Sleegers Lab

@SleegersLab

The Kristel Sleegers lab at @CMN_VIB and @UAntwerpen is committed to increase insight in the complex genetics of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Antwerp, Belgium uantwerpen.vib.be/group/KristelS… Joined September 2020

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Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab Nov 20, 2024

If you are interested to see more from the Sleegers Lab, please check out our account on Bluesky (sleegerslab.bsky.social): bsky.app/profile/sleege….

This Twitter account will no longer be active. See you there! 🦋

Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab Nov 14, 2024

For the FFBD Faculty Research day, the @UAntwerpen interviewed our Ph.D. student @CelesteLaureys1 on her work on the genetic exploration of Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks and neuropathological lesions. Listen to her passionately explain her research! 🧠🧬open.spotify.com/episode/0isr8p…

open.spotify.com Research Talks #4 - Celeste Laureyssen: "Alzheimer’s is such a heterogenic disease, that only... Faculty Focus Podcast · Episode

Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab Oct 24, 2024

A bit late to the party, but @TijsWatzeels and @CelesteLaureys1 presented their wonderful research on a very successful first UAntwerp Nanopore Day some weeks ago! See you next time!

Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab Oct 22, 2024

Our postdoc @JVerwilt presented his work on long-read exRNA sequencing today at LRUA in Uppsala. What an amazing venue! 🇸🇪 #LRUA24

Jasper Verwilt @JVerwilt Oct 22, 2024

What the **** ! Such an amazing opportunity to present our research to a crowd of amazingly smart people in a mind-blowing venue at LRUA in Uppsala 🇸🇪 What a HIT this ‘assembly’ was! 🧬 #LRUA24

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Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab Oct 22, 2024

We are excited to share that our new paper, led by Celeste Laureyssen (@CelesteLaureys1), is now published in Acta Neuropathologica and available online!🧠🧬

Check out our new publication here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

link.springer.com Hypothesis-based investigation of known AD risk variants reveals the genetic underpinnings of... Acta Neuropathologica - Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Besides neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques, a wide range of co-morbid...