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Roeland De Moor Ghent University
Chris Verhofstede Ghent University
Van Den Bosch Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
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Researching the mechanisms of acute and chronic axonal and neuronal degeneration and regeneration, aiming to contribute to the development of new therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative disorders, studying motor neuron diseases (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and hereditary motor neuropathies), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and stroke.
Scott Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
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Unravelling heterogeneity and function within myeloid cells particularly in the context of tissue damage and Inflammation in mice and humans, research in myeloid cells in the liver and intestine and the potential links between these two organs.
Japanese Studies, Leuven KU Leuven
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Research topics of this team are:
- The massive repatriation to North Korea by the Korean minority in Japan (Zainichi)
- The issue of Japanese wives residing in North Korea
- Japanese-North Korean relations and parliamentary diplomacy
- The attitude of Japanese and Zainichi intellectuals towards the Korean peninsula
- The concepts tenkō 転 向 ("ideological conversion") and parrhesia παρρησία ("truth")