Hoofdonderzoekster
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] |
Voormalige team leden
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
Name |
Project |
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
Naam |
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
Naam |
Project |
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
Naam |
Project |
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
Naam |
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
Naam |
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 |