Laura Archives - Biomechanics Research Unit

Laura’s research on sex differences was highlighted in VPH’s In the Spotlight article

The research conducted by Laura Lafuente-Gracia on sex differences in bone fracture healing was highlighted in VPH’s In the Spotlight article “Let’s talk about sex”, published on 27 January 2026. Although the corresponding manuscript is currently under internal review, Laura presented this work at the 2024 VPH conference, where she was a runner-up for the the[...]

Laura, Liesbeth, Tom and Lies presented their work at the EORS 2025

Last week, Laura Lafuente, Liesbeth Ory, Tom Verbraeken and Lies Geris participated in the 33rd Annual Meeting for the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS). The congress took place on 16-19 June 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. It was a week full of inspiring science, great discussions and new perspectives. They all presented during the congress: Laura gave an[...]

Our group organizes the byteMAL 2025

This year, our group is the local organizer of the byteMAL, a bioinformatics and systems biomedicine conference organized by and for early-career researchers and students. For the first time, the byteMAL conference will take place in Leuven: Monday, April 14th 2025. The local organizing committee members are: Lies Geris Luiz Ladeira Bernard Staumont Loïc Comeliau Laura[...]

BSTE 2024: Several team members presented their research

The 2024 edition of the Belgian Symposium of Tissue Engineering (BSTE) took place in Leuven. Several team members presented their research. We had some oral presentations in several sessions: Biomechanics and in silico modeling: Laura Lafuente-Gracia and Loïc Comeliau Cell Biology & Molecular Pathways: Ehsan Sadeghian Biofabrication & Bioprinting: Ayse Kose Clinical translation: Gabriele Nasello And also some[...]

Our group participated in the KU Leuven University trail 2024

The KU Leuven University trail 2024, a sport event in which staff members gather together in teams to walk or run, took place last Thursday 12 September. Following the trend of previous editions, some researchers of our group participated, together with other colleagues – and it was fun! In this edition, Sophie N. ran in the 10[...]

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[...]

VPH 2024: Several team members will present their research

Luiz Ladeira, Laura Lafuente-Gracia, Majid Nazemi, Sophie Nguyen and Bernard Staumont will present their research at the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Conference (https://vph-conference.org/). As executive director of the VPH Institute, Liesbet Geris will also attend the conference. The conference will take place in Stuttgart, Germany from 4 to 6 September 2024. The titles of the presentations are: Luiz Ladeira[...]

Our group participated in the 2024 MECH Research Day of KU Leuven

The second edition of the MECH Research Day of KU Leuven took place last Friday, 31st May 2024. During this event, researchers from the Mechanical Engineering department showcased their work through posters and lab visits. Our team contributed with a group poster, in which the projects of Satanik, Edoardo, Laura, Sophie N., Pieter, Fernando and Oriana connect[...]

ESBiomech2023: Lies, Claire, Fernando, Satanik, Laura and Edoardo will present

Next week, the 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2023) will take place in Maastricht, The Netherlands from 9 to 12 July 2023. Liesbet Geris is one of the four congress chairs; therefore, our group is among the organizers this time. Some team members will present their research: Claire Villette: “Osteoinductive scaffold[...]

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,[...]