Wetenschappelijke prijzen georganiseerd door de G.S.K.E.

2024

Prijs Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch

Prof. dr. Wouter Peelaerts (KU Leuven)

Urinary tract infections trigger synucleinopathy via the innate immune response
(Acta Neuropathologica)

Diploma

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Dr. Sriram Balusu (KU Leuven – VIB)

MEG3 activates necroptosis in human neuron xenografts modeling Alzheimer’s disease
(Science)

Diploma

 

Prijs Marc Hurard

Dr. Baptiste Libé-Philippot (KU Leuven – VIB

LRRC37B is a human modifier of voltage-gated sodium channels and axon excitability in cortical neurons
(Cell)

Diploma

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Dr. Julian Cheron (ULB)

USP7/Maged1-mediated H2A monoubiquitination in the paraventricular thalamus: an epigenetic mechanism involved in cocaine use disorder
(Nature Communications)

Diploma

2023

UCB award

Prof. dr. Sarah Weckhuysen (UAntwerpen)

Natural History Study of STXBP1-Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Into Adulthood
(Open Access)

Diploma

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Ludo Van Den Bosch (KU Leuven)

FUS-ALS hiPSC-derived astrocytes impair human motor units through both gain-of-toxicity and loss-of-support mechanisms
(Molecular Neurodegeneration)

Diploma

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Philip Van Damme (KU Leuven)

HDAC6 inhibition restores TDP-43 pathology and axonal transport defects in human motor neurons with TARDBP mutations
(The EMBO Journal)

Diploma

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Hannah Bertels, PhD student (KU Leuven)

Neurotransmitter phenotype switching by spinal excitatory interneurons regulates locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury
(Nature Neuroscience)

Diploma

2022

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. Bommer Guido, MD, PhD – UCLouvain - Institut de Duve

Parkinson's disease protein PARK7 prevents metabolite and protein damage caused by a glycolytic metabolite
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA)

Diploma

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Walgrave Hannah, PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences – KU Leuven

Restoring miR-132 expression rescues adult hippocampal neurogenesis and memory deficits in Alzheimer’s disease

Cell Stem Cell

Diploma

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Dr. Bertoglio Daniele, PhD – UAntwerpen - MICA

Development of a ligand for in vivo imaging of mutant huntingtin in Huntington’s disease
Science Translational Medicine

Diploma

2020

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. Peter Vangheluwe, PhD (KU Leuven)

Neuroprotection by lysosomal transport mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease

Diploma

 

UCB award

Prof. dr. Bart De Strooper, MD, PhD (KU Leuven)

The study of initial cellular phase of Alzheimer’s disease

Diploma

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Benoit Vanhollebeke, PhD (ULB)

Organ-wide analysis of brain neurovascular communication in real-time at single-cell resolution

Diploma

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD (UAntwerpen)

Unravelling the novel molecular pathways contributing to distal hereditary motor neuropathy caused by mutant HSPB8 with the aim to identify potential therapeutic targets

Diploma

2019

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Ir. Simon De Meyer, PhD (KU Leuven)

Neutrophil extracellular traps: Novel targets for neuroprotection in stroke

 

Fonds Elisabeth Vreven prijs

Prof. Thomas Voets (KU Leuven)

Unraveling the role of TRPM3 in neuropathic and inflammatory pain

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Veerle Baekelandt, PhD (KU Leuven)

The role of α-synuclein aggregation, spreading and neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Luc Leybaert, MD. PhD (UGent)

Exploring the role of astroglial Cx43 hemichannels as therapeutic targets in stroke

2018

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. An Goris, PhD (KU Leuven)

Unraveling the BAFF pathway towards targeted treatment of multiple sclerosis

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Peter Vangheluwe, PhD (KU Leuven)

Neuroprotection by lysosomal transport mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Benoit Vanhollebeke, PhD (ULB)

Organ-wide analysis of brain neurovascular communication in real-time and at single-cell resolution

2017

UCB award

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD (ULB)

How to make cortical neurons: mechanisms, evolution and diseases

 

Prof. Fadel Tissir, PhD (UCLouvain)

Shaping the nervous system: role of the planar cell polarity genes

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Julie Duque en dr. Alexandre Zénon (UCLouvain)

Parkinson's disease revisited: a new vision of basal ganglia functions in the context of the Parkinson's disease

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Geert van Loo, PhD (UGent)

Endoplasmic reticulum stress in autoimmune central nervous system inflammation and demyelination

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Serge N. Schiffmann (ULB)

Basal ganglia's functions and disorders: from specific genes and signalling pathways to neuronal sub-populations

2016

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. Ann Massie, PhD (VUB)

System Xc- as a potential target for novel neuroprotective strategies: focus on parkinson's disease and its psychiatric comorbidities

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Claudia Bagni (KU Leuven)

CYFIP1–pathies: shared pathways in intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Jan Gettemans, PhD (UGent)

Offsetting gelsolin degradation in a transgene mouse model by means of chaperone nanobodies

2015

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD en dr. Anja Hasche (ULB)

How to make cortical neurons: mechanisms, evolution and diseases

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Geert van Loo, PhD (UGent)

Endoplasmic reticulum stress in autoimmune central nervous system inflammation and demyelination

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Serge N. Schiffmann (ULB)

Basal ganglia's functions and disorders: from specific genes and signalling pathways to neuronal sub-populations

2014

UCB award

Prof. dr. Claudia Bagni (KU Leuven)

mRNA metabolism at synapses and spine remodeling: insights into fragile X, autism and Schizophrenia

 

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Dr. Fadel Tissir, PhD (UCLouvain)

Celsr genes in brain development and function

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Dr. Laurent Nguyen, PhD en dr. Laurence Malgrange (ULiège)

Unravelling the roles of lysine acetylation in neural development

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD en prof. dr. Peter De Jonghe, MD, PhD (UAntwerpen)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies: from genes to protein networks and disease mechanisms

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Pierre Maquet en dr. Christophe Phillips, ir (ULiège)

Characterization of human sleep/Wake regulation using multimodal functional imaging in populations stratified on the polymorphism of PERIOD3 gene

2013

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD (ULB)

From stem cells to cortical networks

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Serge N. Schiffmann (ULB)

Roles of specific genes and neuronal populations in functions and disorders of basal ganglia

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Danny Huylebroeck, PhD (KU Leuven)

Developmental origin of multiple defects of the nervous systems in Mowat-Wilson syndrome and its new insights for normal embryonic and adult neurogenesis

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Geert van Loo, PhD (UGent)

Study of the role of the NF-ĸB regulatory protein A20 in autoimmune central nervous system inflammation

2012

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD (UAntwerpen)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies: from genes to protein networks and disease mechanisms

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Marc Cruts (UAntwerpen)

Molecular genetics and functional genomics of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

 

ING prijs

Prof. dr. Ilse Smolders, PhD (VUB)

Unveiling the role of the cystine/glutamate antiporter (system Xc-) in hippocampal functioning, mechanisms of epilepsy and its comorbidities: a new era for future drug treatment

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Caudia Bagni (KU Leuven)

mRNA metabolism at synapses and spine remodeling: insights into fragile X, autism and Schizophrenia

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Dr. Laurent Nguyen, PhD (ULiège)

Unravelling the roles of lysine acetylation in neural development

2011

UCB award

Prof. dr. Bart De Strooper, MD, PhD (KU Leuven)

Potential role of dysregulation of the microRNA network in Alzheimer's disease

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD (ULB)

Mechanisms of the development and evolution of the cerebral cortex

 

ING prijs

Prof. dr. Serge N. Schiffmann (ULB)

Roles of specific neuronal populations in functions and disorders of basal ganglia: a transgenic and molecular approach

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Pierre Maquet (ULiège)

Characterization of spontaneous brain activity in unconscious participants by multimodal functional neuroimaging

 

Janine en Jacques Delruelle prijs

Prof. dr. Wim Vanduffel (KU Leuven)

Large-scale causal functional interactions between cortical areas: from anatomy to neuro-pharmacology

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Christine Van Broeckhoven, PhD, DSc (UAntwerpen)

Progranulin in neurodegenerative dementia: genetic, functional and neuropathological characterization

 

Cercle Gaulois – Thierry Speeckaert prijs

Prof. dr. Rufin Vogels (KU Leuven)

Coding of biological motion in macaque monkeys: relating perception and neuronal selectivity

2010

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. Yvette Michotte (VUB)

Research into the mechanism of angiotensin IV and angiotensin receptor ligands in learning and memory, limbic epilepsy and Parkinson's disease

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Gustave Moonen (ULiège)

Characterization of new cellular and molecular mechanism underlying migration of interneurons in the telencephalon

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD (UAntwerpen)

Molecular genetics and biology of Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies

2009

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD (ULB)

Molecular mechanisms controlling the development and evolution of the cerebral cortex

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Peter Carmeliet (KU Leuven)

Unraveling the role and therapeutic potential of Flt1 receptor ligands in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

 

CBC bank prijs

Prof. dr. Pierre Maquet (ULiège)

Characterization of spontaneous brain activity in unconscious participants by multimodal functional neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI, PET)

 

Monique Brauns prijs

Prof. dr. André Goffinet (UCLouvain)

Genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms of cortical development

2008

UCB award – UCB prijs voor neurowetenschappelijk onderzoek in België

Prof. dr. Rik Vandenberghe, MD, PhD (KU Leuven)

Functional reorganisation of the language system in probable Alzheimer’s disease, primary progressive aphasia, and cognitive aging

 

Burggravin Valine de Spoelberch prijs

Prof. dr. Veerle Baekelandt, PhD (KU Leuven)

The role of the Parkinson’s disease linked kinases LRRK2 and PINK1 in cellular signalling: A cellular and in vivo study

 

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. Eric Bellefroid (ULB)

Molecular mechanisms of early neural crest development

 

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. Bruno Rossion (UCLouvain)

Clarifying the functional neuroanatomy of human face recognition by combining neuroimaging and studies of brain-damaged neurological patients

 

Monique Brauns prijs

Prof. Ludo Van Den Bosch (KU Leuven)

Role of excitotoxicity in motor neuron degenration

2007

Ernest Solvay prize

Prof. dr. Vincent Timmerman, PhD (UAntwerpen)

Characterization of the role of G protein-coupled receptors in the central nervous system by using genetically invalidated mouse models

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Marc Parmentier (ULB)

Characterization of the role of G protein-coupled receptors in the central nervous system by using genetically invalidated mouse models

 

Monique Brauns prijs

Prof. dr. Pierre Maquet (ULiège)

Human Brain Function in sleep. Studies in man by multimodal functional neuroimaging

2006

UCB award – UCB prijs voor neurowetenschappelijk onderzoek in België

Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD (ULB)

Developmental mechanisms patterning neuronal connectivity in the cerebral cortex

 

Baron van Gysel de Meise prijs

Prof. dr. Rufin Vogels (KU Leuven)

Coding of action categories in primate cortex