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Highlightsof 2013
RachelleFranzen, winner of the
Charcot Foundation2013
AnERCAdvancedGrant for
Michel Georges
2newWelbioprojects
The internationalweek
of thebrain
Michel Georges joined theNAS
May
Michel Georges, isoneof the21
new foreignmemberselectedat the
prestigiousNational Academyof
Sciences (NAS).
He is thefirst researcherwith the
ULgbeingpart of theNAS.
March11-16
The internationalweekof thebrain
Incollaborationwith the
GIGA-Neurosciences
February1st
2newWelbio (WalloonExcellence
inLifeSciencesandBiotechnology)
projects for theGIGAand the3pre-
viouslyselectedprojectsextended
for 2years.
Newprojects :
FabriceBureau
(Laboratoryof Cellular and
Molecular Immunology)
«
Ontogenyandmolecular differen-
tiationpathwaysof lung interstitial
macrophages
»
Michel Georges
(Laboratoryof Animal Genomics)
«
Integratinggeneticsand functional
genomics to identifycausativegenes
andvariantscontrolling inherited
predisposition to inflammatory
bowel disease
»
January22nd
Michel GeorgeswonaERC
AdvancedGrant for theDamona
project.
TheEuropeanResearchCouncil
(ERC) isawarding€680million to
302senior research leaders in24
different countriesacrossEurope in
the latest competition for itspresti-
gious ‘AdvancedGrants’.Withup to
€2.5millionper project, the funding
allows thesescientists topursue
theirmost ground-breaking ideasat
the frontiersof knowledge together
with their own teams.
January18th
RachelleFranzen, winner of the
Charcot Foundation2013 for the
project
«
themultiplesclerosisand its
molecularmechanisms
»
In2013, 4 researchprojectswere
grantedasubsidy from theChar-
cot Foundation, for anamount of
167.000euros.
Thisyear, theNational Belgian
Association for themultiplesclerosis
isgiving theCharcot Foundationa
subsidyallowing the fundingof a
fifthproject for 38.000euros.
