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Researcher

Samuel Van Remoortel

  • Research Expertise:Characterization of the underlying players in gastro-intestinal neuro-immune communication and to understand their role in inflammatory and functional bowel disorders.
  • Keywords:GASTROENTEROLOGY, MICROSCOPY, NEURO-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS, Biomedical sciences (incl. biochemistry)
  • Disciplines:Gastro-enterology and hepatology, Immunology, Molecular and cell biology, Neurosciences
  • Research techniques:Intestinal inflammation models, intramural injections (tracer, viral vectors, amyloids), primary cultures of myenteric and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, tissue prelevation (gut en DRG), fluorescent labeling (genetic, antibody, dye), fluorescence microscopy (epifluorescence, scanning confocal, spinning disk confocal, live cell imaging), Image processing (fiji), molecular analyses (PCR, qPCR, in situ hybridisation), protein quantification (western blot), data analysis (excel, graphpad prism, R)
  • Users of research expertise:Researchers interested in preclinical models for inflammatory and functional bowel disorders and the use of advanced light microscopy on these biological samples