Miriam Bauwens

Phone: +32 (0) 933 21343
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0402-9006

​Principal Investigator

• Elfride De Baere
  

Projects

• Exploring the role of non-coding variation in inherited blindness: the ABCA4 locus in Stargardt disease as a model

Fields of Expertise

• Splicing
• Blindness
• Stargardt
• ABCA4
• Regulation

Appointments

• 2018-present Scientific staff, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2017-2018 PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2013-2017 FWO PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium

Awards and Honours

• 2017 Braille Liga Prize,  € 12.000
• 2017 Best Young Investigator for outstanding science, The European Human Genetics (ESHG) meeting, Denmark
• 2017 Best oral presentation, Belgian Society of Human Genetics (BeSHG) meeting, Belgium
• 2016 FWO Travel grant for long stay abroad: Radboud UMC, Department of Human Genetics, The Netherlands
• 2016 Travel Grant, ARVO, USA
• 2014 Braille Liga Prize, € 8.000
• 2012 Research grant: Funds for Research in Ophthalmology, € 17.000

Degrees

• 2018 PhD in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium. Dissertation: Missing heritability in ABCA4-associated disease
• 2013 Master of Biomedical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium

Lab Totem

Helpful Capuchin Monkey - Behulpzame Kapucijnaap

The capuchin monkey lives in a group. He is very intelligent and tries to solve problems by thinking. He likes to be busy with something, especially because he likes to make something beautiful. The capuchin monkey is quickly mature and has few enemies.

Characteristics: busy, creative, group animal, intelligent, problem solving