Organisations
Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology (VIB-KUÂ Leuven) KU Leuven
The research program of the Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology is devoted to the analysis of pathways governing the genesis, progression and maintenance of cancer.Our current research efforts follow from our recent studies on the p53 tumor suppressor. p53 is a transcription factor that functions as a central component of most cellular stress responses. The outcome of p53-mediated surveillance is closely dependent on the type of stress ...
Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer KU Leuven
The Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer focusses on altered lipid metabolism in cancer cells. Using a state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based lipidomics technology the group has made the intriguing observation that development and progression of cancer is almost invariably accompanied by dramatic changes in the cell’s composition of phospholipids. As phospholipids play a key role in the formation of membranes, which organize numerous ...
Laboratory of Dermatology KU Leuven
The research of the Laboratory of Dermatology is situated in the domain of cutaneous oncology (melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer) and encompasses an epidemiological and a clinical-fundamental aspect. The latter aspect focuses on research in photoprotection and non-melanoma skin cancer (cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma).
Research topics include:
- Photoprotective and therapeutic effects of flavonoids on ...
Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation (VIB-KUÂ Leuven) KU Leuven
The Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation is specifically interested in elucidating general regulatory principles in metabolism, understanding cancer metabolism and its implications for novel therapeutic interventions, and revealing the role of metabolism at the interface of metabolic syndrome disorders and cancer. We use mass spectrometry based metabolic flux analysis and metabolite profiling combined with genetic ...
Cellular and Molecular Immunology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The research unit CIMM, founded by Patrick De Baetselier in 1983, initially focused on cellular immunology, mainly in the context of tumour biology. The basic themes were the analysis of immune escape mechanisms as well as the mechanisms involved in the invasive and metastatic behaviour of cancer cells. Since several common points may exist in the ways either cancer cells or parasites evade immune surveillance, cellular interactions involved ...
Fendt Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Abdominal Surgical Oncology KU Leuven
Abdominal Surgical Oncology
- Diagnostic and therapeutic animal models of liver metastasis and peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer
- Detection of circulating cancer cells in colorectal, liver, and pancreatic cancer
- Gene-expression profiling and proteomic studies in pancreatic, liver, and biliary cancer
- Innovations in minimally invasive surgery for colorectal, liver, pancreas, and biliairy cancer
Laboratory of Translational Genetics (VIB-KUÂ Leuven) KU Leuven
The overall aim of the research of the Laboratory of Translational Genetics, is to unravel the genetic predisposition to cancer and to annotate somatic changes in solid tumors with the ultimate aim to discover and functionally validate genetic biomarkers for cancer therapies.