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Petra Van Itterbeeck Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Benson Ogunjimi Universiteit Antwerpen
Mazzone Lab Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Verantwoordelijke
Bridging the current gap between cancer cell biology - autonomous traits of malignant cells - and tumor biology - non-autonomous traits where, the unique features of the TME along with its cellular cross-talks are the main drivers of malignancy, understanding of the environmental cues and molecular pathways that participate in the interaction between cancer cells and stromal cells within the harsh TME.
Mazzone Max Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie KU Leuven
Virologie Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
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. Ariën, is dedicated to improving the diagnosis, the understanding of the (re-)emergence and ...
Koen Bostoen Universiteit Gent
Jeroen Buysse Universiteit Gent
Fendt Lab Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Verantwoordelijke
Tackling cancer and in particular metastasis formation as a metabolic disease, mechanistically dissect the metabolic vulnerabilities of (metastasizing) cancer cells in the context of the tumor microenvironment and the metastatic niche to define novel therapeutic approaches to prevent cancer progression.