Frauke Coppieters

Phone: +32 (0) 933 25882
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7224-0992

Projects

• Identification and characterization of non-coding variation in inherited retinal dystrophies
• Role of cis-acting and transacting pre-mRNA splicing dynamics in the pathogenesis and treatment of inherited blindness
• Precision medicine for rare disorders
  

Fields of Expertise

• Inherited retinal dystrophies: molecular genetics, disease pathogenesis
• Massively parallel sequencing: library preparation, sequencing and data-analysis
  

Appointments

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Awards and Honours

• 2016 Best Oral Presentation by Young Investigator, European Society of Human Genetics
  
• 2010 Award from the Funds for Research in Ophthalmology, € 8.000
  
• 2008 Research grant: Funds for Research in Ophthalmology, €25.000
  

Degrees

• 2011 PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium. Dissertation: title
  
• XXXX Master of Biomedical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
  
• XXXX Bacholor of Biomedical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
  

Lab Totem

Persevering Dingo - Doorzettende Dingo

This wild Australian dog does not bark, but communicates via a wolfish howl. The dingo is intelligent and very independent, and therefore difficult to temper. He lives in small, close families. He is a persevering hunter. The dingo is alternately active and quiet.

Characteristics: active, communicative, persevering, intelligent, quiet, social, independent