prof. Dieter Deforce (PhD)
Principal investigator - Lab of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Full professor (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UGent)
Team leader of ProGenTomics
(co-)director, steering committee member of NXTGNT
Partner of Bioinformatics Institute Ghent
Research focus
Our research focusses are in the domain of proteomics and genomics. Proteomics using high-end mass spectrometry and bioinformatics to identify protein biomarkers and gain insight into tumor development. Tools to investigate protein modifications with special interest in histone protein modifications in the context of epigenomic regulation are being developed and applied.
In genomics we focus on epigenome analysis (eg DNA methylation), transcriptome analysis using massive parallel sequencing approaches. We have a special interest in single cell analysis and isolation using e.g. laser capture microdissection and other single cell isolation technologies.
Research team
- prof. Dieter Deforce - principal investigator, full professor
- prof. Filip Van Nieuwerburgh - associate professor
- dr. Maarten Dhaenens (PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- dr. Sigrid Verhelst (PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- dr. Bart Van Puyvelde (PhD) - post-doctoral fellow
- Laura Corveleyn - doctoral fellow
- Koen Deserranno - doctoral fellow
- Yannick Gansemans - bioinformatician
Contact & links
- Lab of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- ProGenTomics
- NXTGNT
- Address: Lab of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ottergemsesteenweg 460, B-9000 Gent