"Our dream is to advance research by 10 years" by Ludivine Verboogen


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? My name is Ludivine Verboogen, I founded the F101G with my husband Romain Alderweireldt and I am the mother of Aurélien who is suffering from Marfan syndrome. 2. can you explain to us what is the project 101 genomes Marfan? The P101GM consists in setting up a bio-informatics platform [...]

June 8, 2018

"Transforming a drama into a creative force" by Prof. Guillaume Jondeau


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? My name is Guillaume Jondeau, I am a cardiologist at the Bichat hospital in Paris. I am responsible for the national reference centre for Marfan syndrome and related diseases which is held at the Bichat hospital also, of the French sector of rare vascular diseases and of the European sector which is called [...]

June 8, 2018

"Of the three billion letters of DNA in a genome, only a small part is understood" by Prof. Guillaume Smits


Capsule, 2018

1. could you introduce yourself? I am Dr. Guillaume Smits, geneticist, with a long training in laboratory and research. Lately, I worked for eight years at the Huderf children's Hospital Queen Fabiola as a pediatric geneticist where I had the opportunity to meet Mr and Mrs Alderweireldt-Verboogen who created the Fondation 101 Génomes . 2. [...]

June 8, 2018

"Genome sequencing will advance research and make an important contribution to patient care" by Prof. Bart Loeys


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? I'm Bart Loeys. I am a clinical geneticist at the Centre for medical genetics at the University of Antwerp. I have been doing research in the field of Marfan syndrome and related diseases for many years. 2. can you explain the project 101 genomes Marfan? The syndrome [...]

June 8, 2018

"Trying to better treat and prevent the complications of the disease" by Prof. Catherine Boileau


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? I'm Catherine Boileau. I am a geneticist and I run the Department of Genetics at the Bichat hospital in Paris. 2. can you explain to us what is the project 101 genomes Marfan? The P101GM consists in achieving, for the first time, in a selected number from 101 patients [...]

June 8, 2018

"For me, better informing and treating the patient is the most important goal" by Prof. Julie De Backer


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? I'm Julie de backer. I am a cardiologist and clinical geneticist at the Ghent University Hospital. 2. can you explain to us what is the project 101 genomes Marfan? The P101GM is intended to correlate clinical and genetic damage in Marfan syndrome in [...]

June 8, 2018

"A pilot project that extends to other diseases" by Dr. Verboogen


Capsule, 2018

Can you introduce yourself? My name is Michel Verboogen, I am the President of F101G and I am also Aurélien's grandfather. In life, I'm a doctor specialising in psychiatry. 2. Can you explain to us what the Marfan Genome 101 Project is all about? P101GM is a project that consists of comparing data [...]

June 8, 2018

"It's a technological revolution! " by Prof. Paul Coucke


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? My name is Paul Coucke . I am a professor at the University of Ghent in the Department of medical genetics where I am responsible for the connective tissue laboratory. I supervise Diagnostics in laboratories, i.e. samples sent to us for diagnostic reasons, and I also supervise research in [...]

June 8, 2018

" The genome is you, it's me " by Bruno Fonteyn, attorney-at-law


Capsule, 2018

1. Can you introduce yourself? My name is Bruno Fonteyn. I'm active in health law. I'm mainly involved in monitoring clinical research, biobanks and that sort of thing. I've been working as a lawyer for about ten years now, and a few years before that I was a member of the National Council of the Medical Association. […]

June 8, 2018

"Individuals carrying the same mutation can have a wide range of phenotypes" by Aline Verstraeten, UZA


Capsule, 2018

1. Can you introduce yourself? My name is Aline Verstraeten. I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp. I first did a PhD on Parkinson's disease, then I moved on to research on pathologies of the aorta. My focus is on the search for new genes for syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysm and on the development of new genes for the aortic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta.

June 8, 2018

"F101G fills a gap that still existed, that of support for genetic research" by Cécile Chabot


Capsule, 2018

1. could you introduce yourself? My name is Cécile Chabot. I have Marfan syndrome. I participated in the activities of ABSM, I founded this association with other directors. I am particularly interested in F101G for the hope that it gives us in terms of fundamental research. 2. Why do you support the project 101 genomes Marfan [...]

June 8, 2018

"A unifying project for patients' associations, a European minimum" by Stéphanie Delaunay


Capsule, 2018

1. Can you introduce yourself? My name is Stéphanie Delaunay, I am president of the French Association Marfans. 2. Why do you support the Marfan Genome 101 Project at Fondation 101 Génomes ? The French association Marfans has decided to support this project from the beginning because it is an ambitious project that will allow researchers and scientists working on the Marfan Genome 101 to [...]

June 8, 2018

"The objective of the F101G is fully in line with the objectives and missions of the King Baudouin Foundation" by Patricia Lanssiers


Capsule, 2018

1. Can you introduce yourself? I am Patricia Lanssiers and I work at the King Baudouin Foundation. 2. Why do you support the Marfan Genome 101 Project at Fondation 101 Génomes ? The King Baudouin Foundation is a public utility foundation serving the general interest that works on different areas, for example, a poverty area, a [...]

June 8, 2018

"There is a need to establish a legal framework that fits as well as possible with research activities" by Michael Lognoul


Capsule, 2018

1. can you introduce yourself? My name is Michael Lognoul. I am a researcher at the Research Centre for information, law and societies at the Faculty of law of the University of Namur. I started a PhD recently and I am an Assistant in topics that deal with information law, computer science and the Internet. 2. Why do you support [...]

June 8, 2018