Best wishes! May 2026 be a year filled with curiosity, collaboration, and collective enthusiasm, so that we can continue to advance research together.

A study led by Gilles Vandewalle’s team reveals that light does more than illuminate our surroundings—it directly influences the activity of the amygdala, a key structure in mood regulation.

Published in Cell, an international study involving researchers from the GIGA-Cancer Institute uncovers a new mechanism of immune evasion in melanoma, paving the way for novel strategies to enhance immunotherapy.

Congratulations to the 19 GIGA researchers who are receiving a new FRIA or FRESH mandate from the FNRS!

Anneline Pinson has been awarded an Incentive Grant for Scientific Research (MIS) from the FNRS to analyze how early exposure to endocrine disruptors affects brain development and long-term cognitive functions.

Grégory receives an Incentive Grant for Scientific Research (MIS) from the FNRS to study the resistant leukemia cells responsible for relapses of acute myeloid leukemia and identify new avenues for improving treatments.

Emilie Lommers receives a WEAVE (FNRS) grant for a translational brain imaging project aimed at advancing our understanding of multiple sclerosis.

Researchers from the Coma Science Group used in silico models to assess whether administering LSD and psilocybin could lead to increased brain activity in these patients.

Yasmine Belkaid, Director General of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and an internationally renowned immunologist, was awarded an honorary doctorate by ULiège on November 17, 2025.

Researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute and GIGA have developed a prognostic biomarker capable of predicting, years in advance, which individuals infected with the HTLV-1 virus will develop aggressive leukemia.

A team led by Olivier Peulen (Metastasis Research Laboratory) has identified myoferlin as a promising target to weaken the tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer and potentially enhance treatment response.

At GIGA, several teams are exploring the mechanisms of breast cancer, from risk factors to metastatic forms, to better understand the disease and pave the way for more targeted treatments.

Ces 29 et 30 septembre, une délégation de l'Université de Liège (représentée par les Pr Christel Pequeux et Ingrid Struman) et de l'Université de Mons a été accueillie au CIRC/IARC à Lyon

Marie-Julie Nokin, Justine Huart and Grégory Ehx were honored for their work this weekend at the Royal Academy of Medicine's solemn awards ceremony.

Agustina Aragon-Daud, PhD student at the Laboratory of Physiology of Cognition, receveived an award from the  Brainstorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition with her project called "Mind Blanking: Looking at the Brain When Thoughts Disappear".

A team from Franck Dequiedt's laboratory has shown that beyond switching on harmful genes, the fusion protein EWSR1::FLI1 also disrupts mRNA stability, opening new therapeutic perspectives.