Ghent University Hospital
Gent, Belgium
Fransiska Malfait is associate professor affiliated with the Center for Medical Genetics (CMGG) at Ghent University Hospital and the Department for Biomolecular Medicine at Ghent University, Belgium. She is Head of Clinic at the CMGG where she leads the outpatient clinic. She is specialized in clinical and molecular aspects of heritable connective tissue disorders (HCTD), with her research work focusing on three main topics: (I) Unraveling the molecular basis of HCTD, and studying their natural history and genotype-phenotype correlations (main focus on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes); (II) elucidating molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying HCTD pathogenesis, using an integrated approach of in vitro and in vivo techniques, on tissue samples of humans and animal models (zebrafish, mice); and (III) studying prevalence, nature and pathophysiologic mechanisms of pain in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome patients and in relevant animal models. Visit her website if you want to know more: www.malfaitlab.org.
Saturday, November 11, 2023
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PT
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose