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Eline Van Vooren

Phone: +32 (0) 933 21358
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8731-1199

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​Principal Investigator
  • Elfride De Baere
  • Miriam Bauwens (co-promotor)
  • Bart Leroy (co-promotor)
Projects
  • Deciphering the pathogenic effect of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in RPE65, a target for gene therapy
Fields of Expertise
  • RPE65
  • Inherited retinal dystrophies
  • Functional studies of variants
  • Cloning
  • HPLC
  • Western Blot
  • Cell culture (iPSC, HEK, RPE)
  • RPE differentiation
Appointments
  • 2022-2026 FWO PhD fellowship, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
  • 2020-2022 Research associate, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
Awards and Honours
  • 2022 Best poster award, RARE-MED symposium, Ghent, Belgium
  • 2024 ARVO Travel grant, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2024, Seattle, USA
  • 2024 FWO travel grant, research stay at the National Eye Institute/National Institutes of Health (NEI/NIH) with Dr Redmond, Bethesda, USA
Degrees
  • 2020 Master of Biomedical Sciences (major: Medical Genetics), Ghent University, Belgium
Lab Totem
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Radiant Chaffinch - Stralende Boekvink
This dilligent and vibrant songbird is cosy, peaceful and cheerful. She is not shy but causious. She handles her chores with great care and maintains a wide social network. The chaffinch is happy, loyal and learns from the older birds.

Characteristics: cheerful, peaceful, social.
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