Mattias Van Heetvelde

Phone: +32(0)93321343
E-mail: Mattias.VanHeetvelde@UGent.be
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5758-0366

Projects

• Data analysis and statistics support
• Exploration of new bioinformatic tools
• Setting up and optimizing bioinformatic pipelines for various NGS applications
• Website maintenance

Fields of Expertise

• Bioinformatics
• DNA sequencing technologies
• RNA-Seq
• small non-coding RNAs

Appointments

• 2019-present Scientific Staff, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2018-2019 PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2013-2017 IWT PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
  

Awards and Honours

• 2019 FWO Travel grant for a course abroad, ecSeq Bioinformatics RNA-Seq course, Berlin, Germany
• 2016 Travel grant, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University

Degrees

• 2019 PhD in Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University. Dissertation:  Second hits in BRCA1- and BRCA2-associated breast and ovarian cancer: connecting coding to non-coding mechanisms of inactivation
• 2013 Master of Bioscience Engineering, Cell and Gene Biotechnology, Faculty of BioScience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
• 2011 Bachelor of Bioscience Engineering, Cell and Gene Biotechnology, Faculty of BioScience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  

Lab Totem

• Bedrijvige Beloega – Bustling Beluga

The beluga whale is a very communicative and playful animal. Also known as "sea canaries," belugas are one of the most the most vocal of all whales. Beluga travel in herds roaming the oceans. These toothed whales are excellent hunters, can stay under water for up to 25 minutes and dive to 800 meter depths.

Characteristics: social, perserverance, nomadic, quick, playful