Neurogenetics Lab

Research interests

Discovery of novel disease genes, variants and pathways implicated in rare inherited neurological disorders (RNDs) including movement disorders, ataxia, spastic paraplegia, leukodystrophies and dementia
Increase diagnostic accuracy and speed for undiagnosed RND patients in collaboration with the Neurogenetics Clinic in the Center for Medical Genetics Ghent and the Program for Undiagnosed Rare Disorders (PrOZA)
Functional modeling of novel variants and genes by combining molecular, clinical, single cell and multi-omics approaches and the use of Drosophila, zebrafish and human iPSC-derived neuronal cultures

Prof. Bart Dermaut is clinical geneticist and principal investigator of the Neurogenetics Lab of the Center for Medical Genetics Ghent
Prof. Bart Dermaut is promotor of the Ghent University Fund for Alzheimer and Degenerative Brain Diseases. The fund now launches a call for for proof-of-concept project grants for young postdoctoral researchers to initiate creative, potentially innovative and multidisciplinary research projects related to neurodegenerative disorders.