Very happy to share the final chapter of my PhD Research with @GeertLab, now online in @NatMetabolism, revealing that the pentose phosphate pathway in #chondrocytes is crucial for ER redox homeostasis and cell survival to ensure chondrocyte functioning and bone lengthening (1/4)

Happy to share that another manuscript of my PhD research was recently published in @The_JBMR: we show that different types of #skeletal #stem and progenitor cells increase proliferation in #hypoxia by rewiring glucose and amino acid #metabolism in a cell-specific manner. (1/3)

Wait for ittttttt.... Very excited to announce the start of a new chapter in my academic career @VIBMetaboCoreLV ! #Metabolomics always had a special place in my heart, so I am ready to take it to the next level!! @VIBLifeSciences @vib_ccb

I would also like to thank all the jury members for the amazing discussion and challenging questions! Thank you @TissueHomandDis, @Martina_MR7, Guy and Stina, but also @NutritionObesi1 for chairing the public defense so perfectly!

This wouldn't have been possible without @GeertLab: thank you for always supporting me and raising the bar each time!! But also @SteveStegen for all the help and support throughout the years!

Public service announcement: my next batch of Christmas cards will be signed as Dr. Loopmans 🦴

Better late than never, but also very happy to announce the winners of our @DevelopmentalDy Best Oral Presentation awards at GRS Bones & Teeth 2022: postdoc @NaomiDirckx and PhD student Stephen Gadomski! Congratulations, you both did amazing!!

Thank you @ASBMR for awarding me with a Young Investigator Award, but more importantly thank you @GeertLab for the continuous support, for always raising the bar a little higher with each experiment and for giving me the opportunity to become the scientist I always wanted to be!!

Thank you Lynda Bonewald for highlighting our work from @GeertLab at the #ASBMR2022 Basic Science and Translational Highlights!! I will be presenting this at the very last day, but in my very biased opinion it is worth the wait! 🦴 @ASBMR #bonedevelopment #metabolism

Lastly, I would like to thank @GeertLab, and @SteveStegen for the amazing teamwork we delivered here! Also big thanks to @KU_Leuven and @FWOVlaanderen for the financial support! (3/3)