Louise Gerard

Louise Gerard is a researcher at the Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences URPHYM affiliated with the University of Namur. Her work focuses on ATP-binding cassette transporters, particularly ABCB5 isoforms, and their roles in cancer biology and drug resistance.

• Active in melanoma research
• Investigates transporter localization in endoplasmic reticulum
• Explores ABC transporters' connections to cancer hallmarks

Her recent publications examine heterodimeric ABC transporters in melanoma and isoform-specific functions in cancer cells. She has contributed to understanding ABCG-transporters in lipid metabolism and participated in the 2021 Research Institutes Day (poster presentation). Media coverage of her 2023 work on ABCB5β localization highlights her research on melanoma biomarkers.