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Andrei Turtoi received
theASIPAward
Preparing the transition to
genomicmedicine
Companies&BiomedCenters
NetworkingEvent
Researchers’ Night
Visitsof students (E=MC
2
)
October andNovember
TheGIGAwelcomedmanygroups
of students (highschools) and
had themdiscover theworldof the
researchand the jobs in thefieldof
sciences.
September 27th
Live longer andbetter thanks to
Science... Thiswas theprogramof
theResearchers’ Night 2013. The
visitorsweregiven theopportunity
tocalculate theageof their arteries
throughaprogramdevelopedbya
PhDStudent from theGIGA-Cardio-
vascular Sciences.
September 19th
TheGIGAorganizedameeting
between thebiomedCenters (GIGA,
CIRM, Cyclotron) andcompanies.
Itwas theopportunity topresent
thenew technologicandscientific
activitiesof thecentersand tobuild
newcontactsandcollaborations
withcompanies!
June18th
The transition togenomicmedicine
iscomingsoon. Inorder toshare the
latest scientificfindingsand togene-
rateamultidisciplinary reflectionon
genomicmedicine, 7universities
(UniversitédeLiège (GIGA-Genetics),
K.U. Leuven, Universitécatholique
deLouvain, UniversiteitGhent, Uni-
versité libredeBruxelles, Universiteit
Antwerpen, VUBrussel), amounting
to6out of 7accreditedgenetic
researchcentres, havewithfinancial
help from the federal scientificpolicy
agency formeda Inter-university
magnet agency, theBeMGI (Belgian
Medical Genomics Initiative). Like
other countries, Belgium ispreparing
for proactivemanagement of geno-
mic informationaspart of anew
standardofmedical practice.
May
Andrei Turtoi (LaboratoryofMetas-
tasisResearch) received the
«
ASIP
2013Experimental Pathologist-in-
TrainingAward
»
. Thisprize from the
AmericanSociety for Investigative
Pathology (ASIP) rewardseachyear
a researcher pursuingveryhigh level
work in thestudyof themechanisms
at theoriginof thehumandiseases.
In31yearsof existence, this is
theveryfirst time this important
distinction for the international com-
munityof pathologist researchers is
awarded toanonAmerican.
