UCL Université catholique de Louvain Administration de la

UCL Université catholique de Louvain Administration de la recherche
Place de l’Université, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
www.uclouvain.be/recherche
Services pouvant être prestés par les Instituts et Plateformes technologiques de
l’UCL (site de Louvain-en-Woluwé) aux entreprises incubées dans le BLSI
Sciences and Health Sector
INSTITUTES
- INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE (http://www.uclouvain.be/ions.html)
Broad knowledge in neurobiology and neurological assays.
- DE DUVE INSTITUTE (http://www.deduveinstitute.be/index.php)
Broad knowledge in biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, cancer immunology, cancer assays and
signal transduction.
- LOUVAIN DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-ldri.html)
Broad knowledge in medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, cellular and molecular pharmacology, clinical
pharmacy, pharmacokinetics, bioanalysis.
- EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (http://uclouvain.be/irec.html)
Skills in applied pharmacology, toxicology, therapeutics, cardiovascular research, medical imaging,
medical microbiology, etc.

TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS
- PLATFORM FOR PROTEOMIC AND PROTEIN ANALYSIS BY MASS SPECTROSCOPY (MASSPROT)
(www.uclouvain.be/en-proteomics.html)
(de Duve Institute)
proteomics services - 2D-gel electrophoresis - mass spectrometry (ESI-IT and MALDI-ToF) - membrane
proteins - protein phosphorylation - signal transduction
- HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF "SMALL" MOLECULES (DRUGS,
METABOLITES, FUNCTIONAL FOODS, LIPIDS, ...) (MASSMET) (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-
massmet.html)
(Louvain Drug Research Institute)
mass spectrometry (ESI, GC - MS, LC - MS, MS/MS analysis) - exact mass - chromatography (HPLC) -
structure determination - elementary composition - pre-clinical magnetic resonance
- BIOMEDICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE RESEARCH GROUP (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-rema)
(Louvain Drug Research Institute)
NMR - EPR - perfusion - biomarkers - cancer imaging - free radicals
- CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMAGING, RADIOTHERAPY & ONCOLOGY (MIRO)
(Experimental and Clinical Research Institute)
molecular imaging - radiation oncology - medical imaging - clinical research - radiation chemistry
- IREC IMAGING PLATFORM
(Institute of Experimental and Clinical research)
fluorescence microscopy - live cell imaging - real-time physiology imaging - stereomicroscopy -
bioluminescence imaging - laser doppler imaging - echo-doppler imaging - micro-scans
- CELLS AND TISSUE IMAGING PLATFORM (http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/microscopy)
confocal and multiphoton microscopy - electron microscopy - live-cell imaging microscopy - fluorescent
dissection stereomicroscopy

- TRANSGENIC MICE FACILITY (http://www.uclouvain.be/233435.html)
(de Duve Institute)
transgene technology - homologous recombinaison - mouse ES cells
- PLATFORM FOR BIOCHEMICAL PROFILING & PHENOTYPING (http://www.uclouvain.be/en-md-
plateforme.html)
biochemical analyser - osmometer - micro-titration - blood gazes - biological fluids - biomarkers - sampling
animal models - biobanking - ELISA development
- CENTER FOR APPLIED MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES (http://sites.uclouvain.be/md-ctma/)
genetics and genomics - pharmacogenetic - cancer and infectious diseases - microarrays - proteinchips -
detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) - pathogen - diagnostic - prognostic
- PLATFORMS OF THE DE DUVE INSTITUTE (http://www.deduveinstitute.be/platforms.php)
Genome wide assays facilities: DNA/RNA chips - whole genome expression arrays (Affymetrix GC 3000) -
sequencing
Supplementary links :
- Booklet “Biotechnology and Biomedical Applications 2010” :
http://www.uclouvain.be/cps/ucl/doc/recherche/documents/brochure_Biotechnology-2010.pdf
- Booklet “Cancerology 2010” :
http://www.uclouvain.be/cps/ucl/doc/recherche/documents/brochure_Cancerology-2010.pdf