Organisation
Human Genome Laboratory
Division
The mission of the Human Genome Laboratory is to detect, characterize and treat clinically important mutations. The strategy of the group is based on the mining of the unique patient material available through our collaboration with the clinical groups of the Center for Human Genetics, KULeuven.
This group focuses on three different lines of investigations. The first aims at the characterization of molecular processes involved in the genesis and evolution of cancer. The second at the identification of genes or mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of intellectual disability (ID). The third aims at the development and study of chromosomal vectors for transgenesis. All strategies originate from the identification of aberrations in chromosomes in constitutional or acquired disease, depend on the use of a common ‘genomics’ toolkit, and use extensively the resources provided by the Human Genome Project.