Institut Jules Bordet

Institut Jules Bordet
Map
Geography
LocationRue Meylemeersch / Mijlenmeersstraat 90, B-1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°48′44″N 4°15′43″E / 50.812334°N 4.261826°E / 50.812334; 4.261826
Organisation
Affiliated universityUniversité libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
History
Opened1822

Institut Jules Bordet is a specialised general hospital (with in part university beds) and research institute of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) specialising in oncology. It is located in Brussels, Belgium, and is the only accredited OECI-designated comprehensive cancer centre in Belgium.

The institute is named after Jules Bordet (1870–1961), an immunologist and microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1919 for his discoveries relating to immunity.

The hospital is located nearby the academic Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht since November 2021.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Le nouvel Institut Bordet inauguré sur le campus Erasme à Anderlecht". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  2. ^ Mossati, Yassine (2021-11-17). "L'institut Jules Bordet déménage durant la semaine du 22 novembre sur le campus Erasme". BX1 (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-25.