Associate Professor @facfarmaciaUL & PI @iMedULisboa | Metabolic liver diseases pathophysiology, biomarkers & treatment | Scientific Committee member @EASLedu
Lisbon, Portugal
Joined October 2014
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Rui Castro retweeted
Are you interested in building the future of hepatology with us? Do you have a strong scientific track record in Immune-mediated and Cholestatic Diseases?
The EASL Scientific Committee is looking for one new member!
Read more and apply by 15 June 23:59 CEST on: easl.eu/news/scientific-comm…
#LiverTwitter #LiverX
Rui Castro retweeted
If you are curious about the latest discoveries in Basic Science - non-disease related, check out @DrElePalma presenting at #EASLCongress Highlights 2025.
👉🏽 Download the Best of EASL Congress Slide Decks here: easlcampus.eu/Documents/best…
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#LiverX
And the 2025 #EASLCongress is drawing to a close
@DrElePalma highlights some of the best Basic Science studies presented in these last days here is Amsterdam🌷
Thanks @EASLnews team for an amazing meeting! 🙌🏼 Looking forward to #EASLCongress 2026 in Barcelona! 💃🏽👋🏼
#EASLCongress day 4️⃣ (last day!)
But still lots to see and off to a great start with the microbiome and liver health session chaired by @DebbieShawcros1 & Max Nieuwdorp
@EASLnews @Bernd_Schnabl @meijnikman
Rui Castro retweeted
Excited to hear the wonderful @docberza give the JP Benhammou lecture @EASLnews #EASLCongress @DebbieShawcros1 @AleksanderKrag @RuiCastroHD
#EASLCongress General Session 2
@PMRodrigues19 presents a novel 3-in-1 blood metabolomic test for the early diagnosis & risk stratification of PSC & CCA
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@JesusMBanales @EASLnews
#EASLCongress Day 3️⃣!
Abstract sessions are always very popular and I am starting the day @ the Gut Microbiota one, chaired by @MinnekeC & @JasmohanBajaj
@MFdezFondevila presents on gut permeability & ALD
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Rui Castro retweeted
📢@EASLnews YI Seminar
15:00 PM today. 'From Science to Start-up: Embracing Entrepreneurship in Hepatology"
We'll cover:
- Bridging the gap between academia and business
- How to spin out a company
- Importance of patents and IP
- Managing conflicts
#liverX #EASLCongress
Rui Castro retweeted
The future of liver research is unfolding this morning at #EASLCongress, as the Future of Hepatology session spotlights innovations in basic science.
Today’s talks are showcasing groundbreaking advances in liver regeneration, gene-correction therapies, and the discovery of novel biomarkers and molecular targets for liver diseases and cancer.
Experts are bridging fundamental science with translational promise, offering new insights that could redefine how we tackle liver failure, genetic disorders, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
A powerful reminder that today’s basic science breakthroughs will shape tomorrow’s clinical care.
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Day 2 of #EASLCongress, which for me starts with the FoH Basic Science Symposium, by the EASL regenerative consortium
Matías Avila is the first speaker
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Rui Castro retweeted
Day 1 of #EASLCongress 2025 —and what a start!
7,600+ delegates joined us in Amsterdam & online to kick off four days of cutting-edge science, collaboration, and liver health advocacy.
📸Check the highlights in pictures:
easl.smugmug.com/EASL-Congre…
🌷We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Jessica Zucman Rossi & Théo Hirsh conclude the #EASLCongress BSS on day 1 with an integrated view of personalised medicine in HCC & hepatoblastoma.
🔝👌🏼
Much more basic/translational sessions on days 2-4; check the EASL website/app!
@EASLnews #livertwitter
Indeed! I highly recommend it. 👌🏼 Thanks to Saskia van Mil & Kristof van Avondt for organising this.
Hopefully the start of much more basic science sessions usefull for high impactful research in Hepatology 🙌🏼
Let us know what you would like to see! 📝
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A full room at #EASLCongress for a hands-on session on liver spatial biology at Skill Center 4. Learn about multiplexing protein markers in Liver. There are 2 more sessions at 13.30 and 16.15h. Walk in and discuss with tutors all day to learn and ‘play’ with a liver dataset!
Packed room! 🤩 I dare saying this is something to keep fine tuning and increasing the offer for next year(s)!! Basic Science rocks! 💪🏼😅
#EASLCongress 2025 @EASLnews
Disclaimer: @PAspichueta is a very good friend of mine ☺️
But I honestly love to hear her speak about lipid metabolism & liver disease. Amazing presentation & congrats to @aspichuetaLab ! 👏🏼
BSS 👩🏽🔬 @ #EASLCongress 2025
@LeilaAkkari1 @boulter_lab @JesusMBanales @EASLnews
Rui Castro retweeted
🌷The Basic Science Seminar at #EASLCongress delves into the exposome and liver carcinogenesis, as we explore how environmental and metabolic factors fuel liver tumour development.
From the physiopathology of hepatocarcinogenesis with or without cirrhosis, to the disruptive role of micro- and nanoplastics on liver metabolism, today’s speakers are unveiling how modern exposures shape cancer risk.
@JesusMBanales @RuiCastroHD @LeilaAkkari1
Excited for #EASLCongress 2025! 🤩
As always, starting with the Basic Science Seminar, this year on Liver Tumours, Exposomics and Personalized Therapies, organised by @LeilaAkkari1, @boulter_lab and @JesusMBanales
@EASLnews
@LeilaAkkari1 herself spoke about the tumour microenvironment in the context of liver cancer evolution, with Serena Vegna delcing deeper into genetic differences affecting the TME
BS @EASLnews Congress
Wed 7🗓️Whole-day seminar plus a wet lab on spatial biology (NEW FOR THIS YEAR‼️)
Thu 8🗓️State of the Art by Lars Zender
Fri 9🗓️MTE sessions on MASLD & MetALD
Sat 10🗓️Microbiome session co-chaired by our own @DebbieShawcros1
& more! 🔗tinyurl.com/4ky9r3x9
Rui Castro retweeted
🌍🧩 Plastic pollution & liver disease : what’s the link?💥
This year at #EASLCongress, we’re shining a spotlight on Environmental Hepatology with a must-attend Meet-the-Expert session:
“Plastic Pollution and Liver Disease: Unravelling the Evidence.”, on 8 May, 8:30 - 9:30 CEST
events-apps.easl.eu/easl2025…
💬 Here are the big questions we’ll be tackling:
1️⃣ How do micro- and nanoplastics enter and move through the human body, and what do we still not know?
2️⃣ Is there solid evidence tying plastics to specific diseases, and what limits current research?
3️⃣ Are experimental models capturing the real-world exposure picture?
4️⃣ What tech and science breakthroughs are needed to move the field forward?
5️⃣ Could plastics be silently contributing to liver disease, and how do we find out?
🎤 Featuring the scientist who coined the term microplastics, the researcher linking plastics to heart disease, and leading experts in hepatology — discover how micro and nanoplastics might be fueling liver disease and what can be done about it.
🌷Come find out! easlcongress.eu/2025-registr…
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