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Peter Carmeliet Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Cell Differentiation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Our team wants to find ways to generate new insulin-producing, glucose-regulated "beta" cells that can be used for transplantation in diabetes patients and ways to regenerate beta cells in the pancreas. We study rodent experimental models as well as human cells. The first aim is based on tissue engineering starting from: 1. Exocrine pancreatic cells: reprogramming of adult exocrine cells to endocrine cells, or transdifferentiation in culture. ...
Karel De Gendt KU Leuven
Department of Comparative physiology and biometrics Ghent University
The research focuses on developing new statistical methodology with veterinary applications. The main research topic consists of modeling the infection dynamics of infectious diseases based on the frailty model.