Researcher
Björn Menten
- Keywords:prenatal genetic testing, genomics, whole genome sequencing, long read sequencing, preimplantation genetic testing
- Disciplines:Epigenetics, Analysis of next-generation sequence data, Bioinformatics of disease, Bioinformatics data integration and network biology, Data visualisation and high-throughput image analysis, Ontologies, data curation and text mining, Development of bioinformatics software, tools and databases, Immunogenetics, Clinical genetics and molecular diagnostics, Medical epigenomics, Medical metagenomics, Medical genomics, Single-cell data analysis, Genetics, Structural bioinformatics and computational proteomics, Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Administrative office)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 30 Sep 2005 - Department of Pediatrics and medical genetics (Department)
Member
From1 Feb 2003 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 10 of 25
- Safety first: optimizing artificial oocyte creation through diploid cell haploidizationFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Nuclear Transfer for female-related infertility and mitochondrial diseasesFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Applied Biomedical Research (TBM)
- Application of the Nuclear Transfer technology to overcome female-related infertilityFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Long-read sequencing for the detection of cryptic structural variation in patients with intellectual disability and congenital anomaliesFrom16 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Detection of somatic mutations and disease-defining methylation patterns in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with non-acquired focal epilepsyFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Foundations, funds and other with scientific goal
- Cofunding core facility - UGent NGS CoreFrom1 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- Proteomics-derived epitopes for dramatically improved anticancer and antibacterial vaccine developmentFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Non-invasive prenatal screening for the presymptomatic detection of pregnancy complicationsFrom1 Jul 2020 → 30 Jun 2022Funding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Precision medicine in inherited blindness using integrated omics in human and animal modelsFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- In-depth comparison and feasibility assessment of an integrated pipeline for neoantigen identification and HLA ligandome sequencing in a clinical settingFrom1 Nov 2019 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
21 - 30 of 47
- Leigh syndrome followed by parkinsonism in an adult with homozygous c.626C > T mutation in MTFMT(2018)
Authors: Dimitri Hemelsoet, Arnaud Vanlander, Joél Smet, Elise Vantroys, Marjan Acou, Ingeborg Goethals, Tom Sante, Sara Seneca, Björn Menten, Rudy Van Coster
- A neuronal enhancer network upstream of MEF2C is compromised in patients with Rett-like characteristics(2018)
Authors: Eva D'haene, Reut Bar-Yaacov, Inbar Bariah, Lies Vantomme, Sien Van Loo, Francisco Avila Cobos, Karen Verboom, Reut Eshel, Rawan Alatawna, Björn Menten, et al.
Number of pages: 1 - Flexible analysis of digital PCR experiments using generalized linear mixed models(2016)
Authors: Matthijs Vynck, Jo Vandesompele, Nele Nijs, Björn Menten, Ariane De Ganck, Olivier Thas
Pages: 1 - 13 - Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2G redefined by a novel mutation in LRSAM1(2016)
Authors: Kristien Peeters, Paulius Palaima, Ana L Pelayo-Negro, Antonio García, Elena Gallardo, Rosario García-Barredo, Ligia Mateiu, Jonathan Baets, Björn Menten, Els De Vriendt, et al.
Pages: 823 - 833 - Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for translocation carriers using whole genome screening by microarray analysis at the blastocyst stage(2016)Volume: 31
Authors: CHRISTODOULOS CHRISTODOULOU, Annelies Dheedene, Ilse De Croo, Björn Heindryckx, Lieselot Deleye, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Petra De Sutter, Björn Menten, Etienne Van den Abbeel
Pages: 386 - 387 - Comparative analysis of different culture conditions inducing naive pluripotency in human embryonic stem cells(2015)Volume: 30
Authors: Sharat Warrier, Galbha Duggal, Jasin Taelman, Sylvie Lierman, S Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Ann Van Soom, Luc Peelman, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter De Coninck, Björn Menten, et al.
Pages: 93 - 93 - Phenotypic and molecular insights into CASK-related disorders in males(2015)
Authors: Ute Moog, Tatjana Bierhals, Kristina Brand, Jan Bautsch, Saskia Biskup, Thomas Brune, Jonas Denecke, Christine E de Die-Smulders, Christina Evers, Maja Hempel, et al.
- Identification of lncRNAs involved in neuronal development and intellectual disability(2015)Volume: 23
Authors: Sarah Vergult, Eva D'haene, Eva Jacobs, Björn Menten
Pages: 160 - 160 - In vitro human embryonic stem cell hematopoiesis mimics MYB independent yolk sac hematopoiesis(2014)Volume: 42
Authors: Stijn Vanhee, Katrien De Mulder, Yasmine Van Caeneghem, Nadine Van Roy, Björn Menten, Imke Velghe, Jan Philippé, Tom Taghon, Georges Leclercq, Tessa Kerre, et al.
Pages: S63 - S63 - CMYB expression during human in vitro hematopoiesis(2013)Volume: 41
Authors: Stijn Vanhee, Yasmine Van Caeneghem, Katrien De Mulder, Imke Velghe, Sylvie Taveirne, Nadine Van Roy, Björn Menten, Sylvia Snauwaert, Greet Verstichel, Melissa Dullaers, et al.
Pages: S33 - S33