We had the honor to welcome MedUni Wien Rector Markus Müller and CeMM Scientific Director Giulio Superti-Furga for their opening speech at the 11th International Conference on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (Udninternational)

Session 3 of the 11th Conference on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseaes is focused on Neurological Diseases. We start this session with a presentation by @gaianovarino (ISTAustria) titled "Studying brain development through the lens of human rare diseases"

The second talk of Session 3 is delivered by Han Brunner (Radboudumc) on the topic "Why do we have the diseases we have?"

Session 3 continues with a presentation by Camilo Toro (NIH) with the title "New and rare movement disorders in the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program"

Today's last session has a thematic focus on "Model systems and Therapeutics". We are very thankful to Jörg Menche (Jörg Menche, Universität Wien & Max Perutz Labs Vienna) who just gave an inspiring talk how network approaches can help in understanding rare diseases and developing new therapies

Session 4 - Lukas Huber (@imed_tweets) gave a great and well received talk on congenital enteropathies.

Day 1 closes with a podium discussion about the future of rare diseases with a fantastic lineup – William A. Gahl, MedUni Wien Vice Rector Michaela Fritz, Christiane Druml (MedUni Wien,LBI-RUD), Helene Cederroth (Wilhelm Foundation), Cornelia Dechant – moderated by M. Nowotny ORF

Thanks Aleixo Muise for giving a fantastic keynote talk here at our meeting in Vienna!

Thank you very much Aleixo Muise for an amazing talk and for joining the 11th International Conference on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases.

Day 2 of the 11th Conference on Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases is starting in 30 minutes. Today's program is focused on "UDNI Committee and Working Group Reports" You can still participate virtually (udninternational.org/schede-175-11t…) or on-site! #UDNI2022

Almost ready to start the second day of the 11th #International #Conference on #Rare and #Undiagnosed #Diseases in Vienna #UDNI #UDNI2022

300 participants from five continents presented their projects at the 11th International Conference on Rare and #UndiagnosedDiseases. The aim is to improve therapeutic options for patients worldwide. More about the network! ➡️ bit.ly/3g9a2Qy LBI-RUD Udninternational

A team of scientists led by LBI-RUD Co-Director Georg Stary (Georg Stary) (MedUni Wien/CeMM) and LBI-RUD PI Christoph Bock (Christoph Bock Lab @ CeMM & MedUni Vienna) (CeMM/MedUni Wien ) has made a major breakthrough in understanding granulomas

Today is Rare Disease Day! We and our partner institutes St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute CCRI, CeMM and MedUni Wien want to raise awareness and show our commitment to the global effort to fight rare diseases. We care about rare - do you? Rare Disease Day