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Researcher

Ilke De Boeck

  • Research Expertise:My expertise focuses on exploring the potential of beneficial bacteria or probiotics for the upper respiratory tract. This includes the isolation and screening of potentially beneficial bacteria, microbiome analysis of the airways and bacteria-host interaction assays. I also have ample experience in organizing human clinical studies in relation to the microbiome.
  • Keywords:UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, CLINICAL TRIAL, BENEFICIAL MICROBES, MICROBIOME, Applied biological sciences, biotechnology
  • Disciplines:Medical biotechnology, Microbiomes, Inflammation, Bacteriology, Rhinology
  • Research techniques:Microbiome analysis (16S amplicon sequencing) Cell culture (human epithelial cells, immune cells, primary epithelial cells) antimicrobial assays qPCR DNA and RNA isolation
  • Users of research expertise:Researchers and companies interested in probiotics, as well as prevention and treatment of inflammatory respiratory diseases