Dale Annear postdoc researcher FWO Research Dale Annear Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Dynamic CGG Short Tandem Repeat Mutations as a Cause of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract CGG short tandem repeats (STRs) are stretches of low-complexity, CG-rich, repetitive …

USOS search menu search content Slowness and knowledge production - towards a slow academia? Webinar on Tuesday October 26 from 7 to 9 pm Watch the webinar There is ample evidence monitoring how and why academics suffer from chronic time-poverty; how and why they are convulsively rushed and how and …

Global Health Institute search menu search content South Africa An international academic Family Medicine Network on interprofessional collaboration Abstract The aim of the project is to create an international platform for the participating universities to exchange case-driven experiences and prove…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content UCSIA/IJS Chair 2021-2022: Prof. dr. Ariel E. Mayse For the fourteenth edition of the Chair, UCSIA and the Institute of Jewish Studies have invited Professor Ariel E. Mayse (Stanford University) to give a keynote lecture on environmental ethics …

Annelies Van Rie full professor Research Annelies Van Rie Research team Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO) Global Health Institute (GHI) Expertise Epidemiology Public Health Implementation research Global Health Infectious disease epidemiology Tuberculosis HIV Whole genome sequencing A plat…

Government and Law search menu search content Completed PhD Research Date Name PhD Title Supervisor(s) 17 May 2024 NICÓTINA Alberto Constitutional strategies in the face of multilevel governance P. Popelier P. Bursens (FSW) 19 January 2024 GONZÁLEZ RUIZ Rosa Cultural Heritage in Cuba: Elements and…

Kristien Hens associate professor Research Kristien Hens Research team Center for Ethics Expertise Ethical issues related to genetics, reproductive medicine, feminism, disability studies and neurodiversity (autism, ADHD). Advancing Health Equity Through Microbiome-Centric and Multidisciplinary Resea…

Geert Vandeweyer unpaid staff Research Geert Vandeweyer Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Analysis of genomic (re)sequencing data in the context of medical genetics. This comprises analysis of raw data, variant annotation and interpretation, building automated analysis pipelines and …

International Design Workshop Week search menu search content Biographies #1 Patricia Guaita & Raffael Baur Patricia Guaita and Raffael Baur co-initiated several research and teaching projects that explore the relationship of craft and fabrication to space, tectonics and the human being. They met at…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects The effect of antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors on the gut microbiome and infection risk in early life. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028 Abstract Our gut microbiome is affected by many factors, and it seems (prescribed…

Frank Kooy emeritus with assignment Research Frank Kooy Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise We have decades of expertise in the discovery of novel genetic intellectual disability and autism . disorders. For some of these disorders, we have performed deep-phenotyping in large patient co…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Death Care: Building the framework for a sustainable funeral industry in a superdiverse society. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Recent events such as the Covid19-pandemic and controversy around Muslim cemeteries have revealed t…

Wim Vanden Berghe full professor Research Wim Vanden Berghe Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Pyrosequencing is a fast, simple and quantitative method for analysis of CpG methylation, mutation analysis, SNP analysis in multiple sites in a single assay and eliminates the reliance on …

Kris Laukens full professor Research Kris Laukens Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) Expertise Both biological sciences and clinical medicine are currently overwhelmed by vast amounts of complex data and are becoming increasingly dependent on information technology for data analysis, interpretatio…

Medical Genetics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Elucidating the TGFß paradox in aortic aneurysmal disease: unveiling the role of endothelial cells and nitric oxide. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Impaired TGFß signaling is a defining feature of thoracic aortic aneurysm and …