2024
Dr. Amber Nous
PhD in Medical Sciences "Biomarking the Alzheimer landscape: could melatonin be the key to detect subclinical epileptiform activity ?"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel en UAntwerpen
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders (VUB), Sebastiaan Engelborghs (UA), Guy Nagels (VUB), Jan Versijpt (VUB), Laura Seynaeve (VUB)
Dr. Blazej Dariusz Pedzich
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Involvement of 5-HT2A receptors in the effects of a classic psychedelic on threat- and stress-related behavior in mice."
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Dimitri De Bundel (VUB)
2023
Dr. Maxime Vande Vyver
PhD in Medical Sciences "What's so exciting about Alzheimer's disease? The effect of amyloid beta and tau on seizure susceptibility"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel en UAntwerpen
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders (VUB) en Sebastiaan Engelborghs (UA)
Co-promotoren: Dimitri De Bundel (VUB), Guy Nagels (VUB)
Dr. Wissal Allaoui
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Shedding light on the expression and function of neuromedin U in the brain"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Dimitri De Bundel en Ilse Smolders
Co-promotor: Mireia Medrano Moya
Dr. Marie-Laure Custers
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Behind the barrier: cerebral flow microperfusion to monitor macromolecules in the brain"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders en Ann Van Eeckhaut
2022
Dr. Yana Van Den Herrewegen
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "A promising DREADDed strategy: Exploring the role of astrocyte signalling on synaptic plasticity and refractory epilepsy"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders en Dimitri De Bundel
Co-promotor: Ann Van Eeckhaut
Dr. Karen Segers
PhD in Phamaceutical Sciences "Method development in metabolomics and its application as diagnostic tool"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotors: Ann Van Eeckhaut en Yvan Vander Heyden
Co-promotoren: Debby Mangelings, Ilse Smolders, Dimitri De Bundel
2021
Dr. An Buckinx
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "From cellular excitotoxicity to the epileptic brain: A new understanding of ghrelin receptor modulation for combatting hyperexcitability"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Ilse Smolders
Co-promotoren: Dimitri De Bundel, Ron Kooijman
2020
Dr. Anouk Pierre
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "A scavenger hunt towards a better understanding of the involvement of ghrelin receptor signaling in emotion regulation"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Dimitri De Bundel
Co-promotoren: Ilse Smolders, T.Beckers
2019
Dr. Joeri Van Liefferinge
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Vesicular and non-vesicular astrocytic glutamate release in temporal lobe epilepsy"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Ann Massie en Ilse Smolders
Dr. An De Prins
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Development and biological evaluation of neuromedin U analogs as tools for functional elucidation: focus on stress-related disorders"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotors: Ilse Smolders en Steven Ballet
Co-promotors: Ann Van Eeckhaut, Dimitri De Bundel, Vicky Caveliers
Dr. Laura Walrave
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Connexin-43 hemichannels as druggable targets for future anti-seizure medication"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Ilse Smolders
Co-promotors: Mathieu Vinken (VUB), Luc Leybaert (UGent)
Dr. Yannick Van Wanseele
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Miniaturized UHPLC-MS/MS for the in vivo quantification of neuropeptides in microdialysis samples"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Ann Van Eeckhaut
Co-promotor: Ilse Smolders
Dr. Laura Légat
PhD in Medical Sciences "The role of brain AT1 and AT2 receptors in the central regulation of blood pressure: interaction with glutamate, GABA and NO"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Alain Dupont
Co-promotor: Ilse Smolders
2018
Dr. Giulia Albertini
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences ‘Glial modulator of extracellular glutamate and their involvement in pathological behavior’
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders en Ann Massie
2017
Dr. Thomas Demuyser
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Missing pieces to a gloomy jigsaw - Glutamate transporters in the depressive state"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotoren: Ilse Smolders en Ann Massie
Dr. Karine Leclercq
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences "Development of preclinical models of drug-resistant epilepsy for application in future anti-seizure drug discovery"
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Promotor: Ilse Smolders
Co-promotor: Rafal Kaminski
