Organisations
Center for Oncological Research (CORE) University of Antwerp
Immunology - Biochemistry Hasselt University
Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) University of Antwerp
Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO) University of Antwerp
Virology Institute of Tropical Medicine
Introduction
The Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM) has a longstanding tradition in tropical and cosmopolitan virus research. The Unit of Virology was home to the discovery of Ebola virus in 1976 and the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVcpz in 1989 as the origin of HIV-1.
The Unit of Virology, led by Prof. Kevin K. Ariƫn, is dedicated to improving the diagnosis, the understanding of the (re-)emergence and ...
Laboratory for Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy KU Leuven
In June 2016, the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy was founded at KU Leuven. In 2019 Prof An Coosemans, MD PhD, was appointed as the head of the lab. Currently, the lab counts one post-doc, four PhD students, one biostatistician and two lab technicians. The research philosophy of the lab is highly translational. By unraveling the immune biology in patients at diagnosis and during therapy/clinical trials (immune profiling), we ...