Alumni

Graduated PhD students

Jun
2026
Shen

Tzu-Keng Shen

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The H₂S–persulfidation axis as a critical regulator of redox homeostasis in chronic metabolic liver disease

Current position: postdoctoral researcher phosphatase inhibitors - VIB-VUB Redox Signaling lab

Feb
2026
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Israel Pérez Chávez

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Fluorescent protein-based biosensors to shed light on hepatic glycolysis and metabolic regulation

Current position: Postdoctoral researcher biosensors - VIB-VUB Redox Signaling lab

Jan
2026
Julia

Julia Malo Pueyo

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Molecular insights into the structural organization and redox relay dynamics of human and yeast peroxiredoxins

Current position: Postdoctoral researcher peroxiredoxins - Bruce Morgan Saarland University and Joris Messens VIB-VUB  

Jan
2024
Anna

Anna Caccamo

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The role of ascorbate peroxidase 2 and protein cysteine modifications in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii’

Current position: Postdoc at the University of Edinburgh

Dec
2022
Ting

Ting Luo

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Identifying protein interaction partners and cysteine oxidative modifications: case studies for peroxiredoxin 2 and STIM2

Current position: Research Analyst, Prinses Máxima Center pediatric oncology, Netherlands

Sep
2022
Nghia

Trung Nghia Vo

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How peroxiredoxin 1 interacts with ASK1 and protects macrophages from oxidative stress

Current postion: Senior Research Associate, Genmab B.V., Netherlands

Dec
2021
Ola

Aleksandra Lewandowska

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Forward and reverse: looking for components of oxidative stress signalling pathways

Current position: Scientific officer at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Emerging Risks and Scientific Committee Unit, Italy

Nov
2020
Bo

Bo Wei

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Site-specific discovery of protein S-sulfenylation in Arabidopsis thaliana: chemoproteomic approaches

Current position: Lecturer, Hefei University, AnHui, China

Feb
2020
Barbara

Barbara De Smet

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Protein cysteine sulfenylation in plant stress responses: a journey through the organelles

Current position: Mint Consultants, Belgium

Sep
2019
Maria

Maria-Armineh Tossounian

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Thiol-disulfide redox switches for the enzymatic reduction of protein methionine sulfoxide

Previous position: Ivan Gout lab, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, UK

Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Helena Cochemé Lab, Imperial College London and MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, London UK

Solvay Award laureate 2019

Feb
2018
Nandita

Nandita Bodra

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How Arabidopsis thaliana dehydroascorbate reductase 2 and mitogen activated kinase 4 cope with cysteine sulfur oxidation

Positions: Sir William Dunn school of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK / Karina Persson's lab, Umeå University, Sweden/ Gilles Trave group at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), France

Dec
2017
Brandan

Brandán Pedre Pérez

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Thiol switches in Corynebacterium glutamicum that fight off oxidative stress

Positions: Tobias Dick lab at the German cancer research Center (DFKZ), Heidelberg, Germany / Peter Dedecker lab, KULeuven, Belgiumb

Feb
2017
Laura

Laura Van Bergen

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Insights into the architectural design of the active site of AhpE peroxiredoxin through an experimental and computational approach

Current position: SLIMS Store Content Owner at Agilent

Dec
2014
Salma

Mosammat Salma Akter

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Mining the reactive-oxygen-species signal transduction proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana: a sulfenomic approach

Current position: The Scripps Research Institute, Florida, US  and Emily Flashman group, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK

Jul
2014
Cezary

Cezary Waszczak

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Genetic screens to identify ROS signal transducers in Arabidopsis thaliana

Current position: Viiki Plant Science Center; University of Helsinki, Finland 

Dec
2013
Koen

Koen Van Laer

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Redox regulation in Actinomycetes: The mycoredoxin-1 and NrdH-redoxin thiol-switch mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Corynebacterium glutamicum

Positions: Tobias Dick lab at the German cancer research Center (DFKZ), Heidelberg, Germany /  Eurofins CDMO, Belgium

Jun
2013
Wael

Wael Mohamed

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Expression of biological active disulfide rich proteins using a wheat germ cell-free extract

Current position: Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 

May
2007
Goedele

Goedele Roos

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Quantum Chemical Study of Arsenate Reductase

Current position: UGSF, University of Lille and CNRS, France