Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke, PhD profile page

Prof. Roos Vandenbroucke works at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research. She obtained her master's degree in biotechnology and a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at Ghent University, with a focus on gene therapy. During her postdoctoral research, she became fascinated by the blood–CSF interface located at the choroid plexus and founded her independent research lab at Ghent University in 2015 and at VIB in 2018. Her “Barriers in Inflammation” team is internationally recognized for its expertise in brain barriers, neuroinflammation, the gut–brain axis, and extracellular vesicles. Her current research focuses on studying the mechanisms at the blood–brain interface, exploring the importance of the gut–brain axis in neurological disorders, and improving the delivery of drugs into the brain.