SophieN Archives - Biomechanics Research Unit

Our team was present at the KU Leuven Mech Research Day

Last Thursday was the Mech Research Day at KU Leuven. During this third edition, researchers from the Mechanical Engineering department showcased their work through presentations and lab visits. The Mech division of our group contributed with an overview poster, comprising the work of Satanik, Amin and Pablo on knee osteoarthrosis, of Edoardo, Laura and Pieter on[...]

Our group presented at the ORS ISFR 2026

Edoardo Borgiani, Gabriele Nasello, Liesbeth Ory, Sophie Nguyen, and Tom Verbraeken presented their work at the ORS International Section of Fracture Repair (ISFR) 19th Biennial Meeting, held on 6-8 May 2026 in Berlin, Germany. The congress brought together a global community of clinicians, researchers, engineers, and industry partners on innovation in the field of fracture[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]