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…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Molecular genetics - current research Molecular genetic detection of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia in Belgian families L Heytens Responsible Research Group Maligne Hyperthermia University of Antwerp C Van Br…

Robert Smets unpaid staff Research Robert Smets Research team Organic synthesis (ORSY) Development of new benzo[j]phenanthridine-7,12-diones as potential antimycobacterial compounds. 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018 Abstract Very recently, 3 very active compounds, all with a benzo[j]phenanthridine-7,12-dione…

μNEURO search menu search content Solving the unsolved White coats in the hospital and the lab: Jonathan and Liedewei join forces Scientists with white lab coats are not only working in the laboratory, but also in the university hospital. As researchers with a different perspective, Jonathan and Li…

Miranda Lastra Osua predoc researcher FWO Research Miranda Lastra Osua Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Deciphering the role of TMEM106B in neurodegeneration using a humanized cortical neuronal xenotransplantation model. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract TMEM106B haplot…

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 …

Pieter Van Wielendaele expert Research Pieter Van Wielendaele Research team Medical Biochemistry A mass spectromic approach to identify novel components of a key complex involved in auditory hair cell function, analysis of their interactions and functional characterisation. 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 A…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Arvid Suls research manager Research Arvid Suls Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Currently, I am the research manager of the Genomics in Medicine (GENOMED) consortium. I'm a molecular geneticist with more than 10 years expertise in next-generation sequencing, bio-informatics and gen…

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 …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ilan SCHWARTZ Emergomyces africanus: a new cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts Abstract Emergomyces africanus is a dimorphic fungus reported from South Africa in 2013 (as Emmonsia sp.) as a cause of invasive fungal disease (…

Aaron Keeley senior researcher Research Aaron Keeley Research team Medicinal Chemistry (UAMC) Expertise Academic research experience 2009-2013: My final year undergraduate degree project was in the Inorganic and Physical chemistry section and was performed under the direction of Dr. James Sullivan. …

Neurogenetics Group search menu search content Research - Neurogenetics Group Ongoing projects Past projects Strengthening the Sfax University expertise for diagnosis and management of epilepctic encephalopathies (SEED). 01/10/2019 - 31/01/2023 Abstract Epileptic encephalopathies (EE) are heterogene…

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 …

Centre for Evaluation of Vaccination search menu search content Vaccine preventable diseases and pregnancy Ongoing research Our research on vaccine preventable diseases and pregnancy includes a range of themes, such as experiments describing the presence and persistence of maternal passively acquire…

Vani Verma postdoc researcher FWO Research Vani Verma Research team Medicinal Chemistry (UAMC) Expertise Bacterial infections play a significant role in various lung diseases, including community-acquired pneumonia. To infiltrate the lungs, bacterial pathogens produce numerous proteases that are ess…

Albena Jordanova full professor Research Albena Jordanova Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Investigation of NGS-intractable mutational classes in peripheral neurodegeneration 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Many Mendelian diseases have benefited from next-generation sequencing (NGS) …

Berten Ceulemans emeritus occasional assignment Research Berten Ceulemans Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Expertise Epilepsy in children: clinical, genetic and treatment aspects. Fenfluramine as new anticonvulsive treatment. Dravet syndrome: clinical aspects. Neurodevelopmental impac…

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…

Sergio Araujo postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Sergio Araujo Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise Dr. Sergio Araujo is currently a postdoc in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) at UAntwerp and has a distinguished tra…

Second neurodevelopmental disorders conference: ADNP and more search menu search content About the conference Neurodevelopmental disorders represent a large and heterogeneous group of disorders. Individual types of neurodevelopmental disorders with known genetic aetiology are typically rare, owing t…

Abbas Alloul unpaid staff Research Abbas Alloul Research team Redoxome: Adaptation strategies of purple bacteria to redox stress of carbon sources. 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract Purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) show great potential for environmental biotechnology, producing microbial protein, bi…

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…

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 …

Therese Lapperre associate professor Research Therese Lapperre Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise My main research interest involves the pathogenesis and management of patients with COPD and asthma. This involves collaborations on (international) observati…