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Laureates of the Charcot Funds

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Jury of the Charcot Fund 2023

for the Belgian Charcot Foundation

Prof. Dr. Christian Sindic (President), Professor Emeritus of UCLouvain

for the scientific committee of the Belgian Charcot Foundation

Dr Pierrette Seeldrayers, Neurologist.
Prof. Dr. Alain Maertens de Noordhout, Head of Department of Neurology, CHR Citadelle, Liège.
Prof. Dr Alex Michotte, Head of Department of Neurology, UZ Brussels.

International MS expert

Prof. Axel Petzold, University College London, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Prof. Catherine Lubetzki, Head of Neurology Department, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris.

Charcot Fund 2023 : € 622,000 For multiple sclerosis fundamental research

Grant

€ 44,800 / 2 years

Prof. Pietro Maggi and Prof van Pesch

The project

Characterizing Smoldering MS with advanced MRI and soluble biomarkers
UCLouvain - Cliniques Universitaires St Luc and Institute of Neurosciences
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Grant

€ 60,000 / 2 years

Prof. Jeroen Bogie and Prof. Johan Swinnen

The project

Phospholipid synthesis as a therapeutic target to promote brain repair in MS patient
UHasselt - Biomedical Research Institute
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Grant

€ 43,500 / 2 years

Prof. Tim Vanmierlo, Prof Daniel van den Hove and Drs. Assa Tiane

The project

Forever young – the epigenetic clock of OPCs
UHasselt
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Grant

€ 40,000 /2 years

Prof. An Goris, Prof. Dr Bénédicte Dubois and Mr Dries De Wit

The project

Epstein-Barr virus reactivity in a well-characterized longitudinal multiple sclerosis cohort
KULeuven - Laboratory for Neuroimmunology
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Grant

€ 61,000 / 2 years

Dr Jana Van Broeckhoven and Prof. Niels Hellings

The project

TIMP-1 peptide therapy to boost remyelination in multiple sclerosis
UHasselt
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Grant

€ 60.000 / 2 years

Prof. Anne des Rieux and Prof. Vincent van Pesch

The project

Project ‘miRNA-loaded extracellular vesicles for the stimulation of central nervous system repair in the scope of multiple sclerosis
UCLouvain
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Grant

€ 47,046 / 2 years

Prof. Jeroen Van Schependom, Prof. Miguel D'haeseleer, Prof. Guy Nagels and MSc Mieke D'hooge

The project

SDMT: eye movements, information processing speed, or both?
VUB and National MS Center Melsbroek
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Grant

€ 25,908 / 2 years

Dr Jennifer Vandooren

The project

Matrix metalloproteinases – unravelling the opposing functions in MS
KULeuven
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Grant

€ 55,400 / 2 years

Prof. Jerome Hendriks, Dr Sanne Verberk and Prof. Johan Swinnen

The project

Targeting fatty acid synthesis to induce remyelination in multiple sclerosis
UHasselt and KULeuven
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Grant

€ 60,000 / 2 years

Prof. Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke

The project

The gut-(microbiota-)brain axis in multiple sclerosis: unravelling the involvement of the CNS barriers.
UGent and VIB
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Grant

€ 51,770 / 2 years

Dr Inez Wens, Prof. Nathalie Cools and Mr Jasper Van den Bos

The project

Engaging the immune system for remyelination in the brain of progressive MS patients, using BDNF-engineered regulatory T cells
UAntwerpen
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Grant

€ 72,400 / 2 years

Dr Barbara Willekens and Prof. Nathalie Cools

The project

Development of a CD19 CAR T cell therapy for multiple sclerosis
UAntwerpen
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