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The academic staff of the Liver Cell Biology Lab (LIVR) is formed by Prof. Leo van Grunsven (Head of LIVR) and Prof. Hendrik Reynaert (Head of Gastroenterology Department at the UZ Brussel hospital).

In general, research projects at LIVR aim to better characterize the different liver cell types in healthy and pathological conditions, and to gain a better insight in the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis and the mechanisms of liver ...

The research topic of LCPR is the study of the use of connexins and pannexins as drug targets and biomarkers for the therapy and diagnosis of acute and chronic liver disease.

The main research topics of ECMR are the investigation of liver cell biology and the more applied research line of drug design.