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Deeper knowledge for better cures Christian de Duve, Nobel laureate and founder of the de Duve Institute in 1974 Our mission statement priority to basic biomedical research and to the freedom of the investigators special attention to


  1. « Deeper knowledge for better cures » Christian de Duve, Nobel laureate and founder of the de Duve Institute in 1974

  2. Our mission statement Ø priority to basic biomedical research and to the freedom of the investigators Ø special attention to the medical benefits resulting from our discoveries Ø multidisciplinary collaboration

  3. Who we are sharing ideas, expertise supported by national and 25 research groups, and access to cutting- international funding bodies ~ 300 people from edge technology (EU, ERC, Ludwig Cancer close to 40 nationalities platforms Research), and private donations

  4. Our research & recent highlights Cancer biology and immunotherapy Ø Fighting resistance to cancer immunotherapy. Science 2018; Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2017; Nat Commun 2017; Sci Transl Med 2017 Genetics, stem cells and development Ø Rapamycin to treat genetic venous malformation. J Clin Invest 2015 Metabolism Ø Discovery of metabolic repair enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2017 Infectious disease Ø Discovery of bacterial Cnox, a shield against the immune system. Mol Cell 2018 Communication across the bacterial cell envelope. PLoS Biol 2017; Nature 2015

  5. Our organization de Duve Institute aisbl Université catholique Scientific de Louvain Council Board of administrators Directorate Administration Fellowship Research groups Logistics committee Technology Post-doctoral platforms programme

  6. More at http://www.deduveinstitute.be/ https://uclouvain.be/en/research-institutes/deduve

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