{"id":4140,"date":"2020-12-29T23:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f101g.org\/bart-loeys-specialist-in-marfan-and-loeys-dietz-syndromes-honoured-with-the-belgian-nobel-prize-a-first-for-rare-diseases\/"},"modified":"2020-12-29T23:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T22:25:39","slug":"bart-loeys-specialist-in-marfan-and-loeys-dietz-syndromes-honoured-with-the-belgian-nobel-prize-a-first-for-rare-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/f101g.org\/en\/bart-loeys-specialist-in-marfan-and-loeys-dietz-syndromes-honoured-with-the-belgian-nobel-prize-a-first-for-rare-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Bart Loeys, specialist in Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes, honoured with the \u201cBelgian Nobel Prize\u201d: a first for rare diseases!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>On December 16, 2020<\/strong>, Professor Bart Loeys, a pediatric cardio-geneticist at the University of Antwerp and world-renowned specialist in Marfan syndrome and related diseases (such as Loeys-Dietz syndrome),  <strong>Co-Chairman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/le-sequencage-genomique-va-faire-avancer-la-recherche-et-apporter-une-contribution-importante-aux-soins-des-patients-prof-bart-loeys\/\">Scientific Committee of the 101 Genomes Foundation<\/a> and leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/quest-ce-que-le-projet-gems\/\">GEMS project<\/a><\/strong>received the prestigious Francqui 2020 award from His Majesty the King.<\/em>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1408 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20201216-Bart-recoit-le-prix-Franqui.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Colaur\u00e9at<\/strong>. Professor Bart Loeys is co-recipient, with C\u00e9dric Blanpain, of this prestigious award, considered to be Belgium&#8217;s Nobel Prize, which recognizes outstanding researchers in their fields<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rare diseases<\/strong>. If you look at the prestigious list of prize-winners, <strong>Professor Bart Loeys is one of the few &#8211; if not the only &#8211; prize-winners whose work specifically concerns the field of rare diseases!&nbsp; <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Bart Loeys is one of the world&#8217;s leading specialists in Marfan syndrome and related diseases, such as Loeys-Dietz syndrome, which he co-discovered with Professor Hal Dietz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Numerous newspapers have reported that he was awarded the prize for &#8221; <em>his clinical and translational research which has led to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of human genetic diseases affecting blood vessels&nbsp;<\/em>&#8220;<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prize was awarded for his research into Marfan syndrome and related diseases (such as Loeys-Dietz syndrome), which has contributed to our understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying aortic damage.  <strong>Understanding these genetic mechanisms could help prevent aortic rupture, even outside the field of rare diseases<\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prestigious list of winners<\/strong><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">. Professor Bart Loeys joins such eminent laureates as Henri Pirenne<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christian de Duve<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ilya Prigogine<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fran\u00e7ois Englert<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mathias Dewatripont<\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\"><\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Philippe Van Parijs<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olivier De Schutter<\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"> and the prestigious list goes on<\/span><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5<\/a><a style=\"text-align: justify;\" href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The King&#8217;s request<\/strong>. The awards ceremony took place at the Palais des Acad\u00e9mies, with a very small number of guests and a very strict protocol due to COVID19. During the ceremony, Professors Bart Loeys and C\u00e9dric Blanpain had the opportunity to explain their respective research to His Majesty the King. The King then asked them if it would be conceivable for them to work together on a joint project. Professor Bart Loeys asked Professor C\u00e9dric Blanpain to contribute his stem cell expertise to the <strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/quest-ce-que-le-projet-gems\/\">GEMS project<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>. This gave Professor Bart Loeys the opportunity to explain the GEMS project to the King and Professor Blanpain. To be continued?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1425\" src=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/12214_253_Dann_Mid-768x512-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bravo&nbsp;<\/strong>! For the time being, congratulations once again to Professor Bart Loeys. We look forward to the attention this prestigious award will bring to research into Marfan syndrome and related diseases. Finally, we hope that this award will convince as many people as possible to support Professor Bart Loeys&#8217;s involvement in the GEMS project. <strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/quest-ce-que-le-projet-gems\/\">the GEMS project run by the Foundation&nbsp;101&nbsp;Genomes<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bravo Bart and thank you for your extraordinary work, which gives hope to Marfan and related families&nbsp;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Ludivine &amp; Romain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/f101g.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/CD_2019_10_05_14_33_16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/nl\/2020\/12\/16\/koning-filip-heeft-de-francqui-prijs-uitgereikt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/nl\/2020\/12\/16\/koning-filip-heeft-de-francqui-prijs-uitgereikt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fondation-francqui.prezly.com\/cedric-blanpain-et-bart-loeys-laureats-2020-des-deux-prix-francqui-collen-en-recherche-fondamentale-et-clinique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fondation-francqui.prezly.com\/cedric-blanpain-et-bart-loeys-laureats-2020-des-deux-prix-francqui-collen-en-recherche-fondamentale-et-clinique<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[<a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">3]<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Read the jury&#8217;s report carefully:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.francquifoundation.be\/new-page\/prix-francqui\/laureats\/2020-rapport-jury-bart-loeys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.francquifoundation.be\/new-page\/prix-francqui\/laureats\/2020-rapport-jury-bart-loeys\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[<a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">4]<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Henri Pirenne (Humanities &#8211; Philosophy and Letters), Christian de Duve (Biological and Medical Sciences &#8211; Physiological Chemistry &#8211; Biochemistry &#8211; Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1974), Ilya Prigogine&nbsp;(Exact Sciences &#8211; Chemistry and Molecular Physics &#8211; Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977), Fran\u00e7ois Englert&nbsp;(Exact Sciences &#8211; Theoretical Physics &#8211; Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013), Mathias Dewatripont (Humanities &#8211; Economics), Philippe Van Parijs (Humanities &#8211; Philosophy of Social Justice), Olivier De Schutter (Humanities &#8211; Governance Theory &#8211; International and European Human Rights Law, European Union Law)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.francquifoundation.be\/new-page\/prix-francqui\/laureats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.francquifoundation.be\/new-page\/prix-francqui\/laureats\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 16, 2020, Professor Bart Loeys, a pediatric cardio-geneticist at the University of Antwerp and world-renowned specialist in Marfan &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gems-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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