📢Results are in for the 2023 “WELBIO Investigator Programme” call 👏21 ‘Investigators' programmes’ have been selected and will join the 23 ongoing programmes within our WELBIO department WEL Research Institute UCLouvain ULB ComRecherche ULiège Research & Innovation UNamur Université de Mons

👉In J. Am. Chem. Soc. : Christophe Detrembleur and colleagues WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation F.R.S.-FNRS developed an innovative process for the production of polyurethane foams isocyanate-free, #recyclable and #biobased 🌎 #impact #sustainable #transition

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The rapid production of #isocyanatefree biobased #polyurethane #foams at ambient temperature is now a #reality . A #patent has been filed for this process, developed by researchers of the Université de Liège ACS Publications ULiège - RISE F.R.S.-FNRS WEL Research Institute #CERM #ULiège

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2 WELRI Investigators WEL Research Institute have been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) POC grant:👏congratulations to Ana Beloqui UCLouvain #impact #Health and Alessandro Parente ULB ComRecherche #impact #decarbonization

L’épigénétique joue un rôle clé dans la dépendance aux drogues

Un mécanisme majeur de l’addiction aux drogues, en particulier celle à la cocaïne, a été mis au jour par des chercheurs de l’ULB Neuroscience Institute.

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👉 In Angewandte Chemie : Jean-Christophe Monbaliu WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation F.R.S.-FNRS and his team revisited the paradigm of reaction optimization in flow with a priori computational reaction intelligence
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👉In Nature Communications : Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche F.R.S.-FNRS and his lab deciphered the role for the Maged1 gene in cocaine dependence, independent of the reward circuit generally associated with drug addiction.
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👏Congratulations to Laurent Nguyen Laurent Nguyen WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant and the Audacious Medical Grant in neurology F.R.S.-FNRS to study the mechanisms involved in early brain development.

👉 In nature : Collet Lab WEL Research Institute UCLouvain and collaborators VIB deciphered the crucial role of SlyB in bacterial survival mechanisms, paving the way for potential applications in antimicrobial research.
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👏Congratulations to Ievgenia Pastushenko WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche F.R.S.-FNRS elected member of the Collegium of the Académie royale de Belgique Académie royale de Belgique

Congrats 🎉 to ⁦Simon Petitjean⁩ (whom will defend his PhD next week) and Savannah Eeckhout (two ⁦F.R.S.-FNRS⁩ research fellows) for this very nice study. ⁦UCLouvain⁩ ⁦WEL Research Institute⁩ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

👏 Congratulations to Thomas Pardoen WEL Research Institute UCLouvain 2023 laureate of the « Grande Médaille » from the « Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux » awarded in recognition of his career and major contributions in the field of materials.
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👏Congratulations to Thomas Marichal WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to study the mechanisms of lung regeneration following respiratory infections such as #Covid19 or #influenza .

👏Contratulations to WEL Research Institute Investigators Patrice Cani Micr Obesity and Amandine Everard Amandine Everard 👉 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers for their significant publications over the last decade UCLouvain F.R.S.-FNRS

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👉 In nature : Cedric Blanpain and team WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche F.R.S.-FNRS uncovered the role of the extracellular matrix composition on the progression of cells expressing oncogenic mutations towards becoming invasive tumours.
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And it was great to celebrate the North American Vascular Biology Organisation's (NAVBO) 2023 Earl P. Benditt Award with Prof Laurence M. Boon ! 📷 #vascapa #Hevas #CMTC #Revamp #Theralymph #deduveinstitute #vascular #ISSVA #eurordis #WELBIO #NAVBO : navbo.org/meritorious-aw…

👏 Congratulations to Miikka Vikkula WEL Research Institute UCLouvain F.R.S.-FNRS for this prestigious award in recognition of his numerous contributions to our understanding of the genetic basis of lymphatic and vascular anomalies.

👏Congratulations to Laurent Nguyen Laurent Nguyen WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation F.R.S.-FNRS for his participation in the UNFOLD project funded by an European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant. news.uliege.be/cms/c_19014166…

Le WEL Research Institute WEL Research Institute mis à l’honneur au cours de la soirée fundamentale F.R.S.-FNRS. Notre Président Philippe Denoël a souligné l’importance du rôle joué par le WELRI dans la continuité entre #Recherche #Innovation et #impact socioéconomique. #WallonieRelance