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Leander Meuris

VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, BE
Biography

Leander Meuris did his studies and PhD in Biochemistry at Ghent University, Belgium. During his PhD in the Nico Callewaert lab, he developed new strains of mammalian cell lines for the production of biopharmaceuticals, specifically focusing on solving the issue of glycosylation heterogeneity. After his PhD he went on to teach life sciences subjects at the Artesis Plantijn University College in Antwerp and later at Ghent University for a few years. Later, he went back to research, developing glycomics analytical technology and currently he is coordinating a VIB Grand Challenges project aimed at validating and developing biomarkers for chronic liver disease using a multi-omics approach. In the meantime he also obtained a Master’s degree in Statistical Data Analysis.

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