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Dr. Paul Fransen and colleagues from the Physiopharmacology Lab investigated the role of Nitric Oxide (NO) in controlling arterial stiffness. Given the clinical relevance of arterial stiffness as a predictor of cardiovascular risk, NO-signaling pathways could become an attractive pharmacologic target when the underlying mechanisms of arterial stiffening are fully unraveled.
Altijd al willen weten wat die stuvers nu eigenlijk doen aan onze faculteit en in de Studentenraad? Dan ben je bij mij aan het juiste adres! Mijn naam is Liselotte Bal en ik ben al twee jaar actief als stuver aan onze faculteit en in de Studentenraad.
Gwendolyn Vliegen, a PhD student working with Prof. Ingrid De Meester in the Laboratory for Medical Biochemistry, just completed a study on identifying new diagnostic biomarkers for sepsis.
Dr. Elke Ydens and Prof. Vincent Timmerman, together with colleagues from Ghent University and the VIB, studied a crushed peripheral nerve injury and investigated the specific role of the immune system in repairing this nerve damage. They discovered new macrophage subsets that are distinctly localised in peripheral nerves.
Prof. Hans De Winter and his team (Medicinal Chemistry Lab) have been granted a large amount of computer time on the Flemish Tier-1 supercomputer (VSC) to screen for small molecules that could inactivate the Coronavirus.
I’m Georgios Petrellis and I’m an international student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences. I’m currently doing an internship at the NIH in the USA. Similarly to Belgium, we are also in a lockdown.
Which career paths do our alumni follow? Meet alumni Michael Meulyzer who is working as an equine surgeon, and Casper Pype who is working as a Solutions Specialist at Anju Software.
PhD training programs are often too focused on academia. Thanks to a European initiative, the Innovative Training Network, PhD students can perform research at two different universities and also obtain practical training in a pharmaceutical company.
I’m Laura Vangenechten a Master’s student in Biochemistry & Biotechnology. Belgium is currently in a COVID-19 enforced lockdown, thus I have a lot of extra time at home. If you need to stay at home for a long period of time, it’s important to remain intellectually active. You can use a few hours a day to enhance your skills. I’ve been learning the programming language ‘Python’.
Due to the Coronavirus, we had to cancel all our practical classes on the campus. But, our faculty set up state-of-the-art virtual practical physiology classes. Our students now have access to some of the most advanced remote learning tools.
Mijn naam is Larissa Bultena en ik zit in mijn eerste bachelor jaar van biomedische wetenschappen. Zoals je al misschien hebt gemerkt heeft het Covid19-virus de hele wereld in bedwang. Ook Nederland en België. Ik ben een Nederlandse student die in België studeert. Hierdoor zit ik momenteel vast in mijn eigen huis in Nederland.
Het zijn ongewone tijden met COVID-19 en we moeten met zijn allen nog een tijdje in ons kot blijven. Maar hoe ga je daar als student dan het beste mee om? Wat moet je al die tijd doen? En hoe combineer je dat het beste met je schoolwerk? Hier vind je enkele ervaringen en tips van mezelf en medestudenten die jou kunnen helpen om deze bizarre tijd door te komen.