Code
3E009908
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Genetics
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology
- Molecular and cell biology
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology
- Molecular and cell biology
- Laboratory medicine
- Medical systems biology
- Molecular and cell biology
Keywords
tumorigenesis
NF1 gene
mTOR
Project description
In this project we aim to define the critical mTOR effector pathways that participate in the development of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)-related tumorigenesis. Identifying critical mTOR effectors will help unravel the basic pathology of NF1 and provide important mechanistic insight into the mTOR pathway, which is deregulated in NF1 as well as a variety of cancers.