing reference intervals
Prof. Annemieke Heijboer, Amsterdam UMC

09:30 - 10:00 Salivary cortisol and cortisone in screening for hypo- and hypercortisolism
MD, PhD Grethe Åstrøm Ueland, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

10:05 - 11:05

Room: 80

Basic research Oncology

Chair: Prof. Luc Brunsveld, Eindhoven University of Technology

10:05 - 10:35 Hormonal tissue remodeling as driver for breast tumor initiation?
Prof. Colinda Scheele, VIB-KU Leuven

10:35 - 11:05 Somatic rat models uncover genotype-phenotype relationships underlying breast cancer
Stefan Prekovic, UMC Utrecht

10:05 - 11:05

Room: Brabant zaal

Pediatric Endocrinology

Chairs: Prof. Paul van Trotsenburg, Amsterdam UMC & Dr. Christiaan Mooij, Amsterdam UMC

10:05 - 10:35 Congenital Hypothyroidism: a neonatal diagnosis with lifetime consequences
Dr. Nitash Zwaveling-Soonawala, Amsterdam UMC

Dr. Eveline Bruinstroop, Amsterdam UMC

10:35 - 11:05 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: a neonatal diagnosis with lifetime consequences
Prof. Hedi Claahsen-van der Grinten, Radboudumc

Dr. Nike Stikkelbroeck, Radboudumc

10:05 - 11:05

Room: 81

Clinical trials - Where to refer my patient?

Chair: Dr. Marco Medici, Erasmus MC

Clinical trials ⇲
1. Bone
  PAM-CNO study
  Dr. Gitanjali Sukhtankar, LUMC
1. Diabetes
  MELISSA study
  Dr. Cassy Dingena, Maastricht UMC+
  DAME trial
  Dr. Rona Brokkelkamp, Amsterdam UMC
  GUIDE trial
  Dr. Ayla Stobbe, Amsterdam UMC (short)
1. Pituitary:
  PasiAcroKeto trial
  Dr. Eline te Nijenhuis, LUMC
  FIND study
  Dr. Amber Audhoe, Erasmus MC (short)
  PROLACT O and PROLAC studies
  Prof. Nienke Biermasz, LUMC (short)
1. Thyroid:
  Immunovant Graves’ disease trial
  Dr. Carolien Beukhof, Ikazia
  Lycia Graves’ disease trial
  Dr. Marco Medici, Erasmus MC
  T3-4-Hypo trial
  Dr. Jonathan Hofsteede, Erasmus MC (short)
1. Other:
  EMPOWER Study
  Dr. Angelique Savelberg, Erasmus MC
  OxyTUTION Trial
  Dr. Angelique Savelberg, Erasmus MC

08:15 - 09:00

Room: 81

Annual general Meeting of the Dutch Society of Endocrinology (in Dutch)

11:05 - 11:25

COFFEE BREAK

11:25 - 12:25

Room: 81

JNVE: Endocrinology of the Future (early careers only)

Chairs: Drs. Marit Bogaards, UMC Utrecht & Pepijn van Houten, Radboudumc

11:25 - 11:55 A career in exploring the genetics and biochemical mechanisms of cardiometabolic disease
Prof. dr. ir. Ko Willems van Dijk, LUMC

11:55 - 12:25 Choosing and publishing research as part of career progression
Prof. Ashley Grossman, Emeritus Professor of Endocrinology, University of Oxford, Senior Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, UK

11:25 - 12:25

Room: 80

Basic research

Chair: Prof. Carlie de Vries, Amsterdam UMC

11:25 - 11:55 Understanding pancreatic beta cell heterogeneity and its relevance for the pathology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Prof. Guy A. Rutter PhD FMedSci. and Head of Division, Faculty of Medicine and CRCHUM, University of Montréal, Canada. Visiting Professor, Imperial College London UK

11:55 - 12:25 Stabilization of the ChREBP/14-3-3 protein-protein interaction with molecular glues protects beta cells from glucolipotoxicity
Prof. Luc Brunsveld, Eindhoven University of Technology

11:25 - 12:25

Room: Brabant

Recent advances in targeted therapies in thyroidology

Chair: Dr. Marco Medici, Erasmus MC

11:25 - 11:55 Targeted therapies for Thyroid Eye Disease
Prof. George Kahaly, Mainz university, Germany

11:55 - 12:25 Developing a therapy for MCT8 deficiency
Prof. Edward Visser, Erasmus MC

11:25 - 12:25

Room: 82

Satellite symposium Sandoz (lecture in Dutch): Van een Koude naar een Warme Transitie

11:25 - 11:40 Op Eigen Benen: lessen uit twintig jaar werken aan betere transitiezorg
Dr. AnneLoes van Staa, Lector in Transities in zorg, Hogeschool Rotterdam

11:40 - 12:00 Transitie doe je niet alleen
Judith van Eck MSc, Verpleegkundig Specialist Kinderendocrinologie, Erasmus MC

Kirsten Davidse MSc, Verpleegkundig Specialist Interne Geneeskunde, Erasmus MC

12:00 - 12:15 Interview door Dr. AnneLoes van Staa over transitie in diabeteszorg
Drs. Vera van Tellingen, kinderarts-endocrinoloog, Catharina Ziekenhuis

Dr. Mirjam Oosterwerff, internist-endocrinoloog, Catharina Ziekenhuis

12:00 - 12:15 Discussie

12:25 - 13:30

LUNCH

13:30 - 14:00

Room: Brabant zaal

Keynote lecture

Chair: Prof. Wilbert Zwart

Adapting to Survive: Lineage Plasticity as a Challenge in Prostate Cancer hormone Therapy
Prof. Amina Zoubeidi, Ph.D. Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cancer Therapy Resistance

Professor at the Dept. of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada

14:05 - 15:05

Room: Brabant zaal

Oral abstract session I

Chair: Prof. Henriette Uhlenhaut, Institute for Diabetes and Endocrinology & Stefan Prekovic, UMC Utrecht

Abstract sessions ⇲
- Hildert Bronkhorst
  
  Cell type-specific glucocorticoid activity revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing in a zebrafish inflammation model
- Lisa Koorneef
  
  Selective glucocorticoid responsiveness of growth hormone-controlling neurons in the hypothalamus.
- Melissa H. Broeks
  
  Androgens modulate transcriptional responses to hepatic glucocorticoid receptor activation
- Maaike van Buuren
  
  Circadian rhythm in pharmacodynamics of rosiglitazone and its relevance for lipid and glucose homeostasis in mice
- Yifan Yang
  
  Cell signaling and membrane dynamics in the manifestation of the ANXA1-dependent inhibitory actions of glucocorticoids
- Tesa Severson
  
  Spatial Transcriptomics Profiling to Characterize Response to Therapy in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients

14:05 - 15:05

Room: 80

Oral abstract session II

Chairs: Dr. Christa van Bunderen, Radboudumc & Dr. Namam Ali, Radboudumc

Abstract sessions ⇲

14:05 - 15:05

Room: 81

Oral abstract session III

Chairs: Dr. Annika Berends, UMCG & Dr. Mark Postma, LUMC

Abstract sessions ⇲
- Jamie van der Vaart
  
  Long-acting glucagon receptor agonism increases circulating triglyceride levels in diet-induced obese mice
- Johanneke Oosterman
  
  Resting energy expenditure and muscle strength are preserved after weight loss induced by liraglutide or naltrexone-bupropion
- Pepijn van Houten
  
  Increased cytokine production capacity and persistent inflammation after remission of Cushing’s syndrome
- Sjoerd van den Berg
  
  National Harmonization of Cortisol Measurements – One Size Fits All?
- Jens Venema
  
  Impact of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma on the circulatory immune system; impact of tumor characteristics, catecholamines and genotypes
- Angelique Savelberg
  
  Sex Differences in Clinical Presentation, Sodium Trajectories and Prognosis in Hospitalized Patients with Hyponatremia

14:05 - 15:05

Room: 82

Oral abstract session IV

Chairs: Dr. Christiaan Mooij, Amsterdam UMC & Dr. Bob Touwslager, St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Utrecht

Abstract sessions ⇲
- Prashant Changoer
  
  Patterns, outcomes, and therapeutic consequences of molecular testing in patients with thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective study in a tertiary referral center
- Reese Braam
  
  The Association of Gestational Thyroid Function with Thyroid Disease in Later Life
- Manon van der Meeren
  
  Reduced patient-reported goiter symptoms after radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules
- Yindi Liu
  
  Association of Gestational Thyroid Function with Obstetric and Offspring Outcomes in Multiple Pregnancies
- Xinru Zhang
  
  Changes in thyroid hormone concentrations in MASH cirrhosis in liver and the circulation
- Annelies Smit
  
  Inflammation and glucocorticoids drive distinctive bone loss in the context of collagen antibody-induced arthritis

15:10 - 16:00

Room: Brabant

Abstract sessions - Oral highlights

Per Oral presentation: 7 minutes & 2 minutes for questions

Top selected - clinical science ⇲
Chairs: Dr. Rachel van Leeuwaarde, UMC Utrecht & Prof. Wouter de Herder, Erasmus MC

15:10 - 16:00

Room: 80

Abstract sessions - Oral highlights

Per Oral presentation: 7 minutes & 2 minutes for questions

Top selected - basic/translational science ⇲
Chair: Prof. Wilbert Zwart, NKI Amsterdam
- Julia Scott
  
  A pan-neuroendocrine neoplasm single-cell atlas reveals SOX11 as a potential driver of lineage plasticity
- Tijmen Moll
  
  The Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Relacorilant and Mifepristone Differ in Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Disinhibition
- Janneke Simon
  
  High-throughput screening identifies 6 FDA-approved drugs dissociating glucocorticoid receptor signaling
- Merel Roest
  
  Temporal Tracking of Epigenetic Plasticity after Glucocorticoid Receptor Stimulation Identifies Early and Late Responses in Breast Cancer
- Noa Mutsters
  
  Syndecan-3 modulates MC4R signaling

16:00 - 16:15

Room: Brabant zaal

AWARD ceremony - NVE Prizes - best clinical, translational and basic abstract

16:15 - 16:30

Room: Brabant zaal

Meeting adjourns

Chairs: Dr. Rachel van Leeuwaarde & Prof. Wilbert Zwart

15:45 - 16:45

Rooms: 80, 81, 82

Room for NVE committees / Patient Network meetings / Annual Section Meeting / Pediatric Endocrinology

Program: Friday 6th February 2026

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