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An interview with VIB's newest group leader

Emanuela Pasciuto: making an impact in neuroimmunology

Emanuela Pasciuto starts her first lab of Neuroimmunology at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology in April 2023. I sat down with her in a cozy meeting room at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and interviewed her about her vision for it.

This blog post is part of the VIB Technologies campaign.

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Betting on computational neuroscience

Pedro Gonçalves joins NERF as a new PI

We welcome Pedro Gonçalves as a new group leader at NERF (empowered by imec, VIB, and KU Leuven). The Portuguese scientist will move from Germany to Leuven to start his Lab of Computational Neuroscience. He is actively seeking postdoctoral candidates and PhD students to join his team and collaborate on developing and applying machine learning methods to obtain mechanistic insights in neuroscience. We caught up with him during these busy times to get to know him.

Christine Van Broeckhoven: pioneer in many fields

Becoming the role model she didn’t have

Christine Van Broeckhoven is a world authority in genetic research into Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Her passion and drive have made indispensable contributions to understanding the disease and led to much recognition at home and abroad. In 2006, she received the L’Oréal/Unesco Prize for the best female scientist in Europe, and in 2020 she was one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech in Belgium. The awards recognize exceptional female researchers who have contributed to the advancement of science or technology. Written in Christine’s name, it seems. We look back with her on her pioneering role as a top female scientist.

An interview with Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Rosa Rademakers, and Ludo Van Den Bosch, three consecutive winners of the Generet Award

Research into rare diseases

The Generet award, managed by the King Baudouin Foundation, is the biggest prize for rare diseases in Belgium and Europe. This year’s winner is Ludo Van Den Bosch for his research on ALS. In the previous two years, the award has gone to Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Rosa Rademakers for their work on the (mis)development of the human brain and research into frontotemporal dementia, respectively. That’s three in a row for VIB. We talked to the three neuroscientists about their passion for research, what they’ve accomplished or plan to accomplish with the one-million-euro prize, and the difficulties they face when working on rare diseases.

Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's – affect more people worldwide than cancer. Yet even though scientists have been studying these diseases for decades, telling the difference between them on a biological level is still a challenge.

Neurodegeneration Cell by Cell

Neurodegenerative diseases – such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's – affect more people worldwide than cancer. Yet even though scientists have been...

Joleen Masschelein's journey in microbiology

Using microbes as factories

Joleen Masschelein started as a group leader at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology in 2020. Her Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering is passionate about exploring the vast and untapped microbial world to uncover new compounds with therapeutic potential.