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NEWS
Discover all the updates of our lab!
January 21st 2026
Kick-off of the interuniversity Clinical Nutrition program micro-credential aimed at physicians, (hospital) pharmacists, biomedical scientists, and other healthcare professionals, offering a multidisciplinary, evidence-based education on nutrition in various clinical contexts
June 25th 2025
Our PhD student Fleur Mingneau presented one of her project at the Flemisch MS Research Day in Leuven.
May 21st & 22nd 2025
Team MIND at the Dutch MS Days in Amsterdam — we were there with nearly the entire team, and proudly showcased two presentations by our colleagues Fleur and Bo.
October 2024
Two new PhD students joined our lab. Elke (left) obtained a FWO grant and Thalissa (right) managed to get a personal university funding.
June 26th 2024
Our PhD student Fleur Mingneau won the young scientist award at the 9th European workshop on Lipid mediators in Edinburgh.
September 7-8 2023
Our lab group went on a lab retreat together with the group of Prof. Dr. Jeroen Bogie. We spent two days in Beauraing together!
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January 6th 2026
As part of 'de Vooruitblik', an initiative of the University of Flanders, Prof. Dr. Jerome Hendriks contributed to the accompanying book, radio broadcast, and video podcast.
May 30th 2025
May 30th is International MS Day — a meaningful moment for our team, as we’re dedicated to finding new solutions to improve the lives of people with MS.
April 24th 2025
Our PhD student Bo Batens won the best oral presentation award at the Dutch Nutritional Immunology Conference (DNIC) Wageningen.
September 5th 2024
The groups of Prof. Dr. Hendriks and Prof. Dr. Jeroen Bogie joined for a delicious barbecue in Jerome's garden.
June 19th 2024
Work hard, play hard! We took 'play' quite literally and played some after work padel!
June 28th 2023
Our PhD student Aida Garcia Corrales successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Fatty acid elongation in neuroinflammation and remyelination".
September 3rd 2025
We spent a teambuilding day in Eindhoven, showing our adventurous side with a canoe trip on the Dommel followed by a fun city game.
May 27th 2025
Our PhD student Bo Batens won the best poster presentation award at the Belgian Nutrition Society Symposium in Brussels.
February 28th 2025
The project of PhD Bo Batens got rewarded with funding from MS Liga Vlaanderen, with the support of the Dutch charity "MoveS - Climbing against MS".
July 10th 2024
Our postdoc Sanne Verberk won a grant for a pilot project that includes 10,000 euro at the European Society for NeuroImmunology (ESNI) conference!
October 28th 2023
Our PhD student Melanie Loix successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Disturbed lipid metabolism underlies immune cell dysfunction in multiple sclerosis".
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