Prof. Benoit Vanhollebeke, Director of the Neurovascular Signaling Laboratory at ULB and Investigator at the WEL Research Institute, is the 2024 laureate of the Pierre & Simone Clerdent Foundation Triennial Award, awarded by the FNRS.

The Award, worth 400,000 euros, provides three years' support for a medical research project in the field of human neurology carried out by a university team based in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

The research carried out by Prof. Benoit Vanhollebeke and his team focuses on the brain's blood vessels, which form the blood-brain barrier that protects the brain from toxic blood components. This barrier, which is established during embryonic development, plays an important role in the progression of many neurological diseases.

The Simone & Pierre Clerdent Fondation Award 2024 will be awarded to Pr Benoit Vanhollebeke on Thursday November 14, 2024.

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