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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE 
IX LATIN AMERICAN COURSE ON LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES
SEPTEMBER 14-18, 2026 – ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA

Sep 14
Monday

SESSION 1

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16:00 - 16:40

  • Welcome and Introduction to LACLSD

16:40 - 17:20

  • Cell Biology and Biochemistry of Lysosomes 

17:20 - 18:00

  • Pathophysiology of LDs

18:00 - 18:40

  • Clinical Overview and Genetic Aspects of LDs

Sep 15
Tuesday

SESSION 2

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08:00 - 08:40

  • Clinical Aspects and Managementof Gaucher disease and ASMD

08:40 - 09:20

  • Biochemical and Genetic Diagnosis of Gaucher Disease 

09:20 - 10:00

  • Clinical Aspects and Management of Pompe Disease

10:00 - 10:30

  • Official Picture / Cooffee Break 

10:30 - 11:10

  • Biochemical and Genetic Diagnosis of Pompe Disease

11:10 - 11:50

  • Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency

11:50 - 12:30

  • Alpha-Mannosidosis and other Glycoproteinoses   

12:30 - 14:00

  • Lunch

14:00 - 14:40

  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for LDs

14:40 - 15:20

  • Mechanism of Neurodegeneration in the LSDs

15:20 - 16:00

  • Niemann Pick C and other Lysosomal Membrane Diseases

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SESSION 3

16:00 - 16:40

  • Coffee Break

16:40 - 18:40

  • Group work: preliminary presentation of cases by delegates to faculty members (refreshments will be available)  

Sep 16
Wednesday

  • SESSION 4


08:00 - 08:40

  • Clinical Aspects and Management of Fabry Disease

08:40 - 09:20

  • Biochemical and Genetic Diagnosis of Fabry Disease

09:20 - 10:00

  • Key Questions about Fabry Disease (open discussion) leaded by

10:00 - 10:30

  • Coffee Break 

10:30 - 11:10

  • Clinical Aspects of MPS and Related Diseases

11:10 - 11:50

  • Biochemical and genetic diagnosis of MPS and Mucolipidoses

11:50 - 12:30

  • Treatment for MPS and Related Diseases: Approved Therapies and New Developments   

12:30 - 14:00

  • Sponsored Talk / Lunch

14:00

  • Optional Networking Activity

Sep 17
Thursday

SESSION 5


08:00 - 08:40

  • GM1 and GM2 Gangliosidoses 

08:40 - 09:20

  • Leucodystrophies

09:20 - 10:00

  • Inflammation and LDs

10:00 - 10:30

  • Coffee Break 

10:30 - 11:10

  • Drug Development Process from the bench to the pharmacy

11:10 - 11:50

  • Variant Intepretation Guidelines for LDs 

11:50 - 12:30

  • Key Skills and Insights for Emerging LD Specialists 

12:30 - 14:00

  • Lunch

14:00 - 14:40

  • Neonatal Screening for LSDs

14:40 - 15:20

  • Diagnosis of LDs in the Multiomic Era

15:20 - 16:00

  • What an emerging LSD specialist should learn and understand?

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SESSION 6

 

16:00 - 16:40

  • Coffee Break

16:40 - 18:40

  • Group work: preliminary presentation of cases by delegates to faculty members (refreshments will be available)

Sep 18
Friday

SESSION 7

 

08:00 - 10:00

  • Presentation of selected cases by the students and discussion with faculty members
     

SESSION 8

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10:00 - 10:30

  • Coffee Break 

10:30 - 11:10

  • Gene Therapy for LDs

11:10 - 11:50

  • Potential of Genome Editing for the Treatment of LDs

11:50 - 12:30

  • LDs Diagnosis and Therapy Landscape / Key Takeways / Closure

12:30 - 14:00

  • Lunch

 

14:00

  • Check out and departures                   

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