Stijn Van de Sompele
Projects
- Identification of new disease gene for retinitis pigmentosa through whole exome sequencing
- EYE-splice: towards more insights into the role of transacting premRNA splicing dynamics in the pathogenesis of inherited blindness
- Discovering and elucidating the role of non-coding defects in North Carolina macular dystrophy, a cis-regulatory disease
- Inherited retinal dystrophy
- Targeted next-generation sequencing
- Whole exome sequencing
- Electrophoretic mobility shift assays
- 2018-present FWO PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
- 2016-2018 BOF PhD fellow, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium
- 2020 Best oral presentation, 20th Belgian Society for Human genetics (BeSHG), Belgium
- 2018 FWO Travel grant, European Society for Human genetics (ESHG), Italy
- 2017 Research grant: Funds for Research in Ophthalmology, € 8.000
- 2017 Best oral presentation, 5th Course in Eye Genetics, Italy
- 2016 Master in Bioscience Engineering, Cell and Gene Biotechnology (major: Biomedical Biotechnology), Ghent University, Belgium
- Vlijtige bergbever – Diligent mountain beaver
This active rodent never ventures far from its hole. It is orderly and diligent. It tolerates almost all animals in its territory, as long as they have no evil intentions. If the mountain beaver experiences difficulties, he is steadfast and inventive. He seldom gives up before he has found a solution. In a familiar environment the mountain beaver is quiet.
Characteristics: active, inventive, orderly, quiet, steady, tolerant, diligent, persevering |