prof. Koen Chiers (PhD)
CRIG member
principal investigator - Laboratory of veterinary pathology (UGent)
associate professor (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent)
Research focus
Focus is mainly on diagnosis and prognosis of cancer in animals.
Research team
- dr. Leen Van Brantegem - Veterinary Pathologist, head of the clinic
- prof. Richard Ducatelle - Veterinary Pathologist, full professor
Key publications
- Claudin-1 and Glucose Transporter 1 immunolabelling in a canine intraneural perineurioma. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2012. (PMID: 22297071)
- Congenital ascites due to hepatoblastoma with extensive peritoneal implantation metastases in a premature equine fetus, Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2013. (PMID: 22819019)
- Peri-articular histiocytic sarcoma and previous joint disease in Bernese Mountain Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine , 2013. (PMID: 23458888)
- Malignant seminoma in two unilaterally cryptorchid stallions. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 2015. (PMID: 25759202)
- Immunohistochemical labelling for cyclo-oxygenase-2: does the positive control guarantee standardized results? Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2016. (PMID: 26895886)
Contact & links
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGent, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke
- Vetpath