In addition, she collaborated closely with hospitals to help identify the most appropriate therapy for each individual patient. In May 2025, Emma started at V.O. as a trainee patent attorney.

Working experience

• Trainee patent attorney, V.O. (May 2025)
• PhD student, Rega Institute KU Leuven (2020-2025)

Education

• PhD in Biomedical Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology, KU Leuven (2025)
• MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences; Drug Development, KU Leuven (2020)
• BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven (2018)

Publications

• Roux, E., Willms, R. J., Van Dycke, J., Calabuig, A. C., Van Espen, L., Schoofs, G., Matthijnssens, J., Neyts, J., de Witte, P., Foley, E., & Rocha-Pereira, J. (2024). Transcriptional profiling of zebrafish intestines identifies macrophages as host cells for human norovirus infection. In Gut Microbes(Vol. 16, Number 1). Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2431167
• Kreins, A. Y., Roux, E., Pang, J., Cheng, I., Charles, O., Roy, S., Mohammed, R., Owens, S., Lowe, D. M., Brugha, R., Williams, R., Howley, E., Best, T., Davies, G. E., Worth, A., Solas, C., Standing, J. F., Goldstein, R. A., Rocha-Pereira, J., & Breuer, J. (2024). Favipiravir induces HuNoV viral mutagenesis and infectivity loss with clinical improvement in immunocompromised patients. In Clinical Immunology(Vol. 259). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2024.109901
• Copmans, D., Kildgaard, S., Roux, E., Partoens, M., Steurs, G., Wang, X., De Borggraeve, W. M., Esguerra, C. V., Crawford, A. D., Larsen, T. O., & de Witte, P. A. (2022). From the North Sea to Drug Repurposing, the Antiseizure Activity of Halimide and Plinabulin. In Pharmaceuticals(Vol. 15, Number 2). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/ph15020247
• Van Dycke, J., Dai, W., Stylianidou, Z., Li, J., Cuvry, A., Roux, E., Li, B., Rymenants, J., Bervoets, L., de Witte, P., Liu, H., Neyts, J., & Rocha-Pereira, J. (2021). A Novel Class of Norovirus Inhibitors Targeting the Viral Protease with Potent Antiviral Activity In Vitro and In Vivo. In Viruses-Basel(Vol. 13, Number 9). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/v13091852

Languages

• Dutch (native)
• English (fluent)
• French (basic)