Basic Proteomics

Dr. Francis Impens is Professor of Protein Chemistry at Ghent University and Group Leader and Head of the Proteomics Core at VIB. His research focuses on functional proteome analysis by mass spectrometry and its application to study host-bacteria interactions.

An Staes is mass spectrometry proteomics expert at the Proteomics Core at VIB and VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology. Her research focuses on implementing and developing mass spectrometry driven methodologies in proteomics. 

Delphi Van Haver is a proteomics expert at the VIB Proteomics Core. She is the main responsible for proteomics sample preparation and implementation of new sample preparation protocols at the Core.

Katie Boucher is a proteomics technician at the VIB Proteomics Core and lab manager at the Impens lab. She focuses on molecular cloning, organization of research tools, and she is running one of the mass spectrometers in the Core.

Sara Dufour is proteomics bioinformatician at the VIB Proteomics Core. Next to running one of the mass spectrometers in the Core, she is responsible for data analysis of most projects along with testing and maintaining of different data analysis workflows.

Dr. Teresa Maia is a bioinformatics data scientist at the VIB Proteomics Core. She works on the implementation of data analysis workflows, with a special focus on automatization of data processing and creation of data sharing solutions.

Evy Timmerman is a mass spectrometry and proteomics expert at the VIB Proteomics Core. Next to running one of the mass spectrometers in the Core, she is involved in data analysis of standard projects as well as N-terminomics approaches for which she is combining different data analysis workflows and software tools.