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Mojtaba held his PhD defense

Mojtaba Barzegari Shankil brilliantly defended his PhD thesis in Leuven on 15 June 2023. The thesis is entitled “Mathematical and computational modeling of metallic biomaterials biodegradation”. Congratulations, Mojtaba! Or better said: congratulations, Dr. Barzegari!
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Laura won the Best flash talk award at the byteMAL conference 2023

Laura Lafuente-Gracia gave a flash talk at the byteMAL conference 2023, with which she won the Best flash talk award. The conference took place in Aachen, Germany on 23 May 2023. She presented her bone regeneration model applied to the investigation of large craniofacial defects. You can see the slides of the flash talk here,[...]
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Lies has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Consolidator Grants, and our principal investigator Liesbet Geris is among this year’s recipients. Congratulations! The grant has been awarded to the INSTAnt CARMA project, which will continue our group’s research on the development of new cartilage regenerative medicine techniques for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The project will use digital[...]
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Tim received a Young Investigator Award at the 13th International BMP Conference

Tim Herpelinck received a Young Investigator Award at the 13th International BMP Conference. The conference was held from 8th – 12th October 2022, where he presented a case study of how the Skeletal Cell Atlas can be used to analyze BMP signaling throughout limb development in silico. A conference review has now been published in RAD CASA – Medical[...]
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Sophie has received an operating grant from the Foundation Leon Fredericq

Sophie Bekisz has received an operating grant from the Foundation Leon Fredericq. The aim of the Foundation Leon Fredericq, a university hospital foundation in Liège, is to support and strengthen medical and biomedical research in Liège in all fields of medicine, but also to support innovative projects carried out by the University Hospital of Liège for the[...]
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Sophie received the best poster prize at the Lymphatic GRS

Sophie Bekisz received the best poster prize at the Lymphatic Gordon Research Seminar 2022. Congratulations, Sophie! Sophie attended both the Lymphatic Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Conference (GRC), which took place at Lucca, Italy from 29th to 30th October (GRS) and from 30th October to 4th November, respectively. She presented her poster in both events, which[...]
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Lies and Aurélie are among the top fifty women in STEM across Belgium

The InspiringFifty Belgium 2022 award recognizes the top fifty women excelling in tech careers across Belgium. Last June, our team submitted an application in Lies’ behalf for her birthday. We believed that Lies was more than deserving of the title “inspiringFifty”, as her impactful career is undoubtedly inspiring for us all and her international recognition is[...]
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Tim was elected vice-chair of the GRS Bones & Teeth 2024

At the GRS-GRC Bones & Teeth 2022 in Ventura (CA, USA), Tim was elected vice-chair of the GRS Bones & Teeth 2024. Together with chair Carolyn Chlebek (Maine Health Institute for Research) he will organize the 2024 Seminar preceding the main conference, which will be chaired by prof. Charles O’Brien (University of Arkansas) and vice-chaired[...]
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