This April 30, 2025, Queen Mathilde presented the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award during a ceremony at the Palais des Académies de Brussels. This exceptional price is accompanied by a check for one million euros to finance recipient research in the cardiovascular sector for a period of five years.
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Coraline Radermecker receives the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award 2025
The Baillet Latour fund started its research support activities in 1979. Over time, several prices were created and took several forms, until the creation of the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award in 2022. This price was awarded this April 30, 2025, from the hands of Queen Mathilde in Coraline Radermecker, at the Palais des Académies, in Brussels. This year’s price supported researchers who carry out work on cardiovascular and pulmonary systems.
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The Queen of Belgians presented the Baillet Latour Biomedical Award 2025 to Coraline Radermecker of the University of Liège for her research on the role of neutrophils in the absence of pathogen, in healthy pulmonary tissues. The price will allow him to support his research with release of the sum by stages, up to a total of one million euros after five years. The Baillet Latour fund considers this price as “An encouragement, support for the development of a career as talented researchers in Belgium”. The fund hopes that this price allows the recipient “To expand your career and open it to the larger horizons. »»
Queen Mathilde attended this ceremony because of her various health commitments, whether in Belgium, at European and even international level with the United Nations. The Baillet Latour fund was created by Count Alfred de Baillet Latour, the last male representative of this family in Belgium. The county family distinguished itself in the 18th century in the Austrian territories. In Belgium, several family members have held high office, such as senator, bourgmestre, provincial governor or even president of the International Olympic Committee. Count Alfred, a businessman linked to the Artois brewery, created this foundation which finances health, education, culture, the environment and Olympic sport.
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