Members Principal Investigators Postdocs PhD students Technical staff Past Members Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Christophe Blockeel Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Martine De Rycke PGD-DNA laboratory Principal Investigators Dr. Alexander Gheldof Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Frederik Hes Clinical Geneticist Principal Investigators Email address Frederik.Hes@uzbrussel.be Prof. Dr. Kathelijn Keymolen Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Sara Seneca Molecular genetics laboratory Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Karen Sermon Head of REGE Principal Investigators Email address karen.sermon@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4635 Prof. Dr. Claudia Spits Research Professor Principal Investigators Email address claudia.spits@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Prof. Dr. Katrien Stouffs Molecular genetics laboratory Principal Investigators Email address kstouffs@vub.ac.be Prof. Dr. Hilde Van de Velde Research Professor Principal Investigators Email address hilde.vandevelde@uzbrussel.be Telephone +32 2 477 6696 Prof. Dr. Sonia Van Dooren Coordinator BRIGHTcore Principal Investigators Dr. Pieter Verdyck Principal Investigators Prof. Dr. Willem Verpoest Principal Investigators Postdocs Dr. Diana Al Delbany Tumerogenic capacity of hPSC Postdocs Email address Diana.Al.Delbany@vub.be Dr. Wafaa Essahib TE regulators in human embryos Postdocs Email address wafaa.essahib@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Dr. Panagiotis Stamatiadis Genome editing and lineage segregation in the human embryo Postdocs Email address Panagiotis.Stamatiadis@vub.be PhD Students Edouard Couvreu De Deckersberg Genome integrity in hPSC PhD Students Email address Edouard.Couvreu.De.Deckersberg@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Chi Mai Duong Impact of CNV on RPE differentiation PhD Students Email address chi.mai.duong@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Anfien Huyghebaert Development of liver organoids to model hPSC tumorigenesis PhD Students Email address anfien.emma.huyghebaert@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Charlotte Janssens Origin of chromosomal abnormalities PhD Students Email address charlotte.janssens@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Nusa Krivec Mechanisms regulating exit from pluripotency PhD Students Email address nusa.krivec@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Yingnan Lei Impact of CNV on RPE differentiation PhD Students Email address yingnan.lei@vub.be Fiona Maria Pancken Novel regulators of embryonic development PhD Students Email address Fiona.Maria.Pancken@vub.be Ellen Rijckmans, MD Transcriptomics in the lissencephaly spectrum PhD Students Email address Ellen.Rijckmans@vub.be Maria Tryfonos Modelling human embryo implantation using 3D, patient-specific endometrial assembloids. PhD Students Email address Maria.Tryfonos@vub.be Sophie Uyttebroeck, MD Molecular etiology of Pompe disease PhD Students Email address Sophie.Uyttebroeck@vub.be Annelore Van der Kelen, MD Genetics of female infertility PhD Students Email address Annelore.Van.Der.Kelen@vub.be Hamide Yildirim Functional characterization of genes associated with MCD PhD Students Email address hamide.yildirim@vub.be Telephone +32 477 4637 Technical Staff Brecht Ghesquiere Lab-technician Technical staff Email address brecht.ghesquiere@vub.be Dr. Marius Regin Medical writer/illustrator Technical staff Email address mregin@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 An Verloes Lab-manager Technical staff Email address an.verloes@vub.be Past members Andrej Demtschenko Past members Email address Andrej.Demtschenko@vub.be Geoffrey Duqué Past members Email address geoffrey.duque@vub.be Dr. Dominika Dziedzicka Differentiation potential of hPSC lines Past members Email address dominika.dziedzicka@vub.be Dr. Silvie Franck Myotonic Dystrophy type I Past members Email address silvie.franck@vub.be Dr. Manjusha Ghosh Past members Email address manjusha.ghosh@vub.be Pierre Hilven Retired lab-technician Past members Email address pierre.hilven@vub.be Ela Kacin Past members Email address ela.kacin@vub.be Dr. Alex Keller Genome integrity in hPSC Past members Email address Alexander.Keller@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Dr. Christina Markouli Past members Email address Christina.Markouli@vub.be Dr. Joke Mertens MitoART Past members Email address joke.mertens@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637 Dr. Florence Perold Synthetic embryos and endometrial organoids Past members Email address florence.perold@vub.be Dr. Laura Vandervore Malformations of cortical development Past members Email address laura.vandervore@vub.be Doan Trang Laura Vo Ngoc Pompe Disease Past members Email address Doan.Trang.L.Vo.Ngoc@vub.be
Prof. Dr. Frederik Hes Clinical Geneticist Principal Investigators Email address Frederik.Hes@uzbrussel.be
Prof. Dr. Karen Sermon Head of REGE Principal Investigators Email address karen.sermon@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4635
Prof. Dr. Claudia Spits Research Professor Principal Investigators Email address claudia.spits@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Prof. Dr. Katrien Stouffs Molecular genetics laboratory Principal Investigators Email address kstouffs@vub.ac.be
Prof. Dr. Hilde Van de Velde Research Professor Principal Investigators Email address hilde.vandevelde@uzbrussel.be Telephone +32 2 477 6696
Dr. Wafaa Essahib TE regulators in human embryos Postdocs Email address wafaa.essahib@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Dr. Panagiotis Stamatiadis Genome editing and lineage segregation in the human embryo Postdocs Email address Panagiotis.Stamatiadis@vub.be
Edouard Couvreu De Deckersberg Genome integrity in hPSC PhD Students Email address Edouard.Couvreu.De.Deckersberg@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Chi Mai Duong Impact of CNV on RPE differentiation PhD Students Email address chi.mai.duong@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Anfien Huyghebaert Development of liver organoids to model hPSC tumorigenesis PhD Students Email address anfien.emma.huyghebaert@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Charlotte Janssens Origin of chromosomal abnormalities PhD Students Email address charlotte.janssens@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Nusa Krivec Mechanisms regulating exit from pluripotency PhD Students Email address nusa.krivec@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Fiona Maria Pancken Novel regulators of embryonic development PhD Students Email address Fiona.Maria.Pancken@vub.be
Ellen Rijckmans, MD Transcriptomics in the lissencephaly spectrum PhD Students Email address Ellen.Rijckmans@vub.be
Maria Tryfonos Modelling human embryo implantation using 3D, patient-specific endometrial assembloids. PhD Students Email address Maria.Tryfonos@vub.be
Sophie Uyttebroeck, MD Molecular etiology of Pompe disease PhD Students Email address Sophie.Uyttebroeck@vub.be
Annelore Van der Kelen, MD Genetics of female infertility PhD Students Email address Annelore.Van.Der.Kelen@vub.be
Hamide Yildirim Functional characterization of genes associated with MCD PhD Students Email address hamide.yildirim@vub.be Telephone +32 477 4637
Dr. Marius Regin Medical writer/illustrator Technical staff Email address mregin@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Dr. Dominika Dziedzicka Differentiation potential of hPSC lines Past members Email address dominika.dziedzicka@vub.be
Dr. Alex Keller Genome integrity in hPSC Past members Email address Alexander.Keller@vub.be Telephone +32 2 477 4637
Dr. Florence Perold Synthetic embryos and endometrial organoids Past members Email address florence.perold@vub.be
Dr. Laura Vandervore Malformations of cortical development Past members Email address laura.vandervore@vub.be