Research

Doctors at K.U.Leuven perform world’s first vascularized tracheal allotransplantation

A team of doctors at K.U.Leuven have successfully performed a vascularized tracheal transplantation. They were able to repair the complex blood supply to the trachea and to prevent the immune system from rejecting the transplant. This operation, which was presented in the authoritative scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine this week , has never been completed successfully anywhere in the world before.

K.U.Leuven participates in winning European consortium InnoEnergy

InnoEnergy is a strongly integrated alliance of reputable players from the education, research and industry sectors. It was created based on long standing links of cooperation as well as the principles of excellence and transformation. The partners have jointly developed a strategy to tackle the weaknesses of the European innovation landscape and aim to be the leading motor for innovation in the field of sustainable energy.

Launch of NAIMIT project to cure diabetes (Type1)

NAIMIT is an Collaborative Project funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and coordinated by the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Leuven.

Seven new ERC Starting Grants laureates at K.U.Leuven

• Steven Bouillon, Soil and Water Management Division
• Patrick Degryse, Section Geology
• Jan Ramon, Informatics Section
• Michael Schiltz, Faculty of Arts, Japanese Studies
• Jo Van Biesebroeck, Department of Economics
• Kevin Verstrepen, VIB Laboratory of Systems Biology
• Tinne Tuytelaars, ESAT