"Good researcher and former top colleague!"

Ségolène De Waele, IBB, University of Antwerp, Belgium

"She is always very sweet and caring, just a very good, genuine person to have in the lab."

Annet Storm, Lab of Neurobiology, KU Leuven, Belgium

"Pegah is a motivated and talented young researcher with a true passion for helping patients suffering from ALS. She works both in clinic and scientific research and she is definitely a lab hero!"

Paraskevi Tziortzouda, Lab of Neurobiology, KU Leuven/VIB, Belgium

"Pegah does valuable research and is a dedicated researcher."

Lies Blomme, Neurology, AZ Nikolaas, Belgium

"Pegah is a bright, motivated, and enthusiastic neurologist. She is an incredibly generous and collegiate researcher. I highly recommend Pegah for the Lab Hero award."

Zara Bakhtiarian, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Leiden University, Netherlands

"She is a great neurologist and scientist. She is a very friendly and hard-working team player. She strives constantly to improve everything she can for her patients. She is well deserving to be a lab hero."

Anna Markariaan, Neuropathology, UCLA, USA

"As a medical doctor and outstanding researcher (as a Phd student), Peggy has the best of both worlds: she understands and treats the disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis = ALS) from patients’ and their families’ perspective, and possesses skills for doing fundamental research to unravel the pathology of this devastating disease.

Next to this, she is a kind and warm person, who is easy going and always ready to help everyone who asks her for help.

As a medical doctor doing fundamental research is not without difficulties and struggles. I think she really deserves this award as a sign of appreciation for her dedication and perseverance."

JY Mescheriakova, Neurology Department, Erasmus MC, Netherlands

"I know Pegah as a very hard working PhD student who is very empathetic towards her patients/study subjects, as well as to her colleagues. Her drive for knowledge and advancing the state of the art of ALS research is unparalleled."

Wim Dahmen, Department of Surgery, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, Netherlands

"I met Pegah during my neurology residency at the University Hospital of Antwerp. She was then already fascinated by neuromuscular diseases and doing a clinical rotation at the neuromuscular reference center of Antwerp. Her ambition to obtain a research position in this field wasn’t a secret. She is very goal driven, so none of us, her former colleagues, were surprised when she obtained the PhD position at the Van Den Bosch Lab of the University of Leuven. She also inspired other people to go after their dreams. Without her, I wouldn’t have applied (and been accepted) for a clinical rotation at the Erasmus Hospital in Rotterdam. On the other hand she is a very compassionate person and was always ready to assist the residents in their daily work, even when this wasn’t part of her job. These qualities make her a great person, colleague and researcher and for sure a true lab hero."

Olivia Kamoen, Neurology, Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis Lier, Belgium

"Pegah delivers nice work and is a great team person. She works very hard."

Stephanie Boets, Neurology, Neuropraktijk, België

"Pegah is a very hardworking and talented individual who has a big passion for scientific work."

Ivan Zaletel, Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia

"Pegah is being super enthusiatic with her research, she has been working both as a clinical doctor and a lab researcher. Her work focusses on the role of glias cells in ALS disease. She has been collecting and analysing ALS patients single-cell data, and her work is very important in ALS research."

Lisha Ye, Lab of Neurobiology, VIB, Belgium

"Pegah is a very thorough investigator, she wrote a great review on ALS recently that I very much enjoyed."

Carlijn Antoon, EMC Neurology, Erasmus MC, Netherlands

"Pegah is an amazing, very helpful colleague who supported me a lot during my first steps as a PhD Student in the Van De Bosch Lab!"

Maria Georgopoulou, VIB - CBD - Van De Bosch Laboratory, Ku Leuven, Belgium

"Magnificent for her patients and colleagues. Always smiling, always fighting for her patients."

Goedele Couwelier, Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

"Dr. Masrori is a very intelligent, ambitious and collegial person with excellent research skills. Everywhere she works, she adds great value to the group spirit and to the achievements of the group. She is very helpful to other people and has a good character which is nowadays very important."

Busra Durmus, Neurology, UZA, Belgium

"She is very bright and very friendly with patients."

Evelyn Marcelis, Neurology, UZ Leuven, Belgium

"She is very smart, very helpful and works very hard. She is also very motivated to find a cure for ALS. She is a scientist at heart. She is also very helpful and solution-seeking for patients. She is a pleasant colleague."

Ann D'hondt, Neurology, UZ Leuven, Belgium

"Pegah is a very collaborative person. It is a pleasure to work with her and I totally support her for the Lab Heroes award."

Diana Piol, VIB-KU Leuven CBD, Belgium

"She's the best! Pegah is a highly talented person. I am impressed by her scientific knowledge and insights. She is very dedicated to her patients. She has come a long way."

Laura De Velder, Neurology, UZLeuven, Belgium

"Pegah is a very passionate and motivated scientist and clinician. With her research she contributes to the search for new therapies for ALS, a devastating disease for which currently no curative therapy exists. She is not only clever and smart, but also a very warm and friendly person. She is always eager to help and listen to other collegues, which also makes the research environment where she works a better place."

Lindsay Poppe, Departement structuur en herstel van de mens, UGent, Belgium

"Dr. Masrori is a top PhD student, extremely motivated and serious. She is very precise and conclusive, experienced, clever and curious. As a top candidate, she deserves absolutely to win this prize in order to pursue her research further."

Massimiliano Montagna, Neurology, AZ Rivierenland, Belgium

"She is a very conscientious, motivated, talented and hardworking PhD student. She always tries to learn as much as she can and does her best. She is a problem solver, an experiment enthusiast, a good team player and an inspiring educator."

Lina Ter horst-el Houssein, Chronische Pijn, Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis, Nederland

"Pegah is very friendly, empathic and always willing to help her colleagues. Her motivation, enthusiasm, extensive neuroscience knowledge and eagerness to learn new techniques will make her challenging PhD project successful."

Ann Swijsen, Van Den Bosch Lab / VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, KU Leuven, Belgium

"Pegah is a highly motivated researcher. Her perseverence despite setbacks and her positivity are powerful assets which will lead to well deserved successes."

Laetitia Yperzeele, Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium

"Very ambitious. A good researcher of ideas and hard-working."

Saskia van Romunde, Ophthalmology, Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Netherlands

"Pegah is a very pleasant person to work with. Her work ethics are exemplary to many, she is always there to help out and very eager to learn new techniques/obtain new knowledge. Her PhD project is very challenging, though she is driving it in an astonishing way, with stamina and perseverance. Being nominated would be fully deserved."

Caroline Eykens, Neuroscience TA, UCB Pharma, Belgium

"She is a very enthusiastic and motivated research resident who combines science with a good practical clinical knowledge."

Ingrid Baar, Intensive Care, UZ Antwerpen, Belgium

"Excellent teamwork! She’s always loaded with a lot of motivation and hunger for information. She’s very empathic to her patients and her colleagues. She’s always available for extra information or for extra explanation. For me, she is one of a kind and the best co-worker I could wish for."

Nikita Lamaire, VIB Neurology ALS, VIB, Belgium

"She is a great scientist who can work independently and has an appropriate mindset to challenge and face anything that scientific question has to offer. In addition, she has developed great adaptability skills to survive in any lab."

Dilek Mercan, Michael Heneka Lab, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany

"Pegah is a dynamic young neuroscientist with a particular interest in neuroimmunology. Nevertheless she has participated in many side projects due to her broad interest and eagerness to cooperate with other researchers. Out of work she is always the first to join team activities and she knows how to create a good atmosphere."

Jo Raskin, MOCA / Multidisciplinary Oncology Center Antwerp, UAntwerpen, Belgium

Nomination Category: Lab Scholar

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