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How to Join ENL ?

Welcome to Lab ENL! We’re excited that you’re interested in joining our team.

Are you a student, aspiring Ph.D. candidate, or researcher interested in our work?

We invite you to explore our publications and reach out to us with any inquiries. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply by contacting Professor El Tahry. Be sure to include your CV, a cover letter, and several letters of recommendation with your application.

If a specific project catches your interest, do not hesitate to get in touch with the lead researcher directly!

How to Join ENL ?

Welcome to Lab ENL! We’re excited that you’re interested in joining our team.

Are you a student, aspiring Ph.D. candidate, or researcher interested in our work?

We invite you to explore our publications and reach out to us with any inquiries. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply by contacting Professor El Tahry. Be sure to include your CV, a cover letter, and several letters of recommendation with your application.

If a specific project catches your interest, do not hesitate to get in touch with the lead researcher directly!

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MSc Project: Can the Eyes Reveal Vagus Nerve Engagement? Ocular and Autonomic Signatures of taVNS in Healthy Volunteers

This project will test whether eye-based measures provide objective signatures of taVNS-related neuromodulatory engagement in healthy volunteers. Pupil diameter reflects arousal-related neuromodulatory activity, while prosaccade…
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MSc Project: Can a Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Test Predict cVNS Response? Ocular Biomarkers in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

This project asks whether a brief, non-invasive taVNS challenge before cVNS implantation can reveal how responsive an individual patient’s vagal-brainstem neuromodulatory pathway is. The central…
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MSc Project: How do vagus nerve stimulation neurophysiological biomarkers evolve over treatment time in refractory epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a neurologic disorder characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures, affecting over 70 million people worldwide. Around one-third of the patients do not respond…
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MSc Project: Linking Hippocampal Injury to Seizure-Related Respiratory Dysfunction in Epilepsy

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a serious risk for people with epilepsy, often linked to breathing problems during seizures. Fatal seizures are associated…
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MSc Project: Can Galanin Strengthen CO₂-Driven Breathing? Mapping Neural Pathways for SUDEP Prevention

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is strongly associated with postictal hypoventilation or apnea, which can cause severe carbon dioxide accumulation. Rising carbon dioxide should…
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MSc Project: Glial Activation and SUDEP Risk: A Histological Exploration of Central Chemoreceptors

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a serious risk for people with epilepsy, often linked to breathing problems during seizures abnormalities. Fatal seizures are…
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Since 1986, the Saint-Luc Foundation has been supporting medical excellence and humanism at the Saint-Luc University Clinics (UCLouvain) by developing and coordinating philanthropic activities and fundraising efforts. Our goal is to advance critical projects through four main areas of focus. In practical terms, we fund high-level clinical research and provide training for medical and paramedical teams in renowned centers in Belgium and abroad. We also invest in acquiring cutting-edge equipment and technologies. As a key philanthropic partner of the Saint-Luc University Clinics, our initiatives enable us to actively contribute to the continuous improvement of patient care and to make hospitalization increasingly humane.