Prof Luc Bertrand
University of Louvain, Belgium

Previously Research Director of the FNRS, Prof. Luc Bertrand is currently Full Professor in Biochemistry and Deputy Dean of the faculty of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the UCLouvain University (Brussels, Belgium). He is group leader in the pole of Cardiovascular Research of the IREC Institute and fellow of the Walloon Excellence Research Institute. His research group aims to understand the relationship between metabolism and cardiac dysfunction in heart failure. He is particularly interested in the impact of post-translational modifications including O-GlcNAcylation and acetylation, as well as in their regulation by metabolic sensors such as the AMP-activated protein kinase. He is board member of international scientific organizations (European section of the International Society for Heart Research, Working group of myocardial function of the European Society of cardiology) and Consulting Editor of the American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology.