It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the symposium 'Cellular Metabolism in Disease: Friend or Foe', which will be held at the University Medical Center Groningen on December 20th, 2017.

In this symposium we will discuss the role of cellular metabolism and bioenergetics in the regulation and progression of various diseases. Our goal is to generate a cooperative international platform between Chilean and Dutch research communities, to learn from each other and to improve research in this area.

3 international keynote speakers will take us on a journey through their most recent advances and discoveries in the field of metabolism.

Prof. dr. Dr. César Cardenas, Professor at the University of Chile, will talk about the role of metabolism in cancer.

Dr. Robert Bandsma, assistant professor at the University of Toronto, will present his research focused on metabolism in severely malnourished children.

Dr. Jan Van den Bossche, Principal Investigator at VU University Amsterdam University Medical Center (VUmc), will present us about how metabolic reprogramming regulates macrophages and disease outcome.

Furthermore, we would like to hear about your research and presentations. Please send us your abstract before the 15th of November 2017 if you want to present your research to cmidisease2017@gmail.com and register for free at www.eventbrite.nl/signin/status/pass-rese .

Find more information in https://www.facebook.com/events/891038897720500/

The organizers thank the Chilean Embassy in the Netherlands and the Chilean Network of Researchers in The Netherlands (IN-NL) for helping them to organize and organize this symposium. They also thank the Graduate School of Medical Sciences Groningen (GSMS), the UMCG - University Medical Center Groningen and the Groningen University Institute for Drug Exploration (GUIDE) for sponsoring this event.

We look forward to meeting you on December 20th, 2017 !!!!

The symposium will take place at the ERIBA-European Research Institute for the Biology of Aging in Groningen.

The guidelines for abstract submission are : The abstract has to be clear and clear, written in maximum 250 words (one photograph or graph), Times New Roman size font 12 and submitted in PDF format. It must include keywords. Please follow the template found in the Eventbrite and Facebook pages.