dr. Jarne Pauwels (PhD)
Postdoctoral researcher – Gevaert lab – VIB-Ugent Center for Medical Biotechnology, UGent
Principal investigator: prof. Kris Gevaert (PhD)
Research focus
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a promising source of circulating biomarkers for a wide range of diseases. However, their presence in complex biofluids necessitates effective enrichment and purification prior to proteome analysis. Our current research focuses on applying the FAEVEr (Filter-Aided Extracellular Vesicle Enrichment) strategy for high-throughput isolation of EVs from liquid biopsy samples (such as urine and plasma) with the goal of advancing protein biomarker discovery.
Biography
Jarne Pauwels earned his M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology from Ghent University in 2013, specializing in biochemistry, structural biology and organic chemistry. Following his graduation, he joined the Proteomics Core Facility at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology and the Department of Biomolecular Medicine (Ghent University), where he worked as a mass spectrometry operator and data analyst under the supervision of Prof. Kris Gevaert.
From 2020 to 2025, Jarne pursued his PhD in the same department, during which he developed FAEVEr (Filter-Aided Extracellular Vesicle Enrichment); a high-throughput method for enriching extracellular vesicles from complex biological media for proteomic analysis.
Currently, Jarne is a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Gevaert's lab, focusing on the application of the FAEVEr strategy to clinical samples for biomarker discovery.
Contact & links
- Lab address: Technologiepark 75, 9052 Gent-Zwijnaarde
- Gevaert Lab
- ORCID