We study host-bacteria interactions using Listeria and MS-based Proteomics with a focus on Ubiquitin-like modifications (e.g. ISG15) and MHC complex peptides.

Ghent, Belgium.
Joined October 2021
🚀 Boosting bacterial immunopeptide discovery! Our bioinformatics workflow integrates 4 search engines with follow-up rescoring to enhance ID by 27%, maximizing the discovery of vaccine candidates. Applied to timsTOF/Thermo data🦠💉 @ImpensLab 🔗Read: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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👏Congratulations to @kkariko & @weissmanlab on becoming #NobelPrize laureates. A lifetime achievement celebrating their important research on #mRNA technology in vaccines. 🤔Did you know VIB, together with @VUBrussel, @ugent and participation of several international institutes helped establish the #BAXERNA consortium to further explore the potential of mRNA vaccines?
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Research on #Moyamoya disease @ImpensLab: "Rare diseases result from dysregulated, often yet unknown molecular pathways. Investigating these conditions can lead to groundbreaking fundamental discoveries while opening treatment options for the patients."
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💉 Francis Impens and team (@ImpensLab @VIB_PRC @VIB_CMB) design an mRNA vaccine against Listeria and open the door for other antibacterial vaccines. bit.ly/3g89LwR
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First day of the 4-day BePA Proteomics Summer School @ VIB starting with interesting talks on Proteomics applications and the DOs and DONTs of sample preparation 👉👉 bit.ly/3CELRCf #proteomics #tech #training #summerschool
Last chance to register for #NGPAD22! Deadline= 16 May! Join over 200 colleagues 30-31 May #Ghent! 30 excellent academic & industry speakers will discuss their latest findings in the #proteomics field. More info bit.ly/ngpad22 #proteinresearch #Singlecell & much more.
Here's a first look at the confirmed speakers for #Ubiquitomics2022. Deadline for abstracts and a chance to present your research to the community is July 15th. #ubiquitin #proteomics #massspectrometry
We are looking for a new colleague! Please spread the word🙂 More info can be found here: jobs.vib.be/j/43810/technolo…
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Save the date for the 4th edition of Next-Generation #ProteinAnalysis and Detection! #NGPAD22 takes place on 30-31 May 2022 in #Ghent. Join these two days filled with #Singlecell, Spatial, Computational, Clinical & Structural #proteomics! More info at: bit.ly/31KB61b
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Mark your agendas and start spreading the news! End of May 2022, VIB's protein analysis and detection conference is coming back to Ghent! vibconferences.be/events/nex…
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DeepLC is out in @naturemethods! Our LC retention time prediction tool for any modification has already shown substantial impact on the analysis of DIA data, proteogenomics, PSM validation, rescoring PSMs... Definitely give it a try for your application! nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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🙌 Impressive work by @ImpensLab, @FabienThery1, @svennetti & @lradoshevich26. Their pioneering work on ISG15-mediated defenses vs. bacteria and viruses published in @NatureComms and @NatImmunol today! 👉 bit.ly/3aTWHFj @VIB_CMB @VIBLifeSciences @ugent @VIB_PRC