VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
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Administrative & Logistic Support

Hilde Govaert, Administrative Director at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, smiling into the distance
Hilde Govaert, Administrative Director at the Center for Brain & Disease Research.

What's key to the smooth functioning of the Center?

"From administrative to logistic support, our support team is ready to do whatever it takes to help others focus on what they do best: conducting groundbreaking research." Hilde Govaert, Administrative Director at the Center for Brain & Disease Research. 

We're here to help

Human Resources duo Tineke and Tanja smiling

Human Resources

Tineke Pellens and Tanja Degol are the first points of contact for anything HR-related at the Center.

FinanceTeam

Finance & Ordering Support

Wim Meulemans, Inge Laeremans and Eliane Cherretté are our go-to people for financial transactions.

Perrine Colla, Departmental Support and Personal Assistant to Director at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research

Departmental Support

Perrine Colla is both PA to the Director and here to help for Center-wide initiatives, such as internal events and communication.

Ilse Lambeau, Office Assistant at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research

Office Assistant for VIB

Ilse Lambeau liases between our Center and VIB HQ in Ghent.

Five members of the Technical & Logistical Support team at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, standing and smiling for the camera

Technical & Logistical Support

Including dispatch of delivered goods, cleaning lab material and glassware, and cooking fly food.

IT duo Raf De Coster and Pieter Joris at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research

IT Support

Raf De Coster and Pieter Joris provide IT expertise to everyone at the Center.

Seminar organizing duo Isabelle Lahousse and Olena Xhakoni at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & DIsease Research

Seminars

Isabelle Lahousse and Olena Xhakoni organize the logistics behind our Seminar Series.

Get to know us!

Find out more about who we are and what we do by watching the commercial we created for our Center's annual Science Day retreat 2023!

Meet our Administrative Assistants

The workforce supporting our research groups' scientists.
Nuray Elcin, admin in the Van Den Bosch lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Nuray Elcin
Van Den Bosch Lab
Sulieman Minhas, oder responsible in the De Strooper lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Sulieman Minhas
De Strooper Lab (orders)
Eliane Cherretté, admin in the De Strooper lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Eliane Cherretté
De Strooper & Klingler Labs
Isabel Boux, admin/orders in the Chavez-Gutierrez, Vanderhaeghen, & Verstreken Labs at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Isabel Boux
Chavez-Gutierrez & Vanderhaeghen Labs, & Verstreken Lab (orders)
Hannah Wilkinson, admin in the Switch Lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Hannah Wilkinson
Switch Lab
Isabelle Lahousse, admin in the Da Cruz Lab at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Isabelle Lahousse
Da Cruz Lab
Inge Laeremans, admin for the Gunko Lab & Technology Units at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Inge Laeremans
Technology Units
Wim Meulemans, admin for the Liu & Annaert Labs at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Wim Meulemans
Liu & Annaert Labs
Olena Xhakoni, admin for theDe Wit & Lim Labs at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Olena Xhakoni
De Wit & Lim Labs
Andrea
Andrea Soto Véres
Aerts and Voets Labs