GGIG mission

The 'Ghent Gut Inflammation Group' represents a consortium of research labs at Ghent University studying diverse aspects of gastrointestinal biology during health and disease. Understanding how the complex interactions between the intestinal microbiota and host immune as well as stromal cells affect both intestinal and extra-intestinal health (e.g. in the brain and the joints) demands a multi-disciplinary approach. For taking on this challenge, the GGIG has the guts to connect expertise from 4 different UGent Faculties!

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GGIG labs

Debby Laukens

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Human and preclinical model systems
for IBD, biobank
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Bart Lambrecht

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Cellular immunology, allergy
 
 

Dirk Elewaut

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Gut-joint axis
 
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Lars Vereecke

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Gut-joint axis
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Griet Glorieux

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Gut-kidney axis
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Stefaan De Henauw
Nathalie Michels

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

 
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Mario Vaneechoutte

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences


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Lindsey Devisscher

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Liver-gut axis
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Bruno Verhasselt

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Biobanking, fecal microbiota transfer
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Ruslan Dmitriev

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Intestinal organoids, tissue engineering
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Rudi Beyaert

Faculty of Sciences

Inflammatory signal transduction
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Geert van Loo

Faculty of Sciences

Genetic mouse and infection models
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Peter Vandenabeele

Faculty of Sciences

Cell death
 

Claude Libert

Faculty of Sciences

Genetics and inflammation
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Roos Vandenbroucke

Faculty of Sciences

Gut-brain axis
 

Peter Vandamme

Faculty of Sciences

Microbiomes of cystic fibrosis patients
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Nico Callewaert

Faculty of Sciences


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Vanessa Vermeirssen

Faculty of Sciences

 
 

Eric Cox

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Mucosal immunology in pig, sheep,...
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Lynn Vanhaecke

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Metabolomics
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Freddy Haesebrouck
Frank Pasmans
An Garmyn

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Germ-host interactions in the
gastrointestinal tract
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Richard Ducatelle
Filip Van Immerseel

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Infectious and non-infectious enteritis
models in animals
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Peter Geldhof
Edwin Claerebout

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Developing vaccines against
gastrointestinal parasites in cattle
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Bert Devriendt

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Animal mucosal immunology
 
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Tom Van de Wiele

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

In vitro model systems (SHIME),
microbiome analysis
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Nico Boon

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

 
 
 

John Van Camp

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Food Chemistry and Human Nutrition
 
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Marjolein Vandekerckhove

Applied Sciences (Howest)

Nanopore sequencing
Bioinformatics
 

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