Charcot Fund: fundamental research

Laureates 2020

Jury

For the Belgian Charcot Foundation

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Sindic (President), Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine, UCLouvain

For the Belgian Multiple Sclerosis Study Group

  • Prof. Bénédicte Dubois (President), Head of the Department of Neurology, UZ Leuven

For the scientific committee of the Charcot Foundation

  • Prof. Dr. Alain Maertens from Noordhout, Head of Department of Neurology at CHR Citadelle, Liège

Invited experts

  • Prof. Dr. Carlo Pozzilli, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Prof. Dr. André Goffinet, Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neurosciences, UCLouvain

Disturbed lipophagy skews foamy macrophages to a disease-promoting phenotype in progressive MS

Prof. Jerome Hendriks, Dr Mansour Haidar and Prof. Noam Zelcer
UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute
€60,000
2 ans

Validation of age-associated B cells as therapeutic targets in MS

Prof. Veerle Somers and Dr Judith Fraussen
UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute
€45,000
2 ans

Therapeutic exploration of lead ferroptosis inhibitors in MS

Prof. Tom vanden Berghe
UAntwerpen/UGent
€51,590

Epstein Barr-virus and MS: new tricks from an old dog. Does imprinting of inflammatory monocytes provide an answer?

Prof. Niels Hellings et Prof. Laurent Gillet
UHasselt, Biomedical Research Institute and Université de Liège
€50,000
2 ans

Lipids and microRNAs from Extracellular Vesicles in Multiple Sclerosis: deciphering pathophysiology to discover novel therapeutic pathways

Prof. Vincent van Pesch, Dr M. Alhouayek, Prof. G. Muccioli et Dr L. D’auria
UCLouvain
€60,000
2 ans

Application of transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation to enhance remyelination

Prof. Jeroen Van Schependom
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
€39,235

Boosting myelin production in human pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocytes

Dr Elisabeth Piccart and Dr Tim Vanmierlo
UHasselt
€30,000

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