Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX
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Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

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E-mail Bieke Copy e-mail
+3211269254 Campus Diepenbeek
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Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

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Research

Discipline codes: Autoimmunity (03011404), Neurological and neuromuscular diseases (03012305), Autoimmunity (03061404), Neurological and neuromuscular diseases (03062305), Adaptive immunology (03011401), Inflammation (03011406), Epigenetics (03012109), Cellular interactions and extracellular matrix (03012106), Cell movement (03012104), Adaptive immunology (03061401), Inflammation (03061406), Cell movement (03062104), Cellular interactions and extracellular matrix (03062106), Epigenetics (03062109), Metabolic diseases (03060903), Metabolic diseases (03010903)

Supervised PhDs

Influence of gammaherpesvirus infections on the development of multiple sclerosis

Annet van de Waterweg Berends for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis: from methylation to (re)myelination

Sarah Chenine for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Adipose tissue-resident Th cells modulate the adipose tissue-brain axis in multiple sclerosis

Lisa Schuetz for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Evaluating the therapeutic potential of anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody therapy in inflammatory barrier diseases

Cynthia Gonzalez Muñoz for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Thrilled by ticks to investigate protein Salp15 and it’s role in (auto)immune disease

Marie Sels for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
View all 15 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

S-palmitoylation as a functional regulator of autoimmunity in multiple sclerosis

Brecht Moonen for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

High salt diet causes blood brain barrier disturbances in multiple sclerosis: involvement of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

Xue Zhong for the title Doctor of Medical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

IL-34 mediates a novel non-canonical function of regulatory T cells by protecting brain barriers in neuroinflammation.

Janne Verreycken for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Adipose tissue-brain crosstalk in obesity: Does extracellular vesicle release by inflamed adipose tissue trigger blood brain barrier disruption

Daphne Lintsen for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

From barrier breach to brain invasion: Modulators of T cell migration in Multiple Sclerosis.

Gayel Duran for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2024
Supervised as Promotor

Endogenous modulators of CNS barriers in multiple sclerosis

Doryssa Hermans for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2023
Supervised as Promotor

When helpers go above and beyond: characterization of cytotoxic CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis

Cindy Hoeks for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor

Regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis: good guys go bad at the gateway to the brain.

Paulien Baeten for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

OSM and TIMP-1 in multiple sclerosis: implications for neuroinflammation, remyelination, and neuroregeneration

Evelien Houben for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2020
Supervised as Copromotor

Cytomegalovirus and cytotoxic CD4+ T cells are key players in exacerbation of multiple sclerosis

Marjan Vanheusden for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2017
Supervised as Copromotor
View all 15 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

Publications

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Projects

47 research projects have been found

Adipose tissue-brain crosstalk in obesity: Does extracellular vesicle release by inflamed adipose tissue trigger blood brain barrier disruption? (Research)

MULTISCALE - The UHasselt MultiScale Optical Imaging Core: Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and analysis of 'big' 4D datasets (Research)

High salt diet causes blood-brain barrier disturbances in multiple sclerosis: involvement of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. (Research)

Development of a Treg-based cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (Research)

View all 47 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

IL-34 mediates a novel non-canonical function of regulatory T cells by protecting brain barriers in neuroinflammation (Research)

Identifying the molecular drivers of Treg loss-offunction during brain barrier transmigration (Research)

Uncovering triggers responsible for regulatory T cell loss of function in neuroinflammation (Research)

Live cell monitoring platform (LCMP) (Research)

T cell palmitoylation as functional regulator of immunity in multiple sclerosis (Research)

T cell palmitoylation as functional regulator of immunity in multiple sclerosis (Research)

IL-34 mediates a novel non-canonical function of regulatory T cells by protecting brain barriers in neuroinflammation (Research)

Identifying the molecular drivers of Treg loss-of-function during brain barrier transmigration (Research)

Regional mapping of harmful MHC-TCR epitopes in MS brain (Research)

Fostering INCLUsive biomeDicine gEps in research and higher education institutions (Research)

Regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis: from methylation to (re)myelination (Research)

Regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis: from methylation to (re)myelination (Research)

Chronic inflammation and blood brain barrier disruption in neurodegeneration (Research)

Regional mapping of MHC-TCR epitopes in MS brain (Research)

MULTISCALE - Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and big data analysis of optical imaging data (Research)

Fatigue in MS: from invisible to measurable (Research)

Blocking immune cell migration into the brain: a targeted therapy for autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases (Research)

mRNA-LNP vaccination to restore immune tolerance in autoimmune diseases. (Research)

Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis risk: does imprinting of monocytes provide better explanations? (Research)

Inflammasome activation in TH lymphocytes, induced by mitochondrial impairment, causes local tissue damage in the brain of multiple sclerosis patients. (Research)

IL-34 mediates a novel non-canonical function of regulatory T cells by protecting brain barriers in neuroinflammation (Research)

Deep immune-phenotyping of multiple sclerosis patients using advanced spectral flow cytometry (Research)

Extracellular vesicles: key players and new biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (Research)

Identification of key molecules involved in the recruitment of pathogenic T cells into the inflamed MS brain (Research)

Adipose tissue-resident Th cells modulate the adipose tissue-brain axis in multiple sclerosis (Research)

Identification of key molecules involved in the recruitment of pathogenic T cells into the inflamed MS brain (Research)

Understanding how B cell depletion with ocrelizumab affects the immune system in the treatment of MS (Research)

Identification of multiple sclerosis-specific cytotoxic CD4 T cells (Research)

Inflammasome activation in T lymphocytes: a new player in the complex immune response in multiple sclerosis patients (Research)

Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis risk: does imprinting of monocytes provide better explanations? (Research)

A single cell multi-omics approach to identify novel MS-associated cytotoxic CD4+ T cells (Research)

Restoring defective regulators: a step towards an autologous regulatory T cell-based therapy for multiple sclerosis (Research)

Oncostatin M-induced astrocytic TIMP-1: the key to central nervous system lesion repair. (Research)

Interaction of regulatory T cells with cells of the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis (Research)

Innate lymphoid cells and genetic risk variants in multiple sclerosis (Research)

Interaction of regulatory T cells with cells of the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis (Research)

The unexplored role of interleukin-24 in multiple sclerosis (Research)

Understanding the transcriptome dynamics of migratory mechanisms of dendritic cells and regulatory T-cells in MS using RNA-Seq. (Research)

The unexplored role of interleukin-24 in multiple sclerosis. (Research)

T lymphocytes: from basic biology to immunotherapy (Research)

Ephrins and their receptors are crucial for the recruitment of pathogenic TH17 cells to the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis patients (Research)

FWO travel grant to Bieke Broux for a long stay at the University of Montreal under her postdoctoral research (Research)

View all 47 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2025 - 2026

1573

Immunology

Member of the teaching team
5233

Immunology

Member of the teaching team
3564

Medical and Molecular Biology

Member of the teaching team
3617

Molecular genetics and epigenetics

Coordinating lecturer
9063

Research track: immunology and infection

Member of the teaching team

Academic year 2024 - 2025

1573

Immunology

Member of the teaching team
3617

Molecular genetics and epigenetics

Coordinating lecturer
3956

Research track: immunology and infection

Member of the teaching team

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