Proteomics is the scientific field that studies proteins. While this might sound like a straightforward goal, it actually comprises dozens of techniques that each focuses on another aspect of this extremely complex molecular landscape. Belgium can proudly present a very rich selection of academic labs that together cover a very large part of the proteomics field. Below we summarize these labs by their PI’s name and the university where they reside. Each lab gives a few keywords summarizing their specific expertise. Just look for the technique/PTM/organism/… you use/study and you will find your perfect collaborator!
Academic Labs: 
Baggerman Lab@ua:
Clinical proteomics, peptidomics, PTM, DIA, label-free quantitation
Bousbata Lab@ulb:
Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis, DIGE, phosphoproteomics, PTMs, MS data analysis
Callewaert Lab@VIB-ugent:
Glycobiology, microbial biotechnology, biological system’s engineering and bio-analytics
Carpentier Lab@kul:
Plant Proteomics, non-model organisms
Clement Lab@VIB-ugent:
Statistical genomics and proteomics, biostatistics, FDR
Communi Lab@ulb:
SWATH, PTM, neuroproteomics, fundamental and clinical proteomics, metabolomics
Deforce Lab@ugent:
Histone epigenetics, DIA, SWATH, HDMSE, label-free, NXTGNT
Derua-Waelkens Lab@kul:
Proteomics, phosphoproteomics, lipidomics, interactomics, Imaging Mass Spectrometry
Devreese Lab@ugent:
Microbial Proteomics, label-free, protein analysis, targeted proteomics, MRM, MALDI-TOF
Economou Lab@kul:
HDX-MS, membrane proteomics, protein folding, protein dynamics, label-free quantification, complexomics
Eyckerman Lab@VIB-ugent:
Protein complexes/Interactomics, Genome engineering, Proximity labeling
Fillet Lab@ulg:
clinical proteomics, QC of biopharmaceutics, DIA, microfluidics
Gauthier Lab@ulg:
Metabolomics
Gevaert Lab@VIB-ugent:
Protein modifications, quantitative proteomics, protein-protein interactions, proteogenomics
Herfs Lab@ulg:
Experimental pathology
Impens Lab@VIB-uGent:
PTMs, DIA, clinical proteomics, immunopeptidomics, quantitative proteomics
Laukens Lab@ua:
bioinformatics, molecular interaction networks, pattern discovery, multiomics
Louis Lab@ulg:
Clinical proteomic in the field of hepato-gastroentreology and digestive oncology
Martens Lab@VIB-ugent:
Proteomics informatics, public data, identification, quantification, data analysis, Machine Learning, PeptideShaker, SearchGUI moFF, Omega, IonBot, colims
Mauro Lab@cra:
2D DIGE, PTM: SUMOylation, plant-pathogen inteacation
Morsomme Lab@ucl:
Membrane proteins, subcellular fractionation, organelle proteomics, label-free
Noben Lab@uhasselt:
Clinical proteomics
Renard Lab@unamur:
Proteomics, nucleic acid protein interactions, peptidomics, label-free quantification
Temmerman Lab@kul:
Peptidomics
Valkenborg Lab@uhasselt:
Quantitative proteomics, isotope modeling, MALDI imaging and spatial proteomics
Van Antwerpen@ulb:
PTMs, glycosylation, oxidation, LC-MS/MS, biotherapeutics
Van Criekinge Lab@ugent:
Proteogenomics, bioinformatics, NXTGNT, ribosome profiling, peptidomics
Van Ostade Lab@ua:
Clinical proteomics, peptidomics, PTM, DIA, label-free quantitation
Wattiez Lab@umons:
Microbiological proteomics