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Hoofdonderzoekster

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Jolanda van Hengel​
+32 (0)9 3324009
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Ons Team

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Chloë Deelkens
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PhD student
Onderwerp: Productie van rund stamcellen en spier myogenese, in vitro vleesproductie

​+32 (0)9 3320044
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Nina Heymans
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PhD student
Onderwerp:  cardiomyopathy modeling,
​iPSC technology

​+32 (0)9 3320044
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Kiara Van Acker-Verberckt
PhD student
Onderwerp: Aritmogene cardiomyopathy modeling,​ iPSC technology
​​+32 (0)9 3320044
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Emiel Van Wetter
PhD student
Onderwerp: Marfan syndrome modeling,
​ iPSC technology
+32 (0)9 3320044
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Florian Hinoveanu
PhD Student
Onderwerp: SuperPatch project
+32 (0)9 3320044
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Natasja Van den Vreken
Lab technician

+32 (0)9 3320044
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Emilia Strzalkowska-Nowicka
Project Manager SuperPatch
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Voormalige team leden

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Marleen De Groote
Pensioen in 2024
Na jarenlange steun aan onze onderzoeksgroep besloot Marleen om te beginnen aan haar welverdiend pensioen.
Jeffrey Aalders
Verdedigde zijn PhD in 2023
Onderwerp: Modelling Marfan-related cardiomyopathy in vitro using human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Huidige positie: Postdoc by Taghon lab, differentiatie van IPSCs naar CAR T cellen
Laurens Léger
Verdedigde zijn PhD in 2024
Onderwerp: One cell type, infinite possibilities: utilizing pluripotent stem cells for modelling arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. 
Huidige positie: CAR-T Operations Expert Legend Biotech
Bieke Vanslembrouck
Verdedigde haar PhD in 2019
​Onderwerp: Exploring the three dimensional organisation of the murine intercalated disc and unravelling the connection between the intercalated discs and the cytoskeleton of cardiac myocytes
Huidige positie: QPIP supervisor Legend Biotech

Master students

2023-2025

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Renée De Clopper
Investigating the Impact of Epicardial Adipose Tissue on Stem Cell-derived Cardiomyocytes and Cardiac Fibroblasts: Developing In Vitro Models Replicating the In Vivo Cardiac Environment
Zuzanna Jurkiewicz
Cardiac stress responses may activate mechanisms related to mitochondrial dysfunction, analysis in human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes 
Matisse Van Damme
Cardiotoxicity tests with human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) using multi-electrode arrays (MEAs)
2022-2024
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Kiara Van Acker-Verberckt
Cardiac stress responses may activate mechanisms related to mitochondrial dysfunction, analysis in human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Helena Serbruyns
Evaluation of Gelma as biomaterial in cardiovascular disease modelling using induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Justine Callens
Innovative approaches for cultured meat production: a dissociation agent for embryonic stem cells and stimulation induced differentiation of bovine myoblasts
Babette Roelandt
Investigating characteristics of Marfan syndrome cardiac fibroblasts using a 3D cell culturing technique
2021-2023
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​Léa De Bleeckere
Phenotypic characterization of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes from an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy patient carrying a pathogenic variant in desmoplakin
Lisse Frans
Microscopy-based assessment of the mitochondrial function in IPSC-derived cardiospheres for Marfan syndrome-related cardiomyopathy
Henri Buyse
Gene expression of maturation markers for human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

2020-2022

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Lore Vermeir 
Effect of the dental pulp harvesting method and its cryopreservation on the characteristics of the human dental pulp stem cells and their odontoblastic differentiation potential​​
Jasmine Beeckman
Co-culturing stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts to investigate cell-matrix interactions in Marfan Syndrome
Judith Van Wynsberghe
Studying Marfan cardiomyopathy with Engineered Heart Tissue
Valerie Goethals
Characterization and differentiation of bovine embryonic stem cells in prospect of the development of cultured meat
Franne Lingier
Patronen van myocardiale microRNA dysregulatie bij erfelijke cardiomyopathieën: een systematische review
Cyrille De Vilder De Keyser
​The diagnostic purposes of circulating microRNAs in the bloodstream in patients with cardiomyopathies: A systematic review

2019-2021

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Toon Callens
Role of intercalated disc shape on wave propagation in models of cardiac tissue
Lisa Dangreau
​Creating in vitro co-cultures with stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts
Bram Eeraerts
Optimizing fluorescence activated cells cell sorting protocols for stem cell cultures and their differentiation products
Tina Goossens
​Intercalated disc remodeling in mouse models
Bram Jacobs
Impact of the oxygen concentration on human pluripotent stem cell culture and cardiac differentiation
Robbert Lerno, Luna Mikkelsen
Defining maturation markers for human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes

2018-2020

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Kaija Smet
​Maturation of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes using polysaccharide matrices
Tim Tuerlings
​3D co-culture of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts using the liquid marble bioreactor
Anabel Bekemans
​The effect of the pulp harvesting method and stem cell isolation method on the multipotency of human dental pulp stem cells and their odontogenic differentiation potential
Sezer Sari
The Role and Position of alphaT-catenin in Ependymocytes
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