3Rs Research
Young researchers are given the possibility to do a doctoral thesis with focus on the replacement and reduction of experimental animals. Topics of research are situated in the Life Sciences (fundamental & applied research) and in the broad field of toxicology of which regulatory toxicology is a part.
Running doctoral theses
Quinten Marcelis
- Pharmaceutical Sciences • Master of Science in Drug Development 2018 Cum laude
- Intrigued by unknown mixtures and their toxicity
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Research Output
- Development and application of a novel method to assess exposure levels of sensitizing and irritating substances leaching from menstrual hygiene products, Emerging Contaminants, 2021 (review article, 1st author)
- Allergenen in geparfumeerde menstruatieproducten, Huisarts Nu, 2021 (National magazine for health care professionals, 1st author)
- Poster E-conference: Eutopia Science Fair (European Union, 15 February 2021)
Anouck Thienpont
- Pharmaceutical Sciences - Master of Science in Drug Development 2018 Magna cum laude • Pharmaceutical Sciences - Master of Pharmaceutical Care 2019
- Passion for the skin and dermato-cosmetic products
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Research Output
Alexandra Gatzios
- Pharmaceutical Sciences - Master of Science in Drug Development 2020 Magna cum laude
- Fellow strategic basic research at FWO
- Likes to use creative approaches to answer scientific questions
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Research Output
- From NAFLD to MAFLD: Aligning translational in vitro research to clinical insights, Biomedicines, 2022 (review article, 1st author)
- Transcriptomics reveals discordant lipid metabolism effects between in vitro models exposed to elafibranor and liver samples of NAFLD patients after bariatric surgery (research paper, shared 1st author)
- Poster presentation 3rd European Fatty Liver Conference Maastricht – Resmetirom reduces lipid load, restores THRB expression and prevents cell damage in a human stem cell based in vitro MAFLD model
- Poster presentation Global NASH Congress – online congress Global Engage, April 2021
Lorna Marchandise
- Biomedical Sciences – Master of Biomedical Research 2022 Magna cum laude
- Unravelling the mechanisms of endocrine disruption
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Research Output
- New approach methods to improve human health risk assessment of thyroid hormone system disruption–a PARC project, Frontiers in toxicology, 2023 (review article)
- JRC Summer School on Non-animal Approaches in Science 2023, Development of a human stem cell-based in vitro model to assess toxicity hazards induced by thyroid hormone system disruptors during the early phases of liver development.
Completed doctoral theses
completed doctoral theses
Joost Boeckmans
- Pharmacist – Doctor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Passion for chronic liver diseases
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Research Output
- Bi-annual PhD-thesis award of the Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) 2020-2021
- Best Poster prize at the “BelTox/IC-3Rs/INVITROM Joint Symposium” 2019 [Brussels, Belgium]
- Best poster prize at the “Global NASH Congress” 2019 [London, United Kingdom]
Alessandra Natale
- Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology
- Intrigued by drug development, innovative therapies and clinical studies
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Research Output
- Technological advancements for the development of stem cell- based models for hepatotoxicity testing. Archives of Toxicology, 2019 (review article, 1st author)
- Hepatic cells derived from human skin progenitors show a typical phospholipidotic response upon exposure to amiodarone. Toxicology Letters, 2018 (review article, 1st author)
Running postdoctoral project
Yoni Baert
- Biomedical Sciences – PhD in Medical Sciences 2016
- Development of a representative, reliable and reproducible in vitro model for (human) testis
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Research Output
- Total publications: 27 - First author: 8; co-author: 9; last author: 5; book chapter: 1, book protocol chapters: 3 (+ 3 submitted)
- Several Grants and Prizes (National and international)
Robim Rodrigues
- BSc Chemistry - MSc Biotechnology - PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Investigation of adipose tissue-derived factors in the development and resolution of metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) using in vitro models
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