Researcher
Filip Kiekens
- Research Expertise:research into conventional dosage forms and drug delivery systems research into products with Probiotic (Formulations and production techniques) research into dosage forms and drug delivery systems for poorly watersoluble active compounds
- Keywords:SPRAY DRYING, FORMULATION, PROBIOTICS, Pharmacy and pharmacology
- Disciplines:Pharmaceutical technology
- Research techniques:Spray-drying Freeze-drying Tableting Capsulation Coating Particle engineering Nanoparticle design
- Users of research expertise:companies looking for formulation expertise for their active pharmaceutical compounds or their probiotic strains
Affiliations
- Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy (Research group)
Responsible
From1 Sep 2014 → 30 Sep 2022 - Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2012 → 31 Aug 2014
Projects
1 - 10 of 17
- Cyber-physical system for personalized intranasal drug delivery.From1 May 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Entomovectoring of lactic acid bacteria to control Botrytis cinerea on strawberries.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- OPTIMISE: Advanced biOreactors and Processing equipmenT for culturIng beneficial MIcrobeS to higher yiElds.From1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts, FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Versatile X-ray powder diffraction platform for materials science.From1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Drug delivery systems and in vivo efficacy of the serine protease inhibitor UAMC-00050 in a preclinical model for irritable bowel syndrome.From1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2019Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- In vivo POC of potential respiratory probiotic strains (REINSPIRE).From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- Research in formulation of poorly watersoluble active compounds in PLGA Nanoparticles using spray-drying technology.From1 Oct 2017 → 30 Sep 2021Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Formulation and processing of probiotic bacteria in a solid oral dosage form for pharyngeal delivery.From1 Jan 2017 → 2 Nov 2020Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Implementation of a state of the art reference center for pharmaceutical and pharmacological studies in Cuba to support the use of natural product formulations composed of indigenous phytomedicinal and nutraceutical molecules.From13 Mar 2016 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: VLIR-UOS TEAM
- ProCure : Defining the future of probiotics for upper respiratory tract diseases.From1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: SBO (Strategic basic research)
Publications
31 - 40 of 57
- Formulation development of poorly water-soluble compounds using solubility enhancement methods(2019)
Authors: Adrienn Baán, Filip Kiekens, Koen Augustyns
Number of pages: 1 - Elastic recovery of filler-binders to safeguard viability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG during direct compression(2019)
Authors: Eline Byl, Sarah Lebeer, Filip Kiekens
Pages: 36 - 43 - Importance of pressure plasticity during compression of probiotic tablet formulations(2019)
Authors: Eline Byl, Piet Bladt, Sarah Lebeer, Filip Kiekens
Pages: 7 - 11 - Influence of mixed feeding rate in a conventional SBR on biological P-removal and granule stability while treating different industrial effluents(2019)
Authors: Hannah Stes, Sven Aerts, Michel Caluwé, Jolien D'aes, Flinn De Vleesschauwer, Thomas Dobbeleers, Piet De Langhe, Filip Kiekens, Jan Dries, Flinn De Vleeschauwer
Pages: 645 - 655 - Ultrasound-assisted extraction optimization and validation of an HPLC-DAD method for the quantification of polyphenols in leaf extracts of Cecropia species(2019)
Authors: Andrés Rivera Mondragon, Géraldine Broeckx, Sebastiaan Bijttebier, Tania Naessens, Erik Fransen, Filip Kiekens, Catherina Caballero-George, Ivan Vander Heyden, Luc Pieters, Kenn Foubert
- Translating recent microbiome insights in otitis media into probiotic strategies(2019)
Authors: Marianne van den Broek, Ilke De Boeck, Filip Kiekens, An Boudewyns, Olivier Vanderveken, Sarah Lebeer
- Impact of spray-drying on the pili of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG(2019)
Authors: Shari Kiekens, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Géraldine Broeckx, Ingmar Claes, Ilke De Boeck, Sofie Thys, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Filip Kiekens, Sarah Lebeer
Pages: 849 - 855 - Optimizing the spray drying of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG as an important step towards the development of successful pharmabiotics(2019)
Authors: Géraldine Broeckx, Filip Kiekens, Sarah Lebeer
Number of pages: 1 - Effects of initial cell concentration, growth phase, and process parameters on the viability of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG after spray drying(2019)
Authors: Géraldine Broeckx, Shari Kiekens, Katarina Jokicevic, Eline Byl, Tim Henkens, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Sarah Lebeer, Filip Kiekens
- Performance and stability of a dynamically controlled EBPR anaerobic/aerobic granular sludge reactor(2019)
Authors: Flinn De Vleeschauwer, Michel Caluwé, Thomas Dobbeleers, Hannah Stes, Lennert Dockx, Filip Kiekens, Jolien D'aes, Cosmin Copot, Jan Dries
Pages: 1 - 29
Patents
1 - 7 of 7
- Aerosol spray containing viable bacterial species (Inventor)
- Microbiome-safe cosmetic cleaning compositions (Inventor)
- Preservation of microorganisms (Inventor)
- Preservation of microorganisms (Inventor)
- Microbiome-safe cosmetic cleaning compositions (Inventor)
- Aerosol spray containing viable bacterial species (Inventor)
- Oronasopharyngeal probiotics (Inventor)