Pr Isabelle Salmon, responsable (Erasme)
isabelle.salmon@erasme.ulb.ac.be

Isabelle Salmon obtained a MD degree in 1985 and was certified specialist in Pathology in 1991. She obtained an “Agrégation de l'Enseignement Superieur” degree (Ph.D. degree and qualification for university professorship) in Medical Sciences in 1993 from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Since 1999, she is the head of the Pathology Department of the ULB Erasme Hospital which manages the diagnostic activity for all the hospital services including polyclinics. She teaches pathology at the ULB School of Medicine. Her research interests include glioma biology and the identification of biomarkers in the context of different non-tumoral and tumoral pathologies, with a particular focus on neuropathology. She published more than 250 articles in peer reviewed journals. She is SBAP-BVAP and BWP chairperson and is member of numerous scientific (national and international) societies. Together with Christine Decaestecker she created DIAPATH, an interfaculty research center (Faculty of Applied Sciences and School of Medicine) from ULB. DIAPATH’s activities focus on the identification of diagnostic, prognostic and theragnostic biomarkers as well as on the analysis and characterization of animal models, using a multidisciplinary and integrated approach based on histology, immunohistochemistry, image and data analysis.

Pr Christine Decaestecker, responsable (ULB, LISA)
cdeceas@ulb.ac.be

Christine Decaestecker obtained a PhD degree in Pure Science (Mathematics) in 1991 and an “Agrégation de l'Enseignement Superieur” degree (qualification for university professorship) in 1997 from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She is Senior Research Associate with the “Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique” (Belgian national funds for scientific research, Brussels, Belgium). She is a member of the Laboratory of Image Analysis and Synthesis (LISA) from the ULB Faculty of Applied Sciences and teaches data analysis and machine learning. She also is the chairperson of the biomedical engineering degree at the ULB Faculty of Applied Sciences. Her research interests include machine learning, pattern recognition and image analysis applied to biomedical fields (more particularly cell biology and clinical research). She has more than 150 publications in peer reviewed journals. Together with Isabelle Salmon she created DIAPATH, an interfaculty research center (Faculty of Applied Sciences and School of Medicine) from ULB. DIAPATH’s activities focus on the identification of diagnostic, prognostic and theragnostic biomarkers as well as on the analysis and characterization of animal models, using a multidisciplinary and integrated approach based on histology, immunohistochemistry, image and data analysis.

Paul BARBOT

Paul Barbot was born in 1985. He studied Computer Science and Software Engineering at EPITA in Paris from which he graduated with an Engineering title. He then moved to the Netherlands to work on CT/MR 3D visualisation software at Philips Healthcare. He is now working at the CMMI on image processing of pathology images.

Angélique FRANCOIS
angelique.francois@ulb.ac.be

Angélique FRANCOIS was born in 1974. She obtained her baccalaureate degree in clinical chemistry in 1996 from the HEPH Condorcet Charleroi.
She realized different pharmacokinetic analysis by HPLC for SGS Biopharma (Wavre).
During 10 years she worked for UCB in Braine l'Alleud and she acquired technical expertise in pathology and immunohistology focused on CNS desease
Following a restructuring, she worked for two years at the institute of pathology and genetic (IPG Gosselies) as a technician histology and immunochemistry R&D.
Before joining the DIAPATH unit, she worked for one year in the department of pathology of the Erasme Hospital. Her activities were focused on the application of basic histological technique and on the development of immuno-histochemistry protocols and on the identification, characterization and validation of protein biomarker.