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elucidation of membrane protein complexes and integrates fundamental cell biology and structural biology by cryo- electron microscopy. The lab has a strong track record in investigating scramblases and their
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neurodevelopmental conditions, by bridging disciplines, from artificial intelligence, microelectronics, neuroengineering and nanoscience, to single-cell, imaging and molecular analysis, functional genomics and cell
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neuroinflammation. The PhD student will focus on characterizing immune cell responses in food allergy models and their impact on brain immunity. In close collaboration with experts in food allergy, neuroimmunology
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data. We have developed in vivo single-cell CRISPR technologies to screen for dozens of molecular factors in vivo during developmental and disease. These technologies are a game-changer in the speed
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genetics, cell biology, genomics, and bio-computing to unravel plant biological processes and to further translate this knowledge into value for society. Please visit us at www.psb.ugent.be for more
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mimicked with in vivo models of metastasis, which provides unique opportunities to mechanistically dissect what drives the different cell states. You will link clinically relevant phenotypes to putative
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controls to perform expression and splicing transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS). Combined, these studies will 1) identify key dysregulated pathways in AD and FTD subgroups within specific cell
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prodromal cohorts and link them to clinical readouts and α-synuclein reactivity. Use cutting-edge single-cell and immune-profiling approaches, linked to clinical phenotyping, to discover early biomarkers and
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neuroinflammation. The PhD student will help uncover the molecular and cellular pathways linking the allergic gut to the inflamed brain, and how these pathways shape disease risk later in life. The successful
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disease. We focus on tissue-resident macrophages and immune cell trafficking from periphery to brain. The research team of Prof. Kiavash Movahedi investigates brain immunology with a focus on microglia and