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Dr. Isabelle Desombere PhD
senior scientist
Education @ Ghent University
MSc Biology (Zoology – Biotechnology)
PhD Medical Sciences (1998)
Jobs
2 years at ITG (Institute for Tropical Medicine Antwerp) _ parasitology (malaria)
26 years at Ghent University (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccinology) _ virology, viral and applied immunology (HBV, HCV, vaccination)
@ Sciensano since September 2016 (SD Infectious diseases in humans; Service Immune response; Unit Immunosurveillance and immunodiagnostics)
Current activity @ Sciensano
Responsible for NRC Bordetella pertussis (serodiagnosis whooping cough; consortium with UZ Brussels_VUB)
Responsible for NRC toxigenic corynebacteria (serology diphtheria; consortium with UZ Brussels_VUB)
Responsible for serodiagnosis of human and animal listeriosis
Seroprevalence studies for diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DTP)
Monitoring the human immune response after vaccination
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