Namur Research Pole in Infectiology (NaRePI)
Research
The Namur Research Pole in Infectiology supports research expanding our understanding of fundamental biological processes underlying pathogen infection, as well as advancing diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. Moreover, the pole has a particular emphasis on global public health threats, such as antimicrobial resistance.
Together, the researchers taking part in the Namur Research Pole in Infectiology cover diversified aspects of infectiology, including host-pathogen interactions, veterinary surveillance, virology, bacteriology, organic synthesis of bacterial sugars and enzyme inhibitors, protein crystallography, spatial epidemiology and animal-, tissue- and cell-based infection models.
Research at UNamur
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Study of bacteria from molecular to cellular bacteriology and their relationship with eukaryotic hosts
DE BOLLE Xavier | Brucella cell cycle and infection
HALLEZ Régis | Bacterial cell cycle and development
LIMA MENDEZ Gipsi | Microbiology, Bioinformatics and Microbial Ecology
MATROULE Jean-Yves | Heavy metals and oxidative stress response
RENZI Francesco | Envelope biogenesis in Bacteroidetes
- Study of animal infectious diseases and viral genetics (Schmallenberg virus, herpesvirus, bunyavirus,...)
MUYLKENS Benoît | Viral infections at the human-animal interface
- Study of the APOBEC3 innate immune effectors for their role as antiviral agents but also as oncogenic factors
GILLET Nicolas | Immunity and viruses
- Use of spatial and integrated approaches to various disease systems, especially vector-borne and zoonotic diseases (e.g. malaria, dengue, avian influenza)
LINARD Catherine | Health geography & Spatial epidemiology
- Mechanistic and inhibition studies of essential enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and colonization processes
VINCENT Stéphane | Glycoscience and new drug design
- Structural and inhibition study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis phosphoserine phosphatase SerB2
WOUTERS Johan | Structural biological chemistry and structure-based drug design
- Structural study of the membrane protein PcoB and its role in copper metabolism in Caulobacter crescentus
MICHAUX Catherine | Physical chemistry of biomolecules
- Development and validation of a 3D in vitro skin model for dermatophytosis
POUMAY Yves | Cells and Tissues
- Study of the crosstalks between mitochondria and intracellular bacterial pathogens
ARNOULD Thierry | Organelle function and dysfunction
Research at CHU UCL Namur, Godinne
- Development of in vitro diagnostic tools for identification of bacterial species and detection of antibiotic resistance markers
- Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of the mechanisms underlying the resistance phenotype
- New drug discovery to overcome pan-drug resistant bacteria
HUANG Te-Din | Molecular clinical microbiology
BOGAERTS Pierre | Molecular clinical microbiology
DELAERE Bénédicte | Human infectious diseases
NaRePI annual meetings
Previous meetings: 2023 - 2022 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 (kick-off meeting)