European Researchers Night Lisbon

European Researchers Night Lisbon

Three ORGESTRA Doctoral Candidates – Mark Leahy, Ann-Engelke Timm and Ioanna Michou – took part in European Researchers’ Night in Lisbon, joining researchers from the BioISI Cystic Fibrosis Research Lab to bring biomedical research to the public. Through...
More awards for ORGESTRA DCs

More awards for ORGESTRA DCs

This month, four of our DCs attended the Cystinosis Network Europe international conferenceĀ  in Ireland. DC4 Ann-Engelke and DC10 Lena presented updates from ORGESTRA and all DCs made presentations about their projects and presented posters. DC9 Roger DC10 Lena DC10...
Read our latest publication!

Read our latest publication!

We are excited to annouce another publication from our DC9 Roger Mora de la Serna A hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of intracellular cystine and its application in cystinosis research Toon...
Cystinosis Awareness Day 2026

Cystinosis Awareness Day 2026

Cystinosis Awareness Day is held annually on May 7th to highlight the rare genetic disease of cystinosis. This day was chosen in honor of the most common cystinosis mutation: the 57-kb deletion in the CTNS gene. As part of ORGESTRA outreach values, Roger Mora de la...
DCs present in VIVES University

DCs present in VIVES University

During a recent visit to VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Kortrijk, Belgium, kindly hosted by Tim Bekaert, two of our doctoral candidates (DCs) had the opportunity to present their research to second-year Bachelor students in biotechnology. Mark (DC7)...
ORGESTRA DCs attend ESGCT Spring school

ORGESTRA DCs attend ESGCT Spring school

This week, three of our DCs – Roger Mora de la Serna, Ananya Singh, and Mark Leahy – share their experience of attending the ESGCT Spring School in Coimbra, Portugal. The ESGCT (European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy) Spring School is an intensive...