Dr. Seppe De Schepper is a junior group leader at the VIB-Center for Molecular Neurology/ University of Antwerp. He received training in leading laboratories under the mentorship of Prof. Guy Boeckxstaens, Prof. Dario Alessi, and Dr. Soyon Hong, acquiring extensive expertise in neuroimmunology and neurodegeneration before establishing his own research line on the gut-immune-brain axis. The Laboratory for Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Research will investigate how the peripheral immune system influences brain immune states in health and disease, with a particular focus on the role of intestinal macrophages and immune cell trafficking in neurodegenerative disorders.

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