Organisations
Laboratory of Protein Phosphorylation and Proteomics KU Leuven
- We investigate the regulation of (patho)physiological processes via reversible protein phosphorylation, and explore the therapeutic potential of the kinases and phosphatases involved. Focus is on Protein Kinase D (PKD) and Protein Phosphatase 2A (PP2A), but increasingly also on broader (kinome and phosphatome wide) approaches to systematically identify kinases/phosphatases that are implicated in (patho)physiological ...
Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology KU Leuven
The Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology investigates neural processes underlying visual cognition, mainly of extrastriate or higher order cortices, of human and non-human primates.
The main tools are single-cell and multiple cell recordings, human and awake monkey fMRI, stimulation and inactivation studies, behavioural studies and modeling.
Particular topics of present interest are animate and inanimate object processing, ...
Research Group Experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy KU Leuven
- Head injury: pharmacological agents. - Lumbardisc herniation: prevention of epidural scan tissue formation. - Hydrodynamic characteristics of the cerebrospinal fluid spaces in normal and hydrocephalic brain. Physiopathology of the Cushing response. - ICP during external vertricular drainage. - Biomechanics of skull- and braininjuries in cyclists. Protection by helmets. - Spinal cord stumulation using a new epidural lead and pulse generator. ...
Research Group for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy KU Leuven
The laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy is committed to gain insight in the underlying pathology of Parkinson's Disease (PD) and more recently Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), on both the molecular and cellular level. We are specifically focussing on the proteins α-synuclein and LRRK2, two key players in sporadic and familial PD.  The underlying idea is that better disease models and insights in the molecular pathogenesis are required ...
Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences KU Leuven
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences researches a broad range of subjects spanning the entire drug discovery and development process, carries out studies on the use of medicinal products in society and guides practitioners in the field. Major areas of research are: target validation - drug discovery - medicinal chemistry - retrovirology - gene therapy - therapeutic and diagnostic antibodies - biocrystallography - ...