People

A Collaborative & Diverse Group

Lab members: Lab Members

Professor Elena Levtchenko

Principal investigator

University Education

1982-1988: Russian Medical University
Obtained certificate/diploma: MD cum laude

1988-1991: Paediatrics Research Institute of Academy of Medical Science – Moscow

Residence in Paediatrics

1991-1993: Free University of Brussels (VUB) – Belgium

Master programme in Medical and Pharmacological Research.

1993-1997: VUB-Brussels: Residence in Paediatrics

Obtained licence: Paediatrician

1998 – 2001 Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology

Obtained licence: Paediatric Nephrologist

2001- 2005 Radboud University Medical Centre , Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Obtained degree: PhD (30th of March, 2006).

Work experience

2005-2008 Radboud University Medical Centre , Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Assistant professor in the department of paediatric nephrology

2003-now Coordination of national cystinosis outpatient clinic in The Netherlands

2008-now University Hospital Leuven, Belgium

Adjunct head of the department of paediatric nephrology

Other activities

2002 – now Medical advisor of Cystinosis Group Netherlands

2004 – now Medical advisor of International Cystinosis Patients Foundation

2005 – now Medical advisor of commission Genetic Renal Diseases of Dutch Patients Association

2007 – now Member of the Council of European Society of Paediatric Nephrology

2006 – now Section Editor of the journal “Pediatric Nephrology”

2008-now Member of the scientific board of Cystinosis Research Foundation (USA)

2009-now Member of the scientific board of Dutch Kidney Foundation

Contact: elena.levtchenko@uzleuven.be

Professor Lambertus van den Heuvel

Lab manager

Bert van den Heuvel is a full professor at the Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences. He is connected to the Renal disorders theme and to the Pediatrics department.

Contact: Bert.vandenHeuvel@radboudumc.nl

Professor Noel Knops

Senior Scientist

Noël Knops is a pediatrician with a subspecialty in pediatric nephrology who received his training in at the University hospitals of Leiden, and Utrecht (The Netherlands). Since 2009 he was appointed at the University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium as a full time clinical physician at the department of pediatric nephrology and solid organ transplantation. His clinical special interest lies in the field of renal replacement therapy and solid organ transplantation in children. In 2017 he finished his PhD at the KU Leuven on the pharmacogenetic determinants of tacrolimus disposition and toxicity in vivo and in vitro. His current fundamental research is focussed on the pathophysiology of nephrotoxicity in a cell model of renal proximal tubule cells that he developed during his PhD. In addition he is interested in the dose requirements and adverse drug reaction in children on immunosuppressives.

Contact: noel.knops@uzleuven.be

Dr. Fanny Oliveira Arcolino

Postdoc researcher

2009: Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Brazil)

2012: Master in Biomedical Engineering (Switzerland)

2016: PhD in Biomedical Sciences (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Current: FWO postdoctoral researcher

Contact: fanny.oliveiraarcolino@kuleuven.be

Dr. Ahmed Reda

Postdoc researcher

Ahmed Reda got his Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, in 2016, with the topic “Artificial testis to study early gonadal development and male germ cell differentiation”. His main scientific interest is male fertility preservation. He got earlier his M.Sc. in molecular biology and B.Sc. in pharmaceutical sciences.

Contact: ahmed.reda@kuleuven.be