Belgium
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Northern Europe Consortium at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage de Déportés, 2
5030 Gembloux
At the cutting edge of sustainable development and eco-innovation, the Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech is dedicated exclusively to agronomical sciences and biological engineering. Students can choose a specialization from among four different courses of study in the field of life sciences: environmental science and technology, forest and natural space management, agronomical science, and chemistry and bio industries. Integrated within the GIGA – University Hospital in Liège since October 1st, 2009, Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech is a faculty on a human scale, open to the world, which has forged an international reputation thanks to the quality of its teaching and the excellence of its research over the last 150 years.
Center Director: Dr. Arsène Burny and Luc Willems
Member Researchers:
University Hospital in Liège – Prof. Michel Moutschen, Dr. Anne Vandenbroeke
Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine in Gosselies – Prof. Carine Van Lint
Center for Veterinary Research in Uccle – Prof. Pierre Kerkhofs
Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven
The Rega Institute was founded in 1954 by Professor Piet De Somer and named after the 18th-century filantropist and professor Josephus Rega of Leuven. It hosts part of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Since its inception, the Rega Institute hosts also the Section of Medicinal Chemistry of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and is thus a true interdepartmental and interdisciplinary research institute. The Rega Institute has always been a jewel in the crown of research and innovation at the University of Leuven on the basis of publications, citations and prestigious scientific prizes of its members.
Center Director: Johan Neyts