Hoofdonderzoekster
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Ons Team
Chloë Deelkens
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Emiel Van Wetter
PhD student Onderwerp: Marfan syndrome modeling, iPSC technology +32 (0)9 3320044 [email protected] |
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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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Project |
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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Project |
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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Project |
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 |