Defended PhD theses

Jakob Bouton (2015-2021) PhD thesis: Homoazanucleoside, purine nucleoside and hamamelitannin analogues: towards new therapeutics for infectious diseases
Yanlin Jian (2017-2020). PhD thesis: "Design and synthesis of M. tuberculosis thymidylate kinase inhibitors towards active whole-cell antimycobacterial agents"
Charlotte Courtens (2014-2018). PhD thesis: "Synthesis of prodrugs of a fosmidomycin surrogate as antimalarial and antitubercular agents"
Jonas Janssens (2014-2019). Jonas Janssens (2014-2018). PhD thesis: "Galactosylceramide analogues as iNKT-cell antigens: synthesis, biological evaluation and structural analysis"
Mingchen Qian (2013-2018). ”Synthesis and biological evaluation of new bivalent GPCR ligands”
Fabian Hulpia (2013-2018). ”Design and synthesis of a purine nucleoside library: phenotypic discovery of anti-kinetoplastid agents”
Lijun Song (2012-2018). "Design and synthesis of non-nucleoside M. tuberculosis thymidylate kinase Inhibitors as antimycobacterial agents"
Joren Guillaume (2010-2016). PhD thesis: "Synthesis of new glycosphingolipids as NKT cell ligands"
Arno Vermote (2012-2015). PhD thesis: ”Quorum Sensing Modulating Hamamelitannin Analogues as Potentiators for Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus”
René Chofor (2009-2015). PhD defense highlights. PhD thesis: Synthesis and Evaluation of 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase Inhibitors as Antimalarial and Antituberculosis Agents
Dries De Clercq (2011-2015) PhD thesis: Synthesis of chemical dimerizers for the optimization of MASPIT
Kiran Toti (2009-2014) PhD thesis: Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4'-hydroxymethyl deleted, transposed and modified nucleosides
Nora Pauwels (2008-2013) PhD thesis: Synthesis of new a-GalCer analogues as iNKT cell targeting agents
Thomas Verbrugghen (2006-2012) PhD thesis: Synthesis of DXR inhibitors as antimalarials
Sara Van Poecke (2007-2011) PhD thesis: Synthesis and biological evaluation of pyrimidine nucleosides and nucleoside phosphonates
Matthias Trappeniers (2006-2010). PhD thesis: Synthesis of sphingosine- and sugar-modified alpha-GalCer analogues: towards new immunomodulatory agents
Liesbet Cosyn (2003-2008) PhD thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Purine and Pyrimidine Ligands for the A₃ and P2Y₂ Purinergic Receptors
Ineke Van Daele (2003-2007) PhD thesis: Design of thymidine-based inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidylate kinase
Vincent Devreux (2003-2006) PhD thesis: Synthese van fosmidomycine-analogen met potentiële anti-malaria-activiteit
Timothy Haemers (2002-2006) PhD thesis: Synthesis and Evaluation of Fosmidomycin Analogues as Antimalarial Agents
Ulrik Hillaert (2000-2005) PhD thesis: Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Sphingolipid Analogues
Philippe Van Rompaey (2000-2004) PhD thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Modified Adenosine and Thymidine Nucleoside Analogues
Veerle Vanheusden (1999-2004) PhD thesis: Structure-aided design of inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis thimydilate kinase
Steven De Jonge (1997-2000) PhD thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Dihydroceramide and Homoceramide Analogues
Ilse Van Overmeire (1996-1999) PhD thesis: Synthesis of biologically relevant sphingoid- and ceramide-analogues