Charcot Fund: fundamental research
Laureates 2018
Innate lymphoid cells in multiple sclerosis: implications of genetic risk variants
Dr. Bieke Broux and Prof. Dr. Georges Leclercq
BIOMED/UHasselt and UGent
€30,000 and €30,000
1 year
2 years
Boosting second messengers – a novel approach to stimulate repair in MS
Dr. Tim Vanmierlo
BIOMED - UHasselt
€40,000
1 year
2 years
Targeted tolerance in multiple sclerosis: Development of transgenic T cell receptor-engineered regulatory T cells recognizing myelin basic protein
Prof. Dr. Nathalie Cools
Laboratorium voor Experimentele Hematologie - UAntwerpen
€59,005
1 year
2 years
Fatty acid metabolism in control of the phenotype of foamy phagocytes in MS
Prof. Dr. Jerome Hendriks and Dr. Jeroen Bogie
BIOMED - UHasselt
€39,000
1 year
2 years
The neuroinflammatory role of micro-RNAs in extracellular vesicles: biomarkers and therapeutic tools for the immune dysregulation in Multiple Sclerosis
Prof. Dr. Vincent van Pesch and his team
Unit of Neurochemistry- Cliniques Universitaires St Luc
€30,000
1 year
2 years
Application of human 3D brain organoids to evaluate the potency of interleukin 13 for modulation of detrimental microglia and macrophage immune responses
Prof. Dr. Peter Ponsaerts and Dr. Debbie Le Blon
Laboratory of Experimental Hematology - UAntwerpen
€30,000
1 year
2 years
Microglia inflammasome activation in MS pathology
Prof. Dr. Geert van Loo and Prof. Dr. Mohamed Lamkanfi
VIB / UGent
€60,000
1 year
2 years
Smart nanoparticles for bioimaging disease activity in progressive multiple sclerosis
Prof. Dr. Niels Hellings, Prof. Dr. Anitha Ethirajan and Prof. Dr. Tanja Junkers
BIOMED & Imo-Imomec - UHasselt
€25,000
1 year
2 years
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