Staff
ULB CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH
Staff
Mobility is a crucial component of the scientific career, fostering the development of new research interests and skills, scientific collaborations and broadening our vision of the world. At the UCDR, scientists from all over the world work together in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere.
If you are a Postdoctoral researcher, PhD or master student interested in joining any of our groups, please contact us, as we are always searching for interested colleagues.
director
Miriam CNOP, MD, PhD
Belgium
principal investigators
Décio L. EIZIRIK, MD, PhD
Brazil, Sweden
Mariana IGOILLO-ESTEVE, PhD
Argentina, Belgium
Laurence LADRIERE, PhD
Belgium
Anne OP DE BEECK, PhD
Belgium
Postdoctoral Fellows
Anthony PIRON, PhD
BELGIUM
Estibaliz HUARTE, PhD
SPAIN
Alexandrine LIBOZ, PhD
FRANCE
Jose Maria COSTA JUNIOR, PhD
BRAZIL
Alexandra COOMANS DE BRACHENE, PhD
Belgium
Junior GARCIA DE OLIVEIRA, PhD
BRAZIL
Cristina MORENO CASTRO, PhD
SPAIN
Chiara VINCI, PhD
ITALY
Maria LYTRIVI, MD, PhD
Greece
Sandra MARIN CAÑAS, PhD
Spain
Arturo ROCA RIVADA, PhD
Spain
Toshiaki SAWATANI, PhD
Japan
Priscila ZIMATH, PhD
BRAZIL
Hadis SHAKERI, PhD
IRAN
Maria Eugenia MARTIN-VAZQUEZ GARCIA, PhD
SPAIN
Doctoral Fellows
Maria Nicol ARROYO
Argentina
Enrico VIRGILIO, MD
ITALY
Flávia Natividade da Silva
brazil
Xiaoyan YI
CHINA
Florian SZYMCZAK
France
Maressa BONFIM
BRAZIL
Yue TONG, MD
China
Theodora PAPADOPOULOU
GREECE
Research Assistants and PATGS
Naïma BELMAHJOUBI
Belgium
Coralie DREUMONT
Belgium
Angeline BILHEU
BELGIUM
Ying CAI
CHINA, Belgium
Nathalie PACHERA
Belgium
Anyïshai MUSUAYA
Belgium
Nadia OURIAGHLI
Belgium
Jessica CAPITAINE
Belgium
Isabelle MILLARD
BELGIUM
Lionel SAUVAGE
BELGIUM
VISITING RESEARCHERS AND INTERNS
Gabriele TRAVIGLIA, mD
ITALY
Eleftheria BAZOULI
GREECE
Sirine HENDRICKX
BELGIUM
Anna KARENINA AZEVEDO MARTINS, PhD
BRAZIL
Alumni
PhD STUDENTS
- Baroj Abdulkarim (present position, Scientist at HAYA Therapeutics, Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Ana Oliveira (present position, Clinical Data Manager at EORTC, Brussels, Belgium)
- Miguel Lopes (present position, Data Scientist at Swedbank, Estonia)
- Maria Lytrivi MD (present position, Endocrinologist at Erasmus Hospital ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
- Malin Flodström-Tullberg, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, 1998 (present position, Professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Dejan Pavlovic, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1999 (present position, Biotech, USA)
- Meng-Chi Chen, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2001 (present position, academic, Taiwan; details unknown)
- Alessandra Cardozo, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, 2003 (present position, Associate Professor, Universite Libre de Bruxelles)
- Dongbo Liu, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2004 (present position, Professor, Hunan University, China)
- Burak Kutlu, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2004 (present position, Principal Computational Biologist at Lyell Immunopharma, Seattle, USA)
- Ilham Kharroubi, Université Libre de Bruxelles 2005
- Pierre Pirot, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2007 (present position, Senior Scientist (Bioassay Development) at UCB, Belgium)
- Maikel Colli, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2010 (present position, Senior Bioinformatics at Galapagos, Belgium)
- Jenny N. Barthson, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2013 (present position, Early-Stage Development Scientist at MSD, Belgium)
- Michela Miani, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2013 (present position, Project Manager at the IT Company Modis, Belgium)
- Maria Ines Alvelos, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2020 (present position, post-doctoral fellow at our group, ULB Center for Diabetes Research, Belgium)
- Eva Strandell, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, 1992 (present position, Assoc. Professor, Halmstad University, Sweden)
- Lúcio A. Velloso, Department of Internal Medicine, Uppsala University, 1993 (present position, Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Brazil)
- Bjorn Tyrberg, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, 1999 (present position, Life Sciences Consultant, Pharma Relations, Sweden)
- Nils Magnusson, Aarhus University, Danemark, 2006 (present position, Adjunct, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark)
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
- Daniel Andrade da Cunha (present position, Principal Scientist at Galapagos, Mechelen, Belgium)
- Mariana Igoillo-Esteve (present position, Assistant Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium)
- Miriam Hernangómez Herrero PhD, Clinical trial coordinator in Hepatology at Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain
- Daniela Nasteska MD, PhD, Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Oxford, UK
- Cristina Cosentino (present position, Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Kassem Ghaddar (present position, Global Medical Affairs Manager at GSK, Brussels, Belgium)
- Paraskevi Salpea (present position, Biomedical Research Manager at International Diabetes Federation, Washington, USA)
- Federica Fantuzzi (present position, Senior Scientist, University of Parma, Italy)
- Céline Demarez (present position, Expert Scientist at GSK, Brussels, Belgium)
- Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje, Croatia (Uppsala, 1992-1993) (present position, Professor of Immunology, St. Cloud State University, USA)
- Maria Alice de Mello, Brazil (Uppsala, 1995-1996) (present position, Associate Professor, UNESP, Brazil)
- Carol Delaney, England (Uppsala, 1995-1997)
- Veronica Espinosa, Brazil (VUB, Brussels, 1998-1999)
- Daisy Crispim Moreira, Brazil (ULB, Brussels, 2005-2006) (present position, Research Associate, University Hospital, UFRGS, Brazil)
- Monica Garcia, Spain (ULB, Brussels, 2005-2007)
- Zeynep Dogusan, Turkey (ULB, Brussels, 2005-2007) (present position, Docent, Yeni Yüzyil University Medical Faculty, Turkey)
- Carla Maria Germano, Brazil (ULB, Brussels, 2008-2009) (present position, Professor, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil)
- Daisy Flamez, Brussels, Belgium (ULB, Brussels, 2004-2009) (present position, Business Developer, Ghent University, Belgium)
- Fernanda Ortis, Brazil (ULB, Brussels, 2005-2010) (present position, Assistant Professor, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Florent Allagnat, Lausanne, Switzerland (2008-2010) (present position, Project Manager, Lausanne University, Switzerland)
- Thomas Bouckenhooge, Lille, France (2009-2011) (present position, USP Development Manager, Cell and Gene Therapy, France)
- Esteban Gurzov, Spain (2007-2011) (present position, Assistant Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
- Fabrice Moore, Brussels, Belgium (2007-2011) (present position, Scientist, Sciensano (Belgian Food and Drug Organization), Belgium)
- Francois Vigneron (France, 2010-2011)
- Ihsane Mahrfour (Belgium, 2010-2012) (present position, Dentist, private practice)
- Izortze Santin, Spain (2009-2013) (present position, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country, Spain)
- Flavia de Paula (Brazil, 2012-2013 and 2015-2019) (present position, QC Project Leader, Cell & Gene Therapy, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Belgium)
- Tatiana Nogueira (Brazil, 2010-2014)
- Marina Casimir (Switzerland, 2013-2014) (present position, Project Manager, Switzerland)
- Loriana Mascali (Italy, 2013-2014) (present position, Research Fellow, KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Flora Brozzi (Italy, 2012-2015) (present position, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Olatz Villate (Spain, 2012-2015) (present position, Study Coordinator of Clinical Trials, Biocruces Health Research Institute, Spain)
- Tarlliza Nardelli (Brazil, 2014-2015) (present position, Medical Student, Univ. Parana, Brazil)
- Tatiana Rech (Brazil, 2014-2016) (present position, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UFRGS, Brazil)
- Leticia Brandani (Brazil, 2014-2015) (present position, Researcher, Department of Internal Medicine, UFRGS, Brazil)
- Fabio Grieco (Italy, 2012-2018) (present position, Senior Scientist, Orgenesis Inc, Belgium)
- Laura Marroqui (Spain, 2012-2017) (present position, Assistant Professor, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain)
- Reinaldo dos Santos (Brazil, 2013-2018) (present position, Senior Research Fellow, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain)
- Jean-Valery Turatsinze (Belgium, 2013-2018) (present position, Bioinformatics Scientist, VolitionRx, Belgium)
- Jonas Juan-Mateu (Spain, 2014-2018) (present position, Research Fellow, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain)
- Alexander Balhuizen (Sweden, 2014 –2018) (present position, Staff Scientist, Copenhagen University, Denmark)
- Miguel Lopes (Portugal, 2015-2018) (present position, Data Scientist, Swedbank, Lithuania)
- Esther Lizarraga-Mollinedo (Spain, 2016-2019) (present position, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biomedical Institute of Investigations Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain)
- Maikel Colli (Brazil, 2016-2020) (present position, Senior Bioinformatics at Galapagos, Belgium)
- Stephane Demine (Belgium, 2016-2019) (present position, medical student)
- Angela Castela (Portugal, 2018-2021) (present position, Process Development Supervisor, Cell & Gene Therapy, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Belgium)
- Luiz Barella (Brazil, 2020-2021; IBRI) (present position, Scientist, Kallyope, USA)
- Olivia Ballew (USA, 2020-2021; IBRI) (present position, IHC Scientist, Inotive, USA)
- Donalyn Scheuner (USA, 2019-2021) (present position, DLC Consultant, USA)
- Bahareh Rajaei (Iran, 2018-2019) (present position, postdoctoral Fellow, Leiden University Medical Center)
- Vyron Gorgogietas (Greece, 2019-2021) (present position, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg)
- Jonathan Green (England, 2020-2021) (present position, Senior Research Associate at University of East Anglia, England)
- Bruno Santacreu (Argentina, 2021-2022) (present position, Manager of Laboratory Aclimu, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Maria Ines Alvelos (Portugal, 2020-2023)
- Federica Fantuzzi (Italy, 2018-2023)
MEDICAL STUDENTS
- Yasmina Serroukh MD, PhD, Hematologist Rotterdam,the Netherlands
- Lucas Oliveira dos Santos MD, Cardiology resident at Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Usama Azziz MD, Cardiology resident at CHU de Charleroi, Belgium
- Carolina Gomes da Silveira Cauduro MD, Radiation oncology resident at Hôpital du Valais, Sion, Switzerland
- and others…
Group picture in COVID-19 times
