Institut Jules Bordet is a specialized general hospital (with in part university beds) and research institute of the Université libre de Bruxelles which specializes in

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

. It is located in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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. The institute is named after

Jules Bordet Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet (; 13 June 1870 – 6 April 1961) was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus ''Bordetella'' is named after him. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to him in 1919 for ...

(1870 – 1961), a

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immunologist and

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who won the

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in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity. The institute is the only accredited

OECI The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) is an international non-profit organization with European Economic Interest Grouping status. It was created in 1979 to promote greater cooperation among European cancer centers and institutes. ...

-designated comprehensive cancer centre in Belgium. The hospital is located nearby the academic

Erasmus Hospital Erasmus Hospital (french: Cliniques universitaires de Bruxelles - Hôpital Érasme, nl, Erasmus Ziekenhuis) is a teaching hospital in the Anderlecht municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is a teaching hospital associated with the Université lib ...

since end 2021.

List of notable people

* Dominique Bron, baroness, Head of hematology *

Albert Claude Albert Claude (; 24 August 1899 – 22 May 1983) was a Belgian- American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. His elementary education star ...

, Director 1949-1970 *

Marc Lacroix (biochemist) Marc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix (; born 28 April 1963 in Verviers, Wallonia, Belgium) is a biochemist (educated at University of Liège) and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy. He works at Institut Jules B ...

, Breast cancer researcher *

Martine Piccart Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart (born 1953) is a Belgian medical oncologist. She is a professor of oncology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and scientific director at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium. She is also a member of the ...

, baroness, Head of chemotherapy * Francoise Meunier, baroness, former IJB staff member and EORTC general director

External links

Institut Jules Bordet

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