Lies Archives - Biomechanics Research Unit

Tim, Liesbeth, Tom, Gabriele, Mojtaba and Lies have published in Scientific Reports

Tim Herpelinck, Liesbeth Ory, Tom Verbraeken, Gabriele Nasello, Mojtaba Barzegari and Liesbet Geris, among other co-authors, have published a paper in Scientific Reports titled “A single-cell atlas of the murine limb skeleton integrating the developmental and adult stages.” You can read the full publication here. In this study, the authors present the Limb Skeletal Cell[...]

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[...]

Bernard, Luiz and Lies have published in the Publications Office of the European Union

Bernard Staumont, Luiz Ladeira and Liesbet Geris, among other co-authors, have published a report in the repository Publications Office of the European Union. The title is “2023-2024 Report of the Society for the Advancement of AOPs Knowledgebase Interest Group”. The Society for the Advancement of AOPs Knowledgebase Interest Group (SKIG) is a vibrant assembly of more than[...]

Bernard, Luiz, Alessio and Lies have published in the journal ALTEX

Bernard Staumont, Luiz Ladeira, Alessio Gamba and Liesbet Geris, among other co-authors, have published a paper in the journal Alternatives to Animal Experimentation (ALTEX). The title of the paper is “Mapping physiology: A systems biology approach for the development of alternative methods in toxicology”. The full publication can be read here. The paper introduces Physiological[...]

Claire and Lies have published in the journal Circulation

Claire Villette and Liesbet Geris, among other co-authors, have published an original research paper in the scientific journal Circulation. The title of the paper is “Targeting uPARAP Modifies Lymphatic Vessel Architecture and Attenuates Lymphedema”. The full publication can be read here. Congratulations!

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[...]

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[...]

Ehsan and Lies published in Materials Today Bio

Ehsan Sadeghian and Lies Geris, among other authors, have published a paper in the journal Materials Today Bio. The paper is entitled “Influence of physicochemical characteristics of calcium phosphate-based biomaterials in cranio-maxillofacial bone regeneration. A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of preclinical models” and you can read it here. Congratulations on your paper!

Marc and Lies published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Marc Joiret and Liesbet Geris have published the original research paper “Reversing the relative time courses of the peptide bond reaction with oligopeptides of different lengths and charged amino acid distributions in the ribosome exit tunnel” in the Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. You can read the full paper here. Well done!