Loïc and Sophie have been awarded by the Foundation Léon Fredericq
Loïc Comeliau and Sophie Bekisz have received an award from the Foundation Léon Fredericq. Congratulations, well deserved! (Pictures will follow soon)
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Lies has been awarded the UvA honorary doctorate
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is awarding an honorary doctorate to our principal investigator Liesbet Geris. Lies will receive the honorary doctorate for her groundbreaking scientific work in the field of in silico medicine and the Virtual Human Twin, and its integration into clinical practice. The ceremony will take place during the celebration of the Dies Natalis[...]
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Bingbing held her PhD defense
Bingbing Liang defended her PhD thesis in Liège on 17 September 2024. Her thesis is entitled “Experimentally informed in silico design of 3D-printed Calcium Phosphate scaffolds for dental bone regeneration”. Congratulations, Bingbing! Or better said: congratulations, Dr. Liang!
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Laura was finalist for the Best VPHi Student Award 2024
Laura Lafuente-Gracia was selected as one of the four finalists for the Best VPHi Student Award at the VPH Conference 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany, held from September 4-6, 2024. Although she did not win the award, she did an outstanding job. This is the second time Laura has been named a finalist, having also been[...]
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Ehsan held his PhD defense
Ehsan Sadeghian Dehkord defended his PhD thesis in Liège on 12 July 2024. His thesis is entitled “Physico-chemical cues to guide bone regeneration in calcium phosphate-based biomaterials”. Congratulations, Ehsan! Or better said: congratulations, Dr. Sadeghian!
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Satanik joins the ORS Advocacy Council
Satanik Mukherjee has been elected as a member to the Advocacy Council of the Orthopedic Research Society (ORS). Specifically, he will serve as a member of the ORS Social Media Committee of the Advocacy Council for two years (from 2024 to 2026).
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Lisanne held her PhD defense
Lisanne Groeneveldt defended her PhD thesis in Rotterdam as part of a double/joint PhD on 28 September 2023. Her thesis is entitled “Ex Vivo Expanded Adult Human Periosteal Cells for Future Use in Craniofacial Bone Repair”. The defense in Leuven will take place in March. Congratulations, Lisanne! Or better said: congratulations, Dr. Groeneveldt!
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You can now find us in Twitter and LinkedIn!
Today we have launched the official Twitter account and LinkedIn page of the group. You can find us here: Twitter: Biomech Research Unit (@GerisLab) LinkedIn: Biomech Research Unit
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Satanik won the ESB Student award 2023
Four students were selected as finalists for the ESB Student award 2023, and our colleague Satanik Mukherjee was among them. After a tight popular voting, Satanik, together with another finalist, was announced winner of this year’s edition. Congratulations, Satanik, well-deserved! See also the official Twitter post.
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Alessio won the Best Poster Award at the SBHD 2023 conference
Alessio Gamba participated at the 15th Annual International Conference on Systems Biology of Human Disease (SBHD), which took place in Berlin (Germany) on 19-21 June 2023. Alessio presented a poster about his recent updates on the work in ONTOX project, entitled “From Nephron Physiological Map to Kidney Disease Ontologies: a Systems Biology Approach for in[...]
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