WELBIO Projects
WELBIO is an inter-university research institute based in Wallonia whose mission is to support fundamental research of excellence in life sciences and to promote the exploitation of scientific results in medical, pharmaceutical and veterinary biotechnological applications. WELBIO wishes to strengthen research excellence in Wallonia and international recognition.
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ELBIO is subsidized by Wallonia. Its mission is to support strategic fundamental research through rigorously selected projects from the universities of the Walloon-Brussels Federation, with a view to promote discoveries towards industrial applications in all fields of biotechnology. Several researchers at the University of Liège benefit from WELBIO's support in the development of their research.
New grants
| Principal Inverstigator | Project title | Instrument & duration |
|---|---|---|
| BUREAU Fabrice | Lung regulatory macrophages: phenotype, function and therapeutic potential |
CONTINUATION GRANT 2017-2021 |
| CHARIOT Alain | tRNA modifications tRNA modifying enzymes and their targets in immunity and cancer |
CONTINUATION GRANT 2017-2021 |
| CLOSE Pierre | THERAtRAME Translation reprogramming through wobble tRNA modification in cancer |
STARTING GRANT 2017-2021 |
| MARICHAL Thomas | MUCOSAGUARD Epithelial cells as master regulators of mucosal homeostasis: unraveling the regulatory role of Rab guanine nucleotide exchange factor-1 (RABGEF1). |
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| NOËL Agnès | Lymphendo Innovative roles of uPARAP in lymphatic vessel morphogenesis and functions |
ADVANCED GRANT 2019-2021 |
Previous grants
| CHARIOT Alain | Dissecting oncogenic pathways Insights into the roles of the acetylase and tRNA modifying enzyme ELP3 and the scaffold protein KIAA1199 in tumor development and in resistance to targeted therapies |
ADVANCED GRANT 2015-2019 |
| DESMET Christophe | Translational regulation of T cells Study of the regulation of hematopoiesis and T cell fate through translational control |
STARTING GRANT 2015-2019 |
| VAN STEEN Kristel | DESTINCT DEtecting STastistical INteractions in Complex Traits |
STARTING GRANT 2015-2019 |
