Genome Research Lab

Head

Prof. Björn Menten

Research interests

• Development and optimization of novel, sophisticated genomic technologies for diagnostic purposes 
• Implementation of these genomic technologies in a pre- and postnatal diagnostic setting and preimplantation genetic testing
• Detection of structural rearrangements in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
• Investigation of the molecular basis of genomic disorders (e.g. intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental syndromes)
• Functional elucidation of genomic aberrations in close collaboration with the Functional Genomics Lab 

More information about the Genome Research Lab

• Publications
• Doctoral dissertations 

More information about Prof. Björn Menten

• Prof. Björn Menten is principal investigator in the Genome Research Lab of Center for Medical Genetics Ghent
• Prof. Björn Menten is member of
  • RARE-MED consortium
  • Cancer Research Institute Ghent
  • Bioinformatics Institute Ghent from nucleotides to networks
  • Belgian Society for Human Genetics