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Three new projects driven by NARILIS researchers and supported by the EU's research and innovation programme H2020

Several NARILIS researchers have been successful in obtaining H2020 funding to support their upcoming research projects.

QUALIblood S.A., the new UNamur spin-off company fighting thrombosis, founded by NARILIS members

Thrombosis kills three people a minute in Europe. In Belgium, this represents 25.000 deaths per year. Helping pharmaceutical companies and laboratories to better treat and diagnose this cardiovascular disease, such is the ambition of the new UNamur spin-off called "QUALIblood S.A."

Congratulations to Dr. Jean-François Daisne, winner of the Pfizer Oncology Award 2017

Dr. Jean-François Daisne is head of the department of Oncological Radiotherapy of the CHU UCL Namur - site Sainte-Elisabeth. As a NARILIS member, he is actively involved since several years in radiobiology research projets developed in close collaboration with the UNamur (Prof. Stéphane Lucas - Radiation physics & nanotechnology, and Prof. Carine Michiels - Cellular biology).

Great success for the first Annual meeting of NARILIS Infectiology Research Pole

The first Annual meeting of NARILIS Infectiology Research Pole was organized at the UNamur on November 24, 2017. This first edition was a major event for all NARILIS members involved in infectiology research.

NARILIS researchers joined forces at the Relais pour la vie

On September 23-24, NARILIS participated to the Relay for Life with a dynamic and highly motivated team of researchers.

UNamur – SCK●CEN PhD student Naomi Daems wins a Young Investigator Award and a Poster Award at the ERRS-GBS Conference 2017

Naomi Daems' research aims to develop a cancer theranostics platform based on the use of gold nanoparticles able to act both as radiosensitizers for cancer radiation therapy and as contrast agents for diagnostic imaging.

Congratulations to Marie Haufroid and Elise Pierson who presented the “Best Communication” at the Journées Franco-Belges de Pharmacochimie 2017

The “Journées Franco-Belges de Pharmacochimie” is a recognized annual meeting on Medicinal Chemistry, gathering medicinal chemists mainly from France and Belgium. The 31st edition was held on 14-15 September 2017 in Spa.