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Department of Embryology and Genetics Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The Research Department of Embryology and Genetics (EMGE) is linked to the Centres for Medical Genetics and Reproductive Medicine and the Department of Paediatrics of the UZ Brussel and consists of several research clusters. Historically, the group has been interested in metabolic diseases such as lysosomal storage diseases and this has led to the close collaboration with the neuro-paediatricians of the hospital, investigating mitochondrial ...

Human anatomy and embryology University of Antwerp

The laboratory currently characterizes enteric neurons in embryonic and in adult zebrafish. Zebrafish is an excellent model system for the study of developmental disorders, including Hirschsprung disease (HSCR). In the intestines of patients with HSCR, the enteric ganglia are partially or completely absent, leading to motility disorders and chronic constipation, megacolon and eventually enterecolitis. One of the many available mutant zebrafish, ...

Embriology and Human Genetics Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Topic A : assisted fertilization for severe male-factor infertility Infertile couples who cannot be treated by standard in vitro fertilization, a.single spermatozoon is injected by micro-manipulation technique into the oocyte. Factors influencing the success of intracytoplasmatic sperm injection. Topic B : Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos Since the number of oocytes and embryos which are replaced has to be limited to two or three, ...