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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 9d

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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Harald H H W Schmidt @hhhwschmidt.bsky.social · 5d

Heute 15:00 Uhr in Aachen Vernissage innerhalb einer Gruppen Ausstellung. Mein Thema Obdachlosigkeit.

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Harald H H W Schmidt @hhhwschmidt.bsky.social · 8d

Podcast ist wieder da.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 9d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Harald H H W Schmidt @hhhwschmidt.bsky.social · 14d

One strong argument for drug repurposing is that the number of different binding pockets for small molecules on all human proteins is finite, according to Stefano Piotto approximately 1400. Thus we neither need, nor can find more than these 1400 compound classes.

Harald H H W Schmidt @hhhwschmidt.bsky.social · 14d

WE MAY HAVE ALL THE DRUGS WE NEED.

All you ever wanted to know about REPO4EU's Drug Repurposing and Network and Systems Medicine innovation, but never dared to ask. Interview by Artur Olesch. www.icthealth.org/news/how-ai-...

How AI can help find new uses for the drugs we have | ICT&health Global

Prof. Harald Schmidt explains how artificial intelligence could unleash a revolution in reusing existing drugs to treat diseases once thought untreatable.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 16d

#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 · Jun 10

REPO4EU partners in action 🦾 The @cosybio-uhh.bsky.social team recently hosted a workshop at @uni-hamburg.de to validate the AI-powered #DrugRepurposing workflows being developed by researchers from @daisybio.de, @univie.ac.at and @upm.es

Learn more about our mission 💊 repo4.eu/the-platform/

From left to right: Lisa Marie Spindler, Ana Casas, Johannes Kersting, Lorenza D'Alessandro, Fernando M. Delgado-Chaves, Markus List, Jan Baumbach, Chloé Bucheron, Cristian Nogales, Pablo Perdomo, Farzaneh Firoozbakht and Joaquim Aguirre-Plans.

REPO4EU researchers from Technical University of Munich, University of Vienna, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and STALICLA together during a workshop organised by the CoSyBio research group at University of Hamburg.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Jun 12

How can we build a healthcare system that effectively cures diseases instead of merely treating symptoms? 💊

Come and find out at #RExPO25! Join us in Barcelona or online on 24-26 September 👉 repo4.eu/rexpo25/

#EUfunded #DrugRepurposing #FutureOfMedicine #Healthcare #Medicine #PharmaInnovation

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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · Jun 12

'Can we Make Health Economic Decision Models as Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler? Introducing the SMART tool' - an @repo4eu.bsky.social DrugRxiv #Preprint open for review on #ScienceOpen:

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#HealthEconomics #OpenAccess #Research

<b>Can we Make Health Economic Decision Models as Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler? Introducing the SMART tool </b>

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d557661e165">Background: Developing health economic decision-analytic models (DAMs) requires making mo...

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Jun 18

To make #RExPO25 as globally inclusive as the challenges we aim to tackle, we offer a limited number of reduced-rate tickets for online participation.

If this sounds relevant to you, check all the details on our website 👉 repo4.eu/rexpo25/

#AcademicSky #Medicine #Healthcare #DrugRepurposing

RExPO25, the 4th international conference on systems medicine, AI and drug repurposing. Reduced-rate tickets for online participation. Available for those affiliated with a healthcare, research, regulatory or patient-focused organisation in a country where international conference attendance is often underfunded.

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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · Jun 19

#RExPO25 Conference abstract: 'From systems to single cells: Advancing network medicine in neurological disorders' ➡ drugrepocentral.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...

✍️ Presented by Andrea Álvarez Pérez, PhD Student at @upm.es

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

RExPO25 Conference Abstracts. 'From systems to single cells:
Advancing network medicine in neurological disorders' by Andrea Alvarez Perez et al. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.

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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 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...

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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 · 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 · 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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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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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!

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RExPO25 Programme Moderator: Artur Olesch, Digital Healthcare Journalist

YouTube video by REPO4EU

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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 29d

📣 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 · 28d

#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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REPO4EU @repo4eu.bsky.social · 28d

#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 · 28d

#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 · 28d

#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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