The Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) took place in Porto from 03/09/2024 to 06/09/2024 at the Rosa Mota Pavilion.
With more than 2800 registrations, attendees were guided towards “Exploring New Horizons” in the field of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and the latest advancements in this field. The President of the conference was Dulce Quelhas, a clinical laboratory geneticist at ULS Santo António and Centro de Genética Médica Doutor Jacinto Magalhães, as well as UMIB researcher.
The Opening lecture was delivered by Mariana Monteiro, a full professor at ICBAS and coordinator of UMIB, who provided insights into obesity and metabolic diseases. Additionally, ICBAS and UMIB were also represented in the plenary talk by Luísa Azevedo, a senior researcher working in the field of genetics and molecular interactions.