Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS
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Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Associate Professor

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E-mail Esther Copy e-mail
+3211269296 Campus Diepenbeek
Gebouw C
BMO-C012

Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Research

Discipline codes: Nuclear imaging (03061804), Medical imaging and therapy not elsewhere classified (03061899), Cell therapy (03063201), Neurological and neuromuscular diseases (03062305), Cancer therapy (03062405)

Supervised PhDs

Multimodal Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: From Digital Pathology to Spatial Tissue Analysis

Kim Nijsten for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Organelle homeostasis in CMT1A: Understanding cellular stress and inter-organelle crosstalk in Schwann cells

Hanne Jeurissen for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: a traffic jam at the Kennedy tunnel

Koen Kuipers for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Human dental pulp stem cells as a patient-in-a-dish model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

Nathalie Dirkx for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Creation of a humanized mouse model for demyelinating peripheral neuropathies as a platform for therapeutic testing

Yara Lambrechts for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
View all 16 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Advancing precision oncology: Plasma-treated hydrogels as a targeted therapy for head and neck cancer

Thomas Raps for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Engineering a nerve-in-a-dish: microtopography-guided differentiation of dental pulp stem cells for studying Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Lise Van Horebeek for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

TIMPed wrapping of myelin in the PNS: unraveling the role of TIMP-1 in health and disease.

Femke Reubens for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Redox heterogeneity in head and neck cancer: toward targeted therapies

Nuran Caz for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2026
Supervised as Promotor

Turning the tide in stroke recovery: IGF-2 as a driver of neuroprotection, angiogenesis and neurogenesis.

Lotte Alders for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2026
Supervised as Copromotor

Spatial statistical methods in digital pathology applied to non-small cell lung cancer and chronic hepatitis B infected liver tissue

Jari Claes for the title Doctor of Sciences: Statistics in 2026
Supervised as Copromotor

From Whole Slide Imaging Optimization to Nuclei Segmentation: Computational Approaches for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Analysis

Melvin Geubbelmans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Statistics in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor

From Experimental Models to Targeted Therapies for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Jolien Van den Bosch for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: pyridoxamine to the rescue?

Sibren Haesen for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor

Unraveling CMT1A: Models, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Approaches

Karen Libberecht for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2024
Supervised as Promotor

Human dental pulp stem cell-mediated mechanisms of neuroregeneration and optimization of the transient middle cerebral artery occlusion mouse stroke model

Pascal Gervois for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2017
Supervised as Copromotor
View all 16 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Publications

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Projects

42 research projects have been found
View all 42 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Development of human iPSC-derived neuromuscular junctions on a chip to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Research)

Replacement and upgrade of electronics, radiofrequency coils and magnet monitoring units for preclinical, high-field magnetic resonance imaging. (Research)

Replacement and upgrade of electronics, radiofrequency coils and magnet monitoring units for preclinical, high-field magnetic resonance imaging. (Research)

Beyond the biopsy: Innovative multimodal imaging to assess whole tumor heterogeneity in lung cancer (Research)

Engineering a nerve-in-a-dish: microtopography-guided differentiation of dental pulp stem cells for studying Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. (Research)

Generating a multicellular "Organ-in-a-Dish" model to study Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (Research)

Advancing precision oncology: Plasma-treated hydrogels as a targeted therapy for head and neck cancer (Research)

StemServe: from academic to commercial platform (Research)

Plasma-treated hydrogels as a new selective therapy for head and neck cancer (Research)

Disturbances in Phospholipid Turnover in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 1A (Research)

Squeezing Cancer: Micro-Topographies to Decode Biological Pathways for Targeted HNSCC Therapeutics (Research)

Digital Pathology Innovations in Cross-Border Connectivity, AI and Mass Spectrometry (Research)

Creation of a humanized mouse model for demyelinating peripheral neuropathies as a platform for therapeutic testing. (Research)

Positioning StemServe's intellectual property. (Research)

Human dental pulp stem cells as a patient-in-a-dish model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

Human dental pulp stem cells as a patient-in-a-dish model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A: Traffic jam at the Kennedy Tunnel. (Research)

StemServe: Validation of the business case for a proprietary collection of human stem cells (Research)

Digital microscopy in future education (Education)

The molecular hug between the ER and mitochondria in Charcot- Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

IGF-2 and Des(1-6)IGF-2 as new tools to boost neurogenesis after ischemic stroke. (Research)

The molecular hug between the ER and mitochondria in Charcot- Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

NEED - Bioresponsive nanocarriers as a therapy for cancer and wound healing. (Research)

Future proof pathology for predictive medicine and disease prognosis based on tumor heterogeneity. (Research)

From Onco to Cardio: AGEs as a new target for chemotherapyinduced cardiotoxicity. (Research)

Creation of a humanized mouse model for Charcot Marie Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

Development of a new CMT1A research toolbox: an alternative human stem cell-based strategy (Research)

The next generation of transmission electron microscopy: from biomedicine to nanomaterials. A state-of-the art electron microscopy system for cryo-EM and correlative light and electron microscopy. (Research)

Dental stem cells as effective vehicles in a new therapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma. (Research)

The molecular hug between the ER and mitochondria in Charcot- Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (Research)

IGF-2 and Des [1-6] IGF-2 as new tools to boost neurogenesis after ischemic stroke. (Research)

Protein misfolding in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: opening the gates for cathepsin B and peripheral nerve demyelination. (Research)

IGF-2 and [DES-1-6]IGF-2 as new tools to boost neurogenesis after ischemic stroke (Research)

Protein misfolding in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: opening the gates for cathepsin B and peripheral nerve demyelination. (Research)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, peripheral myelin protein 22, Schwann cells, dental pulp stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells (Research)

Suicide gene therapy as a new treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma: a dental stem cell-based approach. (Research)

From Onco to Cardio: AGEs as a new target for chemotherapyinduced cardiotoxicity. (Research)

Protein misfolding in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: opening the gates for cathepsin B and peripheral nerve demyelination. (Research)

GMP Booster: the cell and gene therapy pilot plant (Research)

Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: time for a chAnGE of stRAteGiEs. (Research)

ATMP Center: custom quality control & GMP services for clinical ATMP development (Research)

Neuroprotective and neuroregenerative effects of transplantation of neurotrophic enhanced dental pulp stem cells in ischaemic stroke. (Research)

View all 42 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Esther WOLFS

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2026 - 2027

3610

Biomedical neurosciences

Coordinating lecturer
3627

Pathology of the cell

Member of the teaching team
5471

Pathology of the cell

Member of the teaching team
1862

Dissection

Coordinating lecturer
3950

Experimental Design in Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease

Member of the teaching team
3607

Functional anatomy

Coordinating lecturer
9701

The nervous system

Member of the teaching team
3951

Innovative techniques in imaging

Member of the teaching team
3953

Laboratory animal sciences

Member of the teaching team
3954

Laboratory animal sciences: theoretical basis

Member of the teaching team
4101

Neuroscience

Member of the teaching team
3978

Regenerative medicine

Co-lecturer
4606

Internship and electives

Member of the teaching team

Academic year 2025 - 2026

3610

Biomedical neurosciences

Coordinating lecturer
3627

Pathology of the cell

Member of the teaching team
5471

Pathology of the cell

Member of the teaching team
1862

Dissection

Coordinating lecturer
3950

Experimental Design in Molecular Mechanisms in Health and Disease

Member of the teaching team
3607

Functional anatomy

Coordinating lecturer
3951

Innovative techniques in imaging

Member of the teaching team
3953

Laboratory animal sciences

Member of the teaching team
3954

Laboratory animal sciences: theoretical basis

Member of the teaching team
4101

Neuroscience

Member of the teaching team
3978

Regenerative medicine

Co-lecturer
4606

Internship and electives

Member of the teaching team

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