Lodewijk Jules Arthur Wyns (born 29 November 1946) is a Belgian former

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and molecular biologist and professor at the

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(

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). He competed in the men's javelin throw at the

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. Lode Wyns obtained a PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1977 and is Professor at the Faculty of Science since 1993. He is Scientific Director of the VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions,

since 1996. He is head of the '' VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions,

'' of the VIB. His research interest is on

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, with an emphasis on cellular and applied immunology with major ramifications into

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and on structural

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such as

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structure, function and design.

References

* Dumoulin M, Last AM, Desmyter A, Decanniere K, Canet D, Larsson G, Spencer A, Archer DB, Sasse J, Muyldermans S, Wyns L, Redfield C, Matagne A, Robinson CV, Dobson CM, A camelid antibody fragment inhibits the formation of amyloid fibrils by human lysozyme, Nature 424, 783–788, 2003

Sources

VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions

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) 1946 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Belgian male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Belgium Belgian molecular biologists Flemish scientists Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-scientist-stub