Wim Annaert#
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| Membership Number: | 6665 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.vib.eu/en/research/scientists/Pages/Wim-Annaert-Lab.aspx |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0150-9661 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - to date Group leader, VIB-Center for Brain & Disease Research, VIB, Belgium
- 2012 - to date Full Professor, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
- 2007 - 2015 Co-Director, VIB-KU Leuven Center for the Biology of Disease, Belgium
- 2008 - 2012 Professor, KU Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Belgium
- 2002 - 2008 Assistant Professor, KU Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Belgium
- 1997 - 2001 Senior Postdoc FWO-Flanders, KU Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Belgium
- 1994 - 1996 HHMI Postdoc Associate, Yale University, School of Medicine, HHMI, US
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular neurobiology
- Membrane contact site biology and function
- Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease onset and progression
- APP metabolism
- Proteomics/lipidomics of isolated organelles
- Super-resolution microscopy and correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM)
- Gamma-secretase and presenilins' function in amyloid production
- Intracellular transport regulation
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Price ‘Fund Bonmariage de Bouyalski’, 50,000€ for DLB research, granted through the King Baudouin Foundation
- 2004 Two-yearly Antoine Faes Award 2004 (30,000€)
- 2001 Five-yearly “Marie-Thérèse De Lava”-award 2001 (12,500€)
- 1997 Two-yearly Award “UPJOHN-PHARMACIA” –1997 (25,000 €)
- 1994 Fulbright-Hayes Award (1/10/94 - 30/9/95) for postdoctoral research in the US (Yale, New Haven, CT)
- 1994 Postdoc Fellowship of the Belgian American Educational Foundation (B.A.E.F.), including Phillips Fellow and Collen Fellow of the D. Collen Foundation, Leuven) for conducting research in the USA (Yale University, New Haven, CT) (01/10/94 – 30/09/95)
- 1994 - NATO travel award (1/10/94 - 30/9/95) for postdoctoral research in the US (Yale, New Haven, CT)
