Pharmacognosy, Bioanalysis & Drug Discovery (PBM)

Faculty of Pharmacy | Department of Drug Research and Development

(Code: ULB400)

Person in charge of the unit : VAN ANTWERPEN Pierre.

The Unit Pharmacognosy, Bioanalysis & Drug Discovery (PBDD) is one of the research units of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Composed of three professors, two
associate-professors, 4 assistants and 6 technicians; our unit is able to welcome several Belgian or foreign PhD Students. Specialized in the study of organic
drugs, from plants or biotherapeutics, the PBDD Unit promotes researches in the domain of the development and the analysis of molecules with therapeutical
potential. For bioguided fractionation of medicinal plant extracts, analysis and quality control of drugs, biotherapeutic characterization, biomarker
research for validation of therapeutical targets, the PBDD Unit proposes performant analytical tools such as liquid/gas chromatography, spectroscopic methods
(UV-Vis, NIR, Fluorimetry), electrochemistry detectors and mass spectrometry.
PBDD Unit is also responsible for the analytical platform of the Faculty of
Pharmacy (apfp.ulb.be).

Campus :	Campus de la Plaine
Location :	Bâtiment B, Niveau 4/5/6/7
Address :	CP205/09 - Bd du Triomphe Campus Plaine - 1050 Bruxelles
Phone number :	+32-2-650.51.72 / 52.81
Fax :	+32-2-650.54.30
E-mail :	caroline.stevigny@ulb.be
Web site :	https://pharmacie.ulb.be/version-francaise/la-recherche/les-unites-de-recherche/pharmacognosie-bioanalyse-et-medicaments