Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Mechanistic insights in mitral valve prolapse and associated left ventricular remodelling: Barlow’s Disease versus Fibroelastic Deficiency Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a frequent valvular disorder with a prevalence of 2-3% in the general populat…

Amelia Zanchi doctoral scholarship holder Research Amelia Zanchi Research team VIB CMN - Neuroimmunology Exploring the role of T cells in the ADNP deficiency model of syndromic autism. 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract Loss-function mutations in the Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) g…

Melissa Van Praet predoc researcher FWO Research Melissa Van Praet Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) The role of elastin-derived peptides in the progression of arterial stiffness with a focus on autophagy inhibition as contributing mechanism. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Elastin is res…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph OKEBE From control to elimination: reducing residual malaria transmission in The Gambia Summary Malaria endemic countries such as The Gambia, backed by political will and international funding, have significantly reduced the malaria burden. T…

Charlotte Jacobs doctoral scholarship holder Research Charlotte Jacobs Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Identification of endotrophin as a new key player in vascular aging. 01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027 Abstract Age-related diseases such as cardiovascular (CV) disease have a substantial impact …

Lynn Roth TT. asst. research professor Research Lynn Roth Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise The Laboratory of Physiopharmacology has a major track record in cardiovascular disease. Our research involves the morphological and hemodynamic changes that occur during vascular ageing a…

Emanuela Pasciuto associate professor - research leader Research Emanuela Pasciuto Research team VIB CMN - Neuroimmunology Expertise The Neuroimmunology lab studies the complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems. Immune-dependent processes are involved in diseases that were previous…

Ilse Luyckx senior researcher Research Ilse Luyckx Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Projects: • Unravelling the pathological key events underlying SMAD6-deficiency in patients with bicuspid aortic valve-related aortopathy • Unravelling the genetic architecture of (bicuspid aorti…

Jessica Rosenblum doctoral scholarship holder Publications Jessica Rosenblum "Phenotypic and genotypic insights, counseling strategies, and follow-up in 24 individuals with filamin a deficiency : findings from a retrospective cohort study" Source Acta neurologica Belgica - ISSN 0300-9009- (2025) p. …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ermias DIRO Clinical management of Visceral Leishmaniasis in HIV Patients in Ethiopia Thesis summary The research included in this thesis aimed at investigating better management options for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in people with HIV infection. …

Andreas Gevaert assistant professor Research Andreas Gevaert Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise Heart failure, exercise physiology, cardiac imaging Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with echocardiography for early diagnosis and deep phenotyping of heart failure with preserve…

Silvia Amor Barris senior researcher Research Silvia Amor Barris Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Expertise My job consist to uncover how loss of functional HINT1 leads to a rare form of peripheral neuropathy. To do so, I work with mammalian cells and yeast to identify disease phenoty…

2nd European CMT Specialist Conference search menu search content Poster session 1 Friday 24/10/2025, 12:30 - 14:30 Posters with odd numbers will be presented in this session. Basic sciences and the many faces of CMT P1: Paola Saveri (Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Italy) CMT1E U…

Hannah Stamberger unpaid staff Research Hannah Stamberger Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Genetics of epileptic encephalopathies - from genotype-phenotype correlation to disease modeling in zebrafish 01/10/2017 - 30/09/2019 Abstract Dravet syndrome (DS) is a severe ep…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers Multiplex detection method for diagnosing and follow-up of Lysosomal Storage Disorders A new and innovative diagnostic method using multiplex LC-MS/MS on dried blood spots (DBS) has been developed and validated for three comm…

Caroline Van De Heyning assistant professor Research Caroline Van De Heyning Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Expertise Valvular heart disease Mitral regurgitation Cardiac imaging Exercise hemodynamics Cardiac fibrosis Cardiopulmonary exercise testing with echocardiography for earl…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content TACTT Targeted and Combination Therapy Team The TACTT team focuses on developing novel, targeted anticancer strategies that specifically eliminate tumor cells and mostly leave normal, healthy cells alone. Targeted therapy is a cancer treatme…

Marie-Jose Tassignon emeritus occasional assignment Research Marie-Jose Tassignon Research team Expertise Lens and lens capsule Biometry Epidemiology of refraction and biometry Physiological optics Keratoconus IOL exchange Glaucoma Densitometry Quality of vision Artificial iris Floaters Macular edem…

Griet Jacobs project coordinator Publications Griet Jacobs Cardiac electrophysiology studies in mice via the transjugular route : a comprehensive practical guide Source American journal of physiology : heart and circulatory physiology - ISSN 0363-6135-323:4 (2022) p. H763-H773 Author(s) Kasper Faver…

Katleen Huyghe Faculty Coordinator, Faculty of Sciences Publications Katleen Huyghe Chemosensory predator detection in lacertid lizards Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 2020,268 p. Author(s) Charlotte Van Moorleghem, Raoul Van Damme, Katleen Huyghe Ci…

Melissa Van Praet predoc researcher FWO Publications Melissa Van Praet The olive polyphenol hydroxytyrosol enhances autophagy and heme oxygenase-1 expression in aortic endothelial cells and reduces arterial stiffness ex vivo Source Planta medica: natural products and medicinal plant research - ISSN …

Nicolette Moes assistant professor Publications Nicolette Moes Central nervous system manifestations of LRBA deficiency : case report of two siblings and literature review Source BMC pediatrics - ISSN 1471-2431-23:1 (2023) p. 1-10 Author(s) T.C. Mangodt, K. Vanden Driessche, Koenraad Norga, Nicolett…

Lucy Adundo predoc researcher FWO Research Lucy Adundo Research team Development processes, actors and policies Implication of supermarketization on food and nutrition security of the urban population: The case of Nairobi city in Kenya. 01/11/2024 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Increasing urbanization and tr…

Charlotte Van Moorleghem unpaid staff Publications Charlotte Van Moorleghem Proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) as a tool for studying animal volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions Source -, Dryad, 2021, Author(s) Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Charlotte Van Moorleghe…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of miR-181 in HFpEF Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represents 50% of heart failure cases and is characterized by poor prognosis (50% 5-year mortality) and reduced quality of life. Due to a…