Group Leader
Prof. Dr. Vitor B. Pinheiro
After a PhD in Bacterial pathogenesis at University of Cambridge with Prof. David Ellar, I did 7 years of post-doctoral work at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge with Dr. Phil Holliger. I have started my independent research career at UCL and Birkbeck in 2013 and moved to KU Leuven in September 2018.
Post-doctoral researchers
Dr. Xiaoping Song
XNA aptamers
Doctoral students
Ms. Yan Kay Ho
Genetic code engineering
Ms. Paola Handal
XNA polymerases
Mr. Shamal Withanage
New antimicrobials
Mr. Santiago Chaillou
XNA polymerases
Mr. Donaat Kestemont
XNA ligases in collaboration with Prof. Jef Rozenski
Research Assistants
Master and undergraduate students
Ms. Federica Mare
Starting in Sep. 19
Ms. Amber Lesage
Starting in Sep. 19
