On September 26th 2016 Alexandra Vandervelde obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Mechanisms of transcription regulation in prokaryotic toxin-antitoxin modules
Promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. R. Loris & Prof. Dr. J. Danckaert & Prof. Dr. H. De Greve
On September 15th 2016 Amanda Sparkes obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Nanobodies as Tools to Monitor Myeloid Cells and Modulate Inflammatory Responses during Disease States
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Patrick De Baetselier, Prof. Dr. ir. Geert Raes & Dr. ir. Benoît Stijlemans
On September 6th 2016 Raluca FLOREA obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Targeting Plasmodium falciparum PfSUB-2 and VAR2CSA proteins to gain new insights in malaria-host interactions.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Magez
On August 24th 2016 Florence Kauffmann obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Exploring the immunopathology during Leishmania donovani and Leishmania major infections.
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Stefan Magez & Prof. Dr. Carl De Trez
On August 19th 2016 Henning Harth obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Microbial species diversity, community dynamics and metabolite formation kinetics of spontaneous barley, teff, and oat sourdough productions
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
On June 30th 2016 Nicolay Jens obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Purity Analysis for Higher-Order Imperative Languages: An Abstract Machine Approach
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang De Meuter & Prof. Dr. Coen De Roover
On June 30th 2016 Judith Okello obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of disturbances in mangrove wood formation and forest structure: effect of large sedimentation events
Joint PhD with Université Libre de Bruxelles
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Nico Koedam & Prof. Dr. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
On June 23th 2016 Steven Odongo obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Nanobody-based Immunoassay for Trypanosoma congolense Targeting Glycosomal Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate Aldolase
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Magez
On June 15th 2016 Youssef El Darzi obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Human gut meta-omics data integration and visualization
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier & Prof. Dr. Jeroen Raes
Joint PhD with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
On May 20th 2016 De Wael Mattias obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Just-in-Time Data Structures
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang De Meuter & Prof. Dr. Jennifer B. Sartor
