Meet our inspiring team of redox lovers

Name
Joris Messens
Function
Group leader
Name
Daria Ezeriņa
Function
Staff Scientist biosensors
Name
Naemi Csoma
Function
Postdoctoral researcher biocondensates
Name
Julia Malo Pueyo
Function
postdoctoral researcher peroxiredoxins
Name
Israel Perez Chavez
Function
postdoctoral researcher biosensors
Name
Tzu-Keng Shen
Function
Postdoctoral researcher
Name
Khadija Wahni
Function
Lab manager
Name
Siska Somers
Function
PhD student
Name
Elena Gómez Piedrafita
Function
PhD student
Name
Nlandu Lebeau
Function
PhD student
Name
Ariana Jijón Vergara
Function
PhD student
Name
Ekaterina Baranova
Function
Postdoctoral research volunteer
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Brussels Center for Redox Biology

The Brussels Center for Redox Biology was founded in 2006 by Jean-François Collet and Joris Messens. Today, it results from a strong collaboration between the research groups of Joris Messens (VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology), Jean-François Collet (de Duve Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain), and Frank Van Breusegem (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology). The Center benefits from a combined expertise in biochemistry, structural biology, plant biology and microbiology.

We investigate proteins and pathways that are involved in redox signaling and oxidative protein folding. We want to understand the complex networks of interactions induced to survive cellular oxidative stress.