GEN-ZEMO: Investing the mechanisms of genetic disorders using the zebrafish model system

Study of the molecular background and pathophysiology of monogenic disorders with structural cardiovasuclar anomalies

Study of the cardiovascular phenotype and etiopathogenetic mechanisms in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

Belgian Medical Genomics Initiative (BeMGI)

Pain and autonomic dysfunction in the hypermobility type of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Study of the molecular pathogenesis of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Etiopathogenetic study of inherited disorders of the connective tissue presenting with arterial malformations

Study of the pathogenesis of arterial tortuosity by using zebrafish as a model organism

Study of the pathogenic mechanisms involved in the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Retinitis pigmentosa: gene discovery and functional analysis through

Role of ABCC6, a transmembrane transporter in the liver, in connective tissue homeostasis, using Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum as a model

Study of biological mechanisms involved in heritable connective tissue disorders, using the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as a paradigm

Study of the pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Subsidiation centers for medical genetics 2010

Identification of miRNAs involved in hereditary breast cancer

Identification of new genes for recessive forms of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS)

Investigation of the molecular basis of the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic model for the study of joint hypermobility

Study of molecular pathogenesis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/

The role of abnormal gene regulation in developing hereditary diseases

The molecular pathogenesis of Cutis Laxa syndromes

Localization, identification and functional characterization of disease genes for retinal dystrophies.

Long-range genetic defects in human developmental disorders.

Study of the molecular pathogenesis of forkhead transcription factors in human developmental disorders.

The role of miRNA and methylation in the development of familial and sporadic breast cancer at a very young age.

Cardiovascular and genetics in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients with hereditary thoracic aortic aneurysms.

Fighting against aneurysmal disease

From Variome to Phenome - an integrated approach towards understanding and treating heritable connective tissue disorders

Exploration of the role of TGFbeta in the patoghenesis of aortic aneurysms leads to promising new treatment strategies

Long-range genetic defects in human forkhead-related disorders

Research into the genes involved in arterial tortuosity, and aortic aneurysms

Long-range genetic defects in human developmental disorders

Purchase of equipment supporting the sterile housekeeping of mice in the Central Animalarium of the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences