📣 New research led by the Van Den Bosch Lab identifies potential therapeutic target for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (#ALS). The study, published in Cell Reports, found that downregulating the EGLN2 enzyme protects motor neurons in several models of the disease. “We used a multi-model approach to investigate the effects of EGLN2 in different cell types,” says Christine Germeys, first author of the study. “We included zebrafish, mice, and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from an ALS patient and used single-nuclei RNA sequencing to understand the underlying processes behind EGLN2 regulation.” Find out more ➡ https://lnkd.in/eMjbWh_2
VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research
Biotechnology Research
Understanding the Brain, Curing Disease
About us
Scientists at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease study how brain cells are organized and how they communicate with each other. These mechanisms reveal and provide insights into what goes wrong in brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and dystonia. This basic work should ultimately lead to new drugs for use against these currently incurable diseases. ___ VIB’s core mission is to generate disruptive insights into the molecular underpinning of life and to translate these actively into impactful innovations for patients and society. VIB is an independent research institute where some 1,800 top scientists from Belgium and abroad conduct pioneering basic research. As such, they are pushing the boundaries of what we know about molecular mechanisms and how they rule living organisms such as human beings, animals, plants, and microorganisms. __ KU Leuven is Europe’s most innovative university (Reuters) and ranks 45th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. As Belgium's largest university, KU Leuven welcomes 60,000 students from over 140 countries. Its 7,000 researchers are active in a comprehensive range of disciplines. KU Leuven is a founding member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) and has a strong European and international orientation. University Hospitals Leuven, its network of research hospitals, provides high-quality healthcare and develops new therapeutic and diagnostic insights with an emphasis on translational research.
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External link for VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research
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- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
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- Leuven
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- Neurobiology
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🔬 T.G.I. #FluorescenceFriday! This 'fluffy pompom' is in fact an organoid, which postdoc Franck Maurinot, PhD has been growing in the Pierre Vanderhaeghen lab with the ultimate goal of transplanting brain cells 🧠 📗 Find out more at KU Leuven Stories ▶️ https://lnkd.in/e-yPGube. 📸 Image Credits: Franck Maurinot, PhD & Nikky Corthout
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🚀 Three VIB group leaders received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, including our very own Esther Klingler! Esther's grant will be used to study how genes and environment interact during amygdala circuit establishment and the long-term consequences of early stress on these circuits. This could improve our understanding of emotional dysregulation in neuropsychiatric conditions, such as anxiety disorders. Read the whole story ➡ https://lnkd.in/eAJiX8tt More on the Klingler Lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research ➡ klinglerlab.org
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For our latest Colleague with a Story we chat with Artemis Koumoundourou, postdoctoral researcher at our Center and Executive Director at TReND in Africa 🚀 TReND (Teaching and Research in Natural Sciences for Development in Africa) is a non-profit organization supporting scientific capacity-building across Africa. They run cutting-edge biomedical training courses and work with African researchers to advance their research goals by sharing tools, equipment, and expertise. Find out more about how she got into it, what they've been working on, and how researchers can get involved ↘ https://lnkd.in/e9XaeHHq
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🔭 Looking for your next career move in #neuroscience? The Lynette Lim Laboratory of Interneuron Developmental Dynamics are searching for motivated PhDs, postdocs, and interns to join their growing team ✨ More about the lab ➡ limlab.sites.vib.be https://lnkd.in/eBt-Xa6g
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💙 For #WorldAlzheimersDay, our researchers will take part in the Leuven Night Run on September 21st to raise awareness about Alzheimer's Disease and #dementia. 🏃♀️ For this run we are partnering with Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek Fondation Recherche Alzheimer (SAO). You can choose to support our runners and the foundation by donating, sharing, or fundraising. 🔗 Support our Action 👇 https://lnkd.in/eX6ne8jC Several of our research groups study the underlying neurobiology of Alzheimer's and dementia at large with the goal of working towards a cure. Find out more about our research ➡ cbd.sites.vib.be
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📣 New study links premature development of human neurons to brain developmental disorders 🧠 📈 Researchers from the Vanderhaeghen (VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research) × Bonin (Nerf - empowered by imec, KU Leuven and VIB) labs have discovered that mutations in the SYNGAP1 gene disrupt the prolonged development of human neurons. Their work has impacts our understanding of intellectual disabilities and autism. Their findings were published today in Neuron. Find out more ➡ https://lnkd.in/dpfuysAD
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🗺 Introducing Nova-ST, a new open-source platform for high-resolution spatial transcriptomics! 📌 Spatial transcriptomics is an emerging technology that allows scientists to measure and map gene activity in a tissue sample. However, existing methods are often costly and suffer from low resolution. ⚡ Developed in the Laboratory of Computational Biology (Stein Aerts) and the Single Cell Expertise Unit (Suresh Kumar Poovathingal × Kristofer Davie), Nova-ST will make large-scale, high-resolution spatial tissue analysis more accessible and affordable. Their research was published today in Cell Reports Methods. Find out more ➡ https://lnkd.in/eQHYCfad
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⏰ Just a few days left to submit abstracts for the #BrainMosaic24 conference for the chance to win a poster prize by Nature Neuroscience! 🏆 🤝 The organizing committee includes our very own Bart De Strooper, Stein Aerts, and Lynette Lim. In addition, the event's speaker line-up features Esther Klingler, who joined the VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research as a group leader last year. Find out more and register ➡ https://lnkd.in/eFxB-RQ6
💬"#BrainMosaic24 is one of the most exciting conferences of the year. I warmly recommend this meeting to anybody interested in the cellular composition of the brain." - Bart De Strooper Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eFxB-RQ6 ⏰ Are you conducting research in neuroscience and want to present your findings to the leading scientists at #BrainMosaic24? Submit your abstract before the 8 August deadline. Nature Neuroscience has kindly offered a poster award 🏆. Speaker line-up: Stein Aerts, Detlev Arendt, Aparna Bhaduri, Philippe L. De Jager, Naomi Habib, Clifford George Kentros, Agnete Kirkeby, Esther Klingler, Ed Lein, Boaz Levi, Sten Linnarsson, Evan Macosko, Michelle Monje, Mercedes Paredes, Casey Schneider-Mizell, Lora B. Sweeney, Zizhen Yao, Xiaowei Zhuang.
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🔊 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has decided not to approve #Lecanemab for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Prof. Bart De Strooper, Alzheimer's researcher at our Center and the UK Dementia Research Institute, responds ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eTsyun4a