BSVoM Founders

Prof. Dr. Yves Briers
(Chairman)

Ghent University

Laboratory of Applied Biotechnology

Yves.Briers@UGent.be

Prof. Dr. Annika Gillis
(Secretary)

Université catholique de Louvain

Earth and Life Institute

Laboratory of Food and

Environmental Microbiology

annika.gillis@uclouvain.be

Dr. Pieter-Jan Ceyssens
(Treasurer)

Sciensano

Pieter-Jan.Ceyssens@sciensano.be

Prof. Dr. Abram Aertsen

KU Leuven

Laboratory of Food Microbiology

abram.aertsen@kuleuven.be

Dr. Bob Blasdel

Vésale Bioscience

bob.blasdel@phage.health

Dr. Abel Garcia Pino

Université libre de Bruxelles

Abel.Garcia.Pino@ulb.be

Prof. Dr. Rob Lavigne

KU Leuven

Laboratory of Gene Technology

rob.lavigne@kuleuven.be

Dr. Gipsi Lima Mendez

Université de Namur ASBL

Unité de recherche en biologie des

micro-organismes

gipsi.limamendez@unamur.be

Prof. Dr. Jelle Matthijnssen

KU Leuven

Laboratory of Viral Metagenomics

jelle.matthijnssens@kuleuven.be

Dr. Jolien Onsea

UZ Leuven, KU Leuven

Trauma Research and Innovation

Center

jolien.onsea@kuleuven.be

Prof. Dr. Eveline Peeters

Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Microbiology Lab

eveline.peeters@vub.be

Dr. Jean-Paul Pirnay

Queen Astrid Military Hospital

Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular

Technology

Prof. Dr. Damien Thiry

Université de Liège

FARAH research center

damien.thiry@uliege.be

Dr. Dieter Vandenheuvel

University of Antwerp

Environmental Ecology and Applied

Microbiology

Dieter.Vandenheuvel@uantwerpen.be

Dr. Els Van Mechelen

University College Ghent

Health and Water Technology

Els.VanMechelen@hogent.be

Dr. Jolien Venneman

ILVO - Plant Sciences Unit

Crop Protection

jolien.venneman@ilvo.vlaanderen.be