Jasper Verwilt

@verwilt.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researchers at the Sleegers Lab at VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology

Today, we welcome Asish to our group (@swainasish.bsky.social)! Asish will investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease using single-cell and spatial omics approaches, with a focus on neuroinflammation and disease-associated cellular phenotypes. Welcome, Asish!

Still settling down from an amazing three weeks at the @novoalab.bsky.social at CRG in Barcelona. Such an amazing group of people pushing the boundaries of ONT RNA sequencing! Looking forward to future findings 👀

Novoa Lab @CRG@novoalab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It was a pleasure hosting Jasper Verwilt @verwilt.bsky.social from Sleegers Lab @sleegerslab.bsky.social in our lab for 3 weeks, focusing on establishing a Nano3PCR-seq protocol to capture cell-free RNA biomarkers in human biofluids — Jasper it was great having you with us, hope to see you again!

Extremely thankful to have our Senior Research Project (with Julie van der Zee and @verwilt.bsky.social) funded in this @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social call! This marks a huge investment into our 1000 Healthy Elderly study in search of novel cell-free biomarkers! 🧠🧬🩸

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

💡 De nieuwe onderzoeksprojecten fundamenteel onderzoek werden toegekend 👉 www.fwo.be/nl/resultate... We wensen alle onderzoekers veel succes 👏

Last Friday, we shared our research with 1st year Master's students at @uantwerpen.be during the Research Day! We loved their genuine interest and look forward to welcoming several of them to our lab next year. Great to see Ph.D. students Kato and Ella share their love for science! 🧪

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Happy anniversary to the 1,000 Healthy Elderly Study! 🎂 On this day last year, we included our very first participant (again). Today we’re at 196 re-inclusions, and on track to hit 200 by the end of the week. 💪 A special thank you today to our study nurse, Sofie Van de kerckhoven! 🥳 #CMNcohorts

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One year in, nearly 200 re-inclusions and a clearer picture of healthy brain aging! The 1000 Healthy Elderly Study has become a real engine for discovery. Thanks to all of our volunteers and a special shout-out to Sofie Van de kerckhoven for the excellence at intake and sampling! bit.ly/4gV9TLk

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✨ UGent-alumnus Jasper Verwilt startte bij biotechbedrijf Ablynx, promoveerde aan het OncoRNALab (UGent) en is nu postdoc bij VIB-UAntwerpen. Hij ontwikkelde een techniek om sporen van kankertumoren in bloed & urine op te sporen. 💡 #UGent #biotech

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In case you missed it: the FDA cleared the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s this week. For too long, Americans have struggled to get a simple and accurate diagnosis. This action is a step toward earlier, less invasive detection, which can lead to better access to care and treatment.

First FDA-cleared Alzheimer's blood test could make diagnoses faster, more accurate

The first Alzheimer's blood test cleared by the Food And Drug Administration is poised to change the way doctors diagnose and treat the disease.

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YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME! 🥳 Extremely happy to be selected as a Junior FWO Postdoctoral fellowship! Stay tuned for novel extracellular biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease! Can’t wait to jump in these three years! 🧠🩸🧬 #fwo #RNA #cfDNA #alzheimers @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @sleegerslab.bsky.social

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There were 1038 applications for the junior fellowships and 439 for the senior fellowships. As a result, the success rate this year fell to 16.1% (-1.3%) for junior postdocs and 25.9% (-7.8%) for senior postdocs.

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Finally out! The exRNAQC Consortium is very happy to present this milestone benchmark on blood tubes and RNA extraction kits for extracellular RNA research out in @natcomms.nature.com! The associated blog post tells a story of a lengthy effort and multi-facetted collaboration🩸🧬

Jo Vandesompele@jvdesomp.bsky.social · last yr.

7 years in the making... 1.6 liters of blood and 11 billion sequencing reads to compare 456 extracellular transcriptomes. Our best practices for blood plasma extracellular RNA profiling have been published as a peer-reviewed article. communities.springernature.com/posts/the-ro...