Eline Van Vooren

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

​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

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.