Basic (bio-) Medical Sciences Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Basic and applied biomedical research, and biomedical science-based higher education.
Basic and applied biomedical research, and biomedical science-based higher education.
BIOMED is a multidisciplinary institute where fundamental as well as applied scientific research, innovation and education are carried out in a stimulating academic environment within the domain of life sciences.
High quality fundamental and applied research is performed in a limited number of selected core domains relevant to human health and disease. Scientific services are conducted in activity fields closely related to our ...
The Department of Cell Biology (CYTO-VUB) is specialized in molecular and cellular liver research, with a main focus on the (patho)biology of hepatic stellate cells and liver progenitor cells. Prof. A. Geerts contributed to the first paper on isolation, purification and culturing of hepatic stellate cells (1) and is the author of a side scatter activated cell sorting method to purify freshly isolated hepatic stellate cell up to 95 - 100% (2). ...
The research unit CIMM, founded by Patrick De Baetselier in 1983, initially focused on cellular immunology, mainly in the context of tumour biology. The basic themes were the analysis of immune escape mechanisms as well as the mechanisms involved in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of cancer cells. Since several common points may exist in the ways either cancer cells or parasites evade immune surveillance, cellular interactions involved ...
Topic A : Coccodiosis Immuneresponse against coccidia: antigenic characterization of Eimeria stiedae and Eimeria magna; production of monoclonal antibodies and construction of expression libraries Characterisation of a double stranded RNA virus in Eimeria stiedae Topic B : Leishmaniasis Investigation of circular and linear forms of nucleic acids in Leishmania Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis karyotyping of New World Leishmania applications in ...
The EXPA research group brings together the clinical-pathological expertise of Prof. Ramses Forsyth and the more fundamental histopathologically oriented expertise of Prof. Peter in't Veld, thereby restoring the traditional interaction between a clinical UZ department and the Faculty in this (translational) biomedical research important domain. It will serve not only as a core facility for histopathology, but also as a platform for developing ...
HEIM is part of the Oncology Research Center and consists of a fundamental research team located at the Faculty of the Brussels Health Campus and a translational research team located at the University Hospital. Fundamental Research consists of cancer research in different tumor models including Multiple Myeloma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia and B-cell lymphoma. The aim of this research is to find novel therapeutic targets within the field of ...
The research group Immunology (IMMU) groups the teaching on Immunology, Hematology and Microbiology of the faculty of Medicine.Most of the teaching staffmembers also have appointments in clinical departements of the university hospital. IMMU harbours several research groups clustered around two main topics: A/ Biology and treatment of haematological diseases. This activity is spread over the departments of Clinical Haematology and Stem Cell ...