On January 31 2018 Yaozhong HU obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Intrabody targeting hypoxia inducible factor-1α mediates transcriptional downregulation of target genes related to solid tumors
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Serge Muyldermans
Joint PhD with Tianjin University (China)
On January 15 2018 Joar Esteban Pinto Torres obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Glycolytic enzymes from Trypanosoma as targets for parasite detection and control
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Stafan Magez
On January 12 2018 Sotirios Gkekas obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unravelling the structure and function of the bacterial persistence regulator ObgE
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Versées
On January 11 2018 Imke Van Den Broeck obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The assembly and biotechnological application of the bacterial functional amyloid curli
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Han Remaut
On December 15 2017 Julie Goossens obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Development of a Nanobody-based rapid antigen test to detect ac-tive Trypanosoma infections in livestock
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Stefan Magez
On December 6 2017 Brandán PEDRE PÉREZ obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Thiol switches in Corynebacterium glutamicum that fight off oxidative stress
Promotor: Prof. dr. Joris Messens
On November 24 2017 Egon Deyaert obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unravelling and modulating the Roco protein activation cycle
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Versées
On October 6 2017 Sara Contreras Martos obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and functional characterization of two intrinsically disordered regions of the multi-domain transcriptional co-activator CREB-binding protein (CBP)
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
On September 26 2017 Chloé Abels obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unraveling the role of liver-associated myeloid cells in sterile inflammation and infection
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter, Prof. Dr. Em. Patrick De Baetselier & Dr. Alain Beschin
On August 30 2017 Jiri Keirsse obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional role of tumour-associated dendritic cells and liver Kupffer cells during solid tumour progression and liver metastasis, respectively.
promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter & Prof. Dr. Em. Patrick De Baetselier
