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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 7d

Help us shape the future of #DrugRepurposing 💊

Our partners from @egnosis.bsky.social are looking for scientists, clinicians, bioinformaticians & regulatory experts to test the Alpha version of our online platform.

Find out more 👉 tally.so/r/3XjAbd

🇪🇺 #HorizonEU @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 7d

Meet our #DrugRepurposing Community member 💊 DATAN, the biostatistics provider making clinical trials more efficient & cost-effective.

We look forward to exploring collaborative opportunities to reshape the #FutureOfMedicine together!

Find out more ⤵️
repo4.eu/portfolio/da...

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 8d

🎙️ Now out! Episode 5 of the REPO4EU Podcast ft. @cristiannogales.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher at @univie.ac.at

On YouTube ▶️ youtu.be/V5puDE-cahk?...

On Spotify 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0Hd8...

Enjoy the episode! 💊

#DrugRepurposing #HealthcareInnovation #Medicine
#AcademicSky #Science

REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 14d

#RExPO25 💊 3 days in 30 seconds!

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us in Barcelona for the 4th edition of our international conference on Systems Medicine, AI & Drug Repurposing.

Check all talks and posters abstracts via @scienceopen.bsky.social ⤵️
drugrepocentral.scienceopen.com/search#%7B%2...

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 22d

Meet the #RExPO25 Honorary Lecturer 💊 Alfonso Valencia (@bsc-cns.bsky.social)

We're honoured to welcome @alfonsovalencia.bsky.social to this year's conference! In his lecture, he'll reflect on advancing #Biomedicine through computing, networks & AI.

Check the full agenda ➡️ repo4.eu/rexpo25/agen...

RExPO25 Honorary Lecturer: Alfonso Valencia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Title: Advancing biomedicine through computing, networks and AI - opportunities and challenges.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 26d

#RExPO25 Speakers | S14: The patient voice

🟣 Ana Sofia Carvalho (University of Porto)

🟣 François Houÿez (@eurordis.bsky.social)

🟣 Alain Geille (Euro-DyMA)

🟣 George Patrinos (Hellenic Pasteur Institute)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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RExPO25 Session in focus: The patient voice: patient-centricity

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 26d

#RExPO25 Speakers | S13: AI/ML in Systems Medicine & Drug Repurposing

🟣 Stefano Piotto (SoftMining)

🟣 Laura P. Cano (STALICLA)

🟣 Siqi Wei (@radboudumc.bsky.social)

🟣 Andrew Crouse (UAB Medicine)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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RExPO25 Session in focus: AI/ML in systems medicine and drug repurposing (Part II)

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 26d

#RExPO25 Speakers | S11: Accessibility for patient benefit

🟣 Sibylle Reichert (@aim-healthcare.bsky.social)

🟣 Jocelijn Stokx (CM/MC)

🟣 Nerea Blanqué (Alira Health)

🟣 Teebah Abu-Zahra (Maastricht UMC+)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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RExPO25 Session in focus: The last-mile - accessibility for patient benefit

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 26d

#RExPO25 Speakers | S10: REPO4EU's #DrugRepurposing Platform

🟣 Chloé Bucheron (@univie.ac.at)

🟣 Frauke Herbst (Eurofins Discovery)

🟣 Hermann Mucke (H.M. Pharma)

🟣 Balázs Orbán (@egnosis.bsky.social)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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RExPO25 Session in focus: REPO4EU's Drug Repurposing Platform

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ScienceOpen @handle.invalid · 27d

📣 New Article from Network and Systems Medicine on #ScienceOpen!

🆕📄 'Identification of Transcriptional Regulators Using a Combined Disease Module Identification and Prize-Collecting Steiner Tree Approach'

@repo4eu.bsky.social #NetworkMedicine #Bioinformatics #TranscriptionFactors

Identification of Transcriptional Regulators Using a Combined Disease Module Identification and Prize-Collecting Steiner Tree Approach

Transcription factors play important roles in maintaining normal biological function, and their dysregulation can lead to the development of diseases.

drugrepocentral.scienceopen.com

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 11

There's still time to grab a ticket and join #RExPO25 in Barcelona or online! We hope to welcome known and new faces from across the entire healthcare ecosystem... including journalists, early-stage researchers and patient representatives.

Check out all the details on our website: repo4.eu/rexpo25/

RExPO25 is the 4th international conference on systems medicine, AI and drug repurposing. It will take place on 24-26 September 2025 in Barcelona.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 11

Every year we think about new ways to make RExPO bigger and better 💊

Besides welcoming top specialists from all over the world and expanding the list of topics, for #RExPO25 we'll count on Artur Olesch, Digital Healthcare Journalist, as Programme Moderator!

youtu.be/F9eP5B4m6M0?...

RExPO25 Programme Moderator: Artur Olesch, Digital Healthcare Journalist

YouTube video by REPO4EU

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Markus List @itisalist.bsky.social · Sep 10

And for those who enjoyed our tutorial on network medicine and drug repurposing: if you are spontaneous, consider joining us for the RExPO conference organized by @repo4eu.bsky.social repo4.eu/rexpo25/ later this month.

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Markus List @itisalist.bsky.social · Sep 7

En route to Basel for the @sib.swiss #BC2 conference. We're contributing to a workshop on 🕸️ network medicine and 💊 drug repurposing, with tools developed in @repo4eu.bsky.social incl. drugst.one for which we've just released the DREAM extension doi.org/10.58647/DRU... simplifying expert annotation.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

#RExPO25 Speakers | S9: Hot topics & late-breaking abstracts

🟣 Michael Firgens (MF BIOTECH)

🟣 João Joaquim (Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra)

🟣 Jasmin Bahr (U. Hospital Essen)

🟣 Natalie Binder & Natasha Alwis (U. Melbourne)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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RExPO25 Session in focus: Hot topics and late-breaking abstracts.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 8

#RExPO25 Speakers | S8: Mechanism-based repurposing around the globe

🟣 @hhhwschmidt.bsky.social (@maastrichtu.bsky.social)

🟣 Jens Habermann (@bbmrieric.bsky.social)

🟣 Johannes Beckers (INFRAFRONTIER)

🟣 Hugo Filipe (RePo-SUDOE)

🟣 Sona Vasudevan (Georgetown University)

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RExPO25 Session in focus: Fostering mechanism-based repurposing around the globe in academia and beyond.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 3

#RExPO25 Speakers | S7: AI/ML in #SystemsMedicine & #DrugRepurposing

🟣 @itisalist.bsky.social & Lisa Spindler (@daisybio.de)

🟣 Jan Baumbach & Fernando Delgado Chavez (@cosybio-uhh.bsky.social)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
repo4.eu/rexpo25/agen...

🇪🇺 #EUfunded #DrugRepurposing

RExPO25 Session in focus: AI/ML in systems medicine and drug repurposing.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 3

#RExPO25 Speakers | S6: Translating to the global market

🟣 Edward Allera & Matthew Fedowitz (Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC)

🟣 David Cavalla (Numedicus)

🟣 Anja Schiel (Norwegian Medical Products Agency)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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🇪🇺 #EUfunded #DrugRepurposing

RExPO25 Session in focus: Translating to the global market.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Sep 3

#RExPO25 Speakers | S5: Network Medicine Alliance

🟣 Joe Loscalzo, Michelle Li & Kathryn T. Hall (@harvardmed.bsky.social)

🟣 Paola Paci (Sapienza U. Roma)

🟣 Farzaneh Firoozbakht (@cosybio-uhh.bsky.social)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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🇪🇺 #EUfunded #DrugRepurposing

RExPO25 Session in focus: Network Medicine Alliance.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 26

To learn more about SMART, read the paper published on PharmacoEconomics Journal:

'Can We Make Health Economic Decision Models as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler? Introducing SMART tool' ➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@manuelajoore.bsky.social @sabine-e-grimm.bsky.social

Can We Make Health Economic Decision Models as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler? Introducing SMART tool - PharmacoEconomics

Background Developing health economic decision-analytic models requires making modelling choices to simplify reality while addressing the decision context. Finding the right balance between a decision...

link.springer.com

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 26

A team of #REPO4EU researchers from @maastrichtumc.bsky.social have developed a new tool to make decision models more accessible in early-stage or data-limited healthcare research.

But how will it benefit #DrugRepurposing researchers? Read the full story to find out 👉 repo4.eu/2025/08/26/r...

SMART: Systematic Model adequacy Assessment and Reporting Tool.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 25

#RExPO25 Speakers | Session 4:

🟣 Ranjita Shegokar (DiHeSys)

🟣 Eduardo Díaz (FABRX AI)

🟣 Elisabetta Vaudano (‪@ihieurope.bsky.social‬)

🟣 Lee Lancashire (EveryCure)

🟣 Merel Kimman (Maastricht UMC+)

Check the full conference agenda ⤵️
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🇪🇺 #EUfunded #DrugRepurposing

RExPO25 Session in focus: Innovation in drug development and repurposing.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 16

We’re honoured to introduce Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney as official sponsor of #RExPO25 💊

Thank you for supporting the 4th international conference on Systems Medicine, AI and Drug Repurposing.

Join us in Barcelona or online on 24-26 September 2025 👉 repo4.eu/rexpo25/

RExPO25 is the 4th international conference on systems medicine, AI and drug repurposing. This image presents Buchanan as an official conference sponsor.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 13

#RExPO25 Speakers | S1: Meeting unmet medical needs in cancer

🟣 Jelena Gnjatovic (FICAN West)

🟣 Prashant Changoer (@radboudumc.bsky.social)

🟣 @albertantolin.bsky.social (@idibell.bsky.social)

🟣 Ana Álvarez (RePo-SUDOE)

Check the conference agenda ⤵️
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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Aug 12

Calling out #PhD students! If you're interested in how #DrugRepurposing can drive the #FutureOfMedicine, you shouldn't miss #RExPO25 💊 the conference presenting the latest advances in the fields of #NetworkMedicine & #HealthcareInnovation.

Get your discounted ticket 👉 repo4.eu/rexpo25/

RExPO25 reduced-fee tickets for PhD students.

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