Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke
Professor Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke
Head of the Barriers in Inflammation Lab
Full professor at Ghent University
Group leader at VIB
Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium)
Center for Inflammation Research, VIB, Ghent (Belgium)
Session: Alternatives and adjuncts to stem cells – Wednesday 14 May (3.30-5pm)
Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke is head of the Barriers in Inflammation at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research in Ghent, Belgium. She has a background in biotechnology and molecular cell biology. She obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ghent University where she focused on gene therapy. During her postdoctoral research, she became interested in peripheral and central inflammation and brain barriers. She founded her independent research lab at Ghent University in 2015 and at VIB in 2018. Her team is internationally recognised for its expertise in brain barriers, (neuro)inflammation, the gut-brain axis, and extracellular vesicles.
