Lab technician
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Lies Vantomme
Who is Lies?
Lies is the expert lab tech of the FunGen lab since the start of the lab in 2019. However, she has been working at Ghent University since 2007. Lies has great expertise in all types of genomics experiments ranging from tissue culture, to all sorts of NGS library preps, western blot, CRISPR, etc. Hence, she provides excellent wet lab support for all the ongoing projects.
In her spare time, Lies enjoys the little moments with her friends and family.
The people powering FunGen Lab
Our team consists of a young and enthusiastic team of researchers who strive to advance the field in understanding the genetic causes of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Sarah Vergult
Principal Investigator (PI)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Eva D’haene
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Michael B Vaughan
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University
María del Rocío Pérez Baca
PhD student
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Lisa Hamerlinck
PhD student
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Nore Van Loon
PhD student
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University
Lara Colombo
PhD student
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Sebastian Leimbacher
PhD student
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University
Eva Jacobs
Alumni - PhD student 2014-2021
Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University