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.
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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.
The range of food products containing edible insects is growing steadily. Like any other food product, they need to be checked for their levels of hazardous organic chemicals. Our researchers put them to the test.