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Meet our team.

Principal investigator

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Jolanda van Hengel​
+32 (0)9 3324009
Jolanda.vanHengel@Ugent.be

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Our Team

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Jeffrey Aalders
PhD student
Topics: Marfan syndrome modeling, iPSC technology
​​+32 (0)9 3322646
Jeffrey.Aalders@Ugent.be

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Laurens Léger​
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PhD student
​Topics: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy modeling, iPSC technology

​+32 (0)9 3322646
Laurens.Leger@Ugent.be

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Chloë Deelkens
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PhD student
Topics: Bovine cell reprogramming, in vitro meat production

​+32 (0)9 3322646
Chloe.Deelkens@Ugent.be

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Marleen De Groote
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Lab technician

+32 (0)9 3323763
​Marleen.DeGroote@Ugent.be
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Natasja Van den Vreken
Lab technician

+32 (0)9 3323763
Natasja.VandenVreken@Ugent.be

Former lab members

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Bieke Vanslembrouck
Defended PhD in 2019
Topic: Exploring the three dimensional organisation of the murine intercalated disc and unravelling the connection between the intercalated discs and the cytoskeleton of cardiac myocytes
Current position: Postdoc in the group of Carolyn Larabell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Master students

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

2018-2020

Name
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
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