Medical Genetics search menu search content Research topics Research topics The research focus of MEDGEN can broadly be defined as the elucidation of the genetic mechanisms causing congenital anomalies and heritable connective tissue disorders with focus on cardiovascular, growth and osteoarticular …

Johan Saenen unpaid guest prof. Research Johan Saenen Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) New and safer tools to cure cardiac arrhythmias through genetic-manipulation-free photothermal stimulation and enhanced photothermal ablation of cardiomyocytes. 01/01/2019 - 31/10/2019 Abstract C…

Ayşe Candayan Niron postdoc researcher FWO Research Ayşe Candayan Niron Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Expertise I am a human geneticist specialized in neuromuscular diseases. I have broad experience in second- and third-generation sequencing analyses, cellular and molecular biolo…

Wim Wuyts associate professor Research Wim Wuyts Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise The research activities are mainly situated in the field of human genomics. The main goal of our research is to increase the knowledge of human genetic disorders, including their cause, disease mechani…

Dogan Akdeniz researcher Research Dogan Akdeniz Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Development of an innovative hiPSC-derived cardiac-microtissue-based functional assay to determine the pathogenicity of genetic variants with uncertain significance identified in patients with inherited cardiac a…

Lieselot Croes unpaid staff Research Lieselot Croes Research team Investigation of DFNA5 as potential biomarker and tumour suppressor gene in 4 solid tumour types. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2019 Abstract This research project focuses on DFNA5 based upon strong indications for its role as tumour suppressor …

Albena Jordanova full professor Research Albena Jordanova Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Expertise Genetic, genomics, transcriptomics, cell biology, molecular biology studies and multi-omics integration of data captured from human samples and model organisms (yeast, Drosophila, iPSC…

Maaike Alaerts assistant professor - senior researcher Research Maaike Alaerts Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise My research aims to further elucidate the genetics and molecular pathomechanisms underlying inherited cardiac arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies, discover new therapeutic ta…

Silke Peeters unpaid staff Research Silke Peeters Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Our research is focused on the elucidation of the genetic mechanisms causing congenital anomalies and heritable connective tissue disorders with focus on cardiovascular -and growth disorders IPSC-chon…

Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group search menu search content Research focus The peripheral nervous system (PNS) exchanges motor, sensory and autonomic information between the central nervous system (CNS) and the limbs, organs and tissues. A series of biological and environmental conditions, such …

Laboratory of Experimental Hematology search menu search content Discover our interests The Laboratory of Experimental Hematology has built up a track record on the development of cellular immunotherapies in the context of cancer and autoimmune diseases as well as stem cell research. Within these th…

Paolo Palma full research professor Research Paolo Palma Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Investigating Influenza Immunity at the systemic and mucosal Interfaces in Human challenge model study and maternal-child study choorts. 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2029 Abstract Influenza re…

Sarah Hendrickx education coordinator Research Sarah Hendrickx Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise My PhD research focussed on unraveling the phenotypic and genotypic differences associated with drug resistance in Leismania parasites. To achieve this …

Genomics in Medicine - GENOMED search menu search content Research Groups Cognitive Genetics (COGNET) Prinicipal Investigator: Frank Kooy General goals for this research line are: - to identify genes implicated in intellectual disability - to explore the phenotypic consequences of mutations in these…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Cardiovascular Diseases About The research group of Cardiovascular Diseases is headed by prof. dr. Hein Heidbuchel. Together with Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) and Physiopharmacology (FYSFAR), this group is member of the Genetics, Pharmacology and Physi…

Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content Donation during life Also called iving donation or prospective sampling Diagnostics Your carefully stored body material/data is very valuable for future scientific research into the causes of these diseases. In the past, the combination of genetic, neu…

Ritesh Kumar Singh principal research fellow Research Ritesh Kumar Singh Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Sustainable and Energy Neutral Soil Sensing (SENSS). 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026 Abstract Agriculture 5.0 is expected to bring a paradigm shift in agricultural practices by leveraging advance…

Danny Cassimon full professor Research Danny Cassimon Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise How can international financial inflows (financial globalisation) be best used to promote development in the Global South? How to adequately provide sufficient finance to reach th…

Josephina Meester assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Research Josephina Meester Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I am currently doing research in the field of skeletal dysplasia and thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. These two groups of diseases are related in the co…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claiming newborn lives in Africa Penta leads new scientific collaboration to improve treatment and reduce mortality A new European-African collaboration to improve the way infections in newborns are treat…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content New paper on upsurges in invasive group A Streptococcus in Belgium The Laboratory of Medical Microbiology has published a new study in Eurosurveillance on upsurges in invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS). The paper presents the epidemiol…

Cultures of Dance search menu search content Activities CoDa Launch Event As with so many aspects of our personal and professional lives, the COVID-19 pandemic also had a profound impact on the efforts of the team to get CoDa on track and make the research network operational. While the Belgian Core…

Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska unpaid staff Publications Biljana Kakaraskoska Boceska Assessment of three antibiotic combination regimens against Gram-negative bacteria causing neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries Source Nature communications - ISSN 2041-1723-15:1 (2024) p. 1-12 Author(…

Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content Donation after death What can you expect from the diagnostic research and the storage of your body material/data? In most cases, neuropathological examination of your body material leads to a definitive diagnosis, allowing us to identify your condition…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Technology, data and privacy Summary New technologies bring with them various new trust dilemmas. In a globalized world, communication to citizens becomes diverse and often overwhelming, causing them to trust some sources of information over o…