Charcot Fund: fundamental research

Laureates 2021
Jury
For the Belgian Charcot Foundation
- Prof. Dr. Christian Sindic (President), Emeritus Professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine, UCLouvain
For the scientific committee of the Charcot Foundation
- Prof. Dr. Bernard Dachy, Head of the Department of Neurology — Revalidation, CHU Brugmann
- Prof. Dr. Alain Maertens from Noordhout, Head of the Neurology Department at CHR Citadelle, Liège
- Prof. Dr. Alex Michotte, Kliniekhoofd Neurology, UZ Brussel
- Dr. Pierrette Seeldrayers, Neurologist
International experts in SEP
- Prof. Dr. Jerôme de Sèze, Head of the Department of Neurology, CHU Strasbourg, France

The role of neutrophils in MS
Prof. Sofie Struyf and Prof. Niels Hellings
KULeuven and UHasselt
€43,000
1 year
2 years

Extracellular vesicles: Key players in multiple sclerosis
Dr. Bieke Broux and Dr. Baharak Hosseinkhani
UHasselt - BIOMED
€48,650
1 year
2 years

Proteolysis in Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Jennifer Vandooren and Prof. Ghislain Opdenakker
KU Leuven - Rega Institute for Medical Research
€47,385
1 year
2 years

Immuno-palmitoylation in MS
Dr Jeroen Bogie and Dr Noam Zelcer
UHasselt - BIOMED and Department of Medical Biochemistry - Amsterdam University Medical Center
€60,000
1 year
2 years

Immune changes after ocrelizumab treatment in MS patients
Prof. Veerle Somers, Dr Judith Fraussen, Dr Bieke Broux and Prof. Markus Kleinewietfeld
UHasselt - BIOMED
€50,000
1 year
2 years

Agonistic anti-CD27 treatment in Multiple Sclerosis
Prof. Stanislas Goriely, Prof. Muriel Moser and Dr Isabel Vogel
Université Libre de Bruxelles
€27,042
1 year
2 years

Multimodal quantification of brain microstructure in MS patients
Dr Solène Dauby, Prof. Pierre Maquet and Dr Emilie Lommers
ULiège - Cyclotron research center
€76,350
1 year
2 years

Gut microbiome in first degree relatives of persons with MS
Prof. Marie D'hooghe, Prof. Jeroen Raes and Prof. Marie Bjerke
Nationaal MS Centrum Melsbroek - Center for Neurosciences
€71,562
1 year
2 years

MS and cognition: a rodent model of neuroinflammation
Prof. Laurence Ris
UMons
€40,000
1 year
2 years

BDNF-engineered Treg in MS
Dr. Inez Wens et Prof. Nathalie Cools
UAntwerpen - Laboratory of experimental hematology
38 715 €
1 year
2 years
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