Team
Explore our team of experts, dedicated to ensuring the success of your project.
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh
Principal Coordinator
Filip heads the UGent Next Generation Sequencing core facility NXTGNT, focusing on transcriptomics, (epi)genomics and bioinformatics. He coordinated the initiative to bring together key experts to create the UGent NGS core.
Sarah De Keulenaer
Core facility manager. Project coordination. Sample preparation expert. Financial administration.
09 264 80 59
NGS.core@ugent.be
Ellen De Meester
Project coordination. Sample preparation expert. Financial administration.
09 264 80 59
NGS.core@ugent.be
Sylvie Decraene
Project coordination. Sample preparation expert. Financial administration.
09 264 80 59
NGS.core@ugent.be
Daisy Flamez
Business Developer
Business development and contract management, partnering with industrial partners, patent portfolio management, facilitation of obtaining (inter)national innovation funds, licensing, and setup of spin-offs.
Dieter Deforce
Coordinator
Head of the Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is the director of ProGenTomics offering proteomics and genomics services.
Wim Van Criekinge
Coordinator
Wim Van Criekinge founded and heads the laboratory for computational genomics and bioinformatics (BIOBIX) as well as the core sequencing facility (NXTGNT) with global collaborative reach across applied bioscience and clinical discovery.
Elfride De Baere
Coordinator CMGG
Head of the laboratory and head of the clinic at the Center for Medical Genetics (CMGG) of the University Hospital Ghent (UZGent)
Kim De Leeneer
Coordinator CMGG
Biobix
Lab of bioinformatics and computational genomics