On April 22th 2016 Sam Massa obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Site-specific labeling of nanobody-based radioimmunotracers on the road to pancreatic beta cell targeting
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Nick Devoogdt, Prof. Dr. Catarina Xavier and Prof. Dr. Serge Muyldermans
On February 10th 2016 Moens Frédéric obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the followins doctoral thesis:
Microbial metabolism and interactions in complex fermentation ecosystems.
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
On February 5th 2016 Mihály VÁRADI obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Computational Approaches for Inferring the Functions of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
On January 22th 2015 SÁNCHEZ MAINAR María obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional potential of coagulase-negative staphylococci for the development of quality and safety during meat fermentation
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel received 3 European Research Council starting Grants. Prof. Wim De Malsche was awarded for Exploiting Vortices to Suppress Dispersion and Reach New Separation Power Boundaries.
On December 10th, 2015 San HADŽI obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and thermodynamic basic of transcription regulation of the higBA2 toxin-antitoxin module from Vibrio cholerae
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. Remy Loris & Prof. Dr. Jurij Lah
Joint PhD with the University of Ljubljana
On 8th December 2015 Van Overmeire Eva obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Characterization and regulation of distinct macrophage subsets during tissue injury and tumor growth
promotoren: Prof. Dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter & Prof. Dr. Patrick De Baetselier
On November 30th 2015 Pallab Bhowmick obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of structural disorder in the degradation signal in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Peter Tompa
Co-promotor: Dr. Mainak Guharoy
On October 28th 2015 Jozef Dingemans obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the cystic fibrosis lung and the role of shear stress in disrupting alginate matrix biofilms
Promotors: Prof. Dr. em. Pierre Cornelis & Prof. Dr. Daniël Charlier
On September 25th 2015 Audrey Rivière obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Bifidogenic and butyrogenic effects of prebiotic arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, a kinetic and molecular approach
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst