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2025 Seminar Program (February - May)

libst | Louvain-la-Neuve

 

February 7th

 

 

François Renoz (ELI), invited by René Rezsohazy.

 

"A journey into the diversity and evolution of bacterial endoymbiosis in insects: spotlight on multi-symbiotic systems in aphids"
 

Abstract

 

February 21st

 

 

Robert de Vries (University of Utrecht), invited by David Alsteens.

 

"H3N2 receptor binding evolution"

 

Abstract

March 7th 

Manoel Biancardi (UFG, Brazil), invited by Ellen Rivas Leonel.

 

"Female prostate - past, present, future"

Abstract

 

March 14th

 

Laura Symul (UCLouvain, ISBA), invited by René Rezsohazy.

 

"Multi-omics integration reveals host-microbiota interactions in the vaginal ecosystem"

 

Abstract

 

March 21st

 

Christiani Amorim (UCL/IREC), invited by Ellen Leonel. 

 

"Innovative strategies for fertility restoration in cancer survivors: bioengineered ovaries and cancer cell purging"

 

Abstract

 

March 28th

 

Ellen Rivas Leonel (UCL, LIBST), invited by Isabelle Donnay

 

"The healthy breast (HABEAS): building an optimal in vitro mammary biomimetic model"

 

Abstract

April 11th

 

Céline Maquet, EPFL (Switzerland), invited by Isabelle Donnay.

 

"Understanding the Role of Virus-Imprinted Monocytes in Modulating Inflammation and Immune Responses"

Abstract

April 18th

Eli Thoré (UNamur), invited by Melissa Page.

 

“Swimming in medicated waters: Understanding and mitigating the impacts of pharmaceutical pollutants on aquatic wildlife”

 

 

May 9th

 

Arnaud Vanden Broeck (ULiège), invited by Corentin Claeys Bouuaert.

 

“Structural insights into Spliced Leader RNA trans-splicing in parasitic Trypanosomatids”

 

 

May 23rd

 

Jorge Alegre (CNIC, Spain), invited by Andra Dumitru.

 

“Mechanical knock-out systems reveal that titin loss-of-tension causes heart and skeletal muscle disease”