Caroline Piette carried out her studies in medicine at the ULg between 1996 and 2002. She then took up a specialisation in paediatrics in the department of Professor Misson at the Liège CHU. At the same time Caroline Piette obtained in 2003 an FNRS mandate for her research work on MIF-glucocorticoid antagonism in glioblastoma, which she carried out at the Biology of Tumours and Development Laboratory, jointly directed by Professors Agnès Noël and Jean-Michel Foidart.

Over the course of the academic year 2008-2009, this young researcher followed a training programme in paediatric oncology, during which she worked at the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif) under the supervision of Dr. Valteau-Couanet, as well as a training programme in paediatric hemato-oncology at the UKLeuven, under the wing of Dr. Anne Uyttebroeck. In September 2009, and for the duration of a year, Caroline Piette joined the EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer), where she is carrying out research in the fields of child leukaemia and lymphoma.

Selection of publications

Piette C, Munaut C, Foidart J-M, Deprez M. Glucocorticoids in the treatment of gliomas: from bedside to bench. A review. Acta Neuropathol 2006, 112: 651-664

Piette C, Deprez M, Born J, Closon MT, Rutten I, Michotte A, Misson JP, Hoyoux C. Management of diffuse glioma in children: a retrospective study of 27 cases and review of literature. Acta Neurol Belg 2008, 108: 35-43

Piette C, Deprez M, Foidart JM, Noel A., Munaut C. The dexamethasone-induced inhibition of proliferation, migration and invasion in glioma cell lines is antagonized by MIFand can be enhanced by specific MIF inhibitors. J Biol Chem 2009,284: 32483-32492