Belgian Stem Cell Meeting
9th Annual Meeting of the Belgian Society for Stem Cell Research Stem cells to study and treat human disease Date: November 28th 2025 Location: Museé de la Médicine on the Campus Erasme of the ULB, Brussels More info soon...
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Publication in JHEP Reports
"Hepatic stellate cell single cell atlas reveals a highly similar activation process across liver disease aetiologies"...
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Publication in Biofabrication
"Human iPSC-derived liver co-culture spheroids to model liver fibrosis"
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Publication in JHEP Reports
"Orphan receptor GPR176 in hepatic stellate cells exerts a profibrotic role in chronic liver disease"
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Co-publication in Science
Hippo signaling instructs ectopic but not normal organ growth. W Kowalczyk, L Romanelli, M Atkins, H Hillen, C Bravo González-Blas, J Jacobs, J Xie, S Soheily, E Verboven I M Moya, S Verhulst, M de Waegeneer, L Sansores-Ga...
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Publication in Biomaterials
Modelling fatty liver disease with mouse liver-derived multicellular spheroids van Os EA, Cools L, Eysackers N, Szafranska K, Smout A, Verhulst S, Reynaert H, McCourt P, Mannaerts I, van Grunsven LA. Biomaterials. 2022 Nov;290:121817.
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IC-3Rs Symposium 2022: First place for LIVR members Mina Kazemzadeh & Laura Cools in video contest
MORE SCIENCE, MORE CARE, LESS ANIMALS
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Publication in Frontiers of Medicine
Improved Precision-Cut Liver Slice Cultures for Testing Drug-Induced Liver Fibrosis Liza Dewyse, Vincent De Smet, Stefaan Verhulst, Nathalie Eysackers, Rastislav Kunda, Nouredin Messaoudi, Hendrik Reynaert and Leo A.
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Prestigious 4-year postdoctoral fellowship by the "Stichting Tegen Kanker" (Foundation against Cancer) for LIVR member Inge Mannaerts
VUB scientists Inge Mannaerts and Sofie Deschoemaeker have been awarded a prestigious four-year postdoctoral fellowship by the Stichting Tegen Kanker. Mannaerts received it for her research on tumours in the liver, and Deschoemaeker for her research on better treatment of breast cancer.
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Publication in Cell Death and Disease
Initiation of hepatic stellate cell activation extends into chronic liver disease Vincent De Smet, Nathalie Eysackers, Vincent Merens, Mina Kazemzadeh Dastjerd, Georg Halder, Stefaan Verhulst, Inge Mannaerts & Leo A.
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VACANCY FOR A PHD SCHOLARSHIP
Submit your application here on Dec. 20th 2021 at the latest
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Publication in Frontiers in Medicine
"Gene Signatures Detect Damaged Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Chronic Liver Diseases" Verhulst S, Van Os EA, De Smet V, Eysackers N, Mannaerts I, van Grunsven LA.
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