The Institut Jules Bordet is a specialised general hospital (with in part university beds) and research institute of the
Université libre de Bruxelles
The (French language, French, ; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated ULB) is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has three campuses: the ''Solbosch'' campus (in the City of Brussels and Ixelles), the ''Plain ...
(ULB) specialising in
oncology
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. It is located in
Brussels
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, Belgium, and is the only accredited
OECI-designated comprehensive cancer centre in Belgium.
The institute is named after
Jules Bordet
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet ( , ; 13 June 1870 – 6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus ''Bordetella'' is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 ...
, an
immunologist and
microbiologist
A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...
who won the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.
The hospital is located nearby the academic
Erasmus Hospital
Erasmus Hospital (; ) is a teaching hospital in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. It is a research hospital associated with the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and was opened in 1977. It has 1,048 beds and 4,000 employees ...
in
Anderlecht
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since November 2021.
List of notable people
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Dominique Bron, baroness, Head of hematology
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Albert Claude
Albert Claude (; 24 August 1899 – 22 May 1983) was a Belgian- American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. His elementary education sta ...
, Director 1949-1970
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Marc Lacroix (biochemist)
Marc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix (; born 28 April 1963 in Verviers, Wallonia) is a Belgian biochemist (educated at University of Liège) and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy.
He works at Institut Jules B ...
, Breast cancer researcher
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Martine Piccart, baroness, Head of chemotherapy
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Francoise Meunier, baroness, former IJB staff member and EORTC general director
See also
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List of hospitals in Belgium
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Healthcare in Belgium
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivere ...
References
External links
Institut Jules Bordet
Hospitals in Brussels
Research institutes in Belgium
Hospitals established in 1822
Medical and health organisations based in Belgium
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