It takes two to tango_ a decryption of Marfan cardiomyopathy using human iPSC- derived cardiac cells and engineered heart tissues

Doctoral project Chloë Deelkens

Identification of novel genes and drug targets for cardiomyopathies using a CRISPRi screen approach

One cell type, infinite possibilities: utilizing human pluripotent stem cells for modeling arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and cardiac tissue engineering

Doctoral project Barbara Verstraeten

Unraveling the link between arrythmia and dyscholesterolemia in human in vitro cell models under normoxic and hypoxic conditions

Bovine embryonic stem cell development and myoblast maturation approaches as prospective key technological advancements for cultured meat development.

Cofunding Core Facility - Clinical Tissue and Cell Culture core

Cultured stem cells for customized meat design

Disturbance of the cytoskeleton-plasmamembrane interactions results in intercalated disc malformation and induces cardiomyopathy

Exploring molecular mechanisms underlying arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy using human engineered heart tissue

Generation and characterization of three novel induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte lines as a model to study the pathophysiological mechanisms of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Human stem cell-derived models to unveil mechanisms of impaired myocardial function in Marfan Syndrome

Research on cardiomyopathies using models derived from human stem cells

Unraveling novel causal and modifier genes in arrythmogenic cardiomyopathy

All-in-one plasma-assisted engineering of a superior patch for cardiac repair (SuperPatch)

Basic research equipment for paraffin-based histology.

Microelectrode arrays (MEAs): generally used equipment to measure the functional activity of electrogenic cells.

Role of cell adhesion-mediated signaling in craniofacial malformations: an integrated molecular and morphological study

Stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED): Nanoscopy for innovative research in the life sciences

Tissue and cell culture core facility

Upgrade of confocal FLIM microscope with two-photon excitation and detection modules

White light laser-based confocal fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope for multi-parameter 3D live imaging