Projects
Shelter for a researcher in need in Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology Ghent University
The allocated BOF resources are used to appoint a foreign researcher in need who, due to circumstances beyond his control, is facing a delay in his research trajectory. This appointment enables the researcher in need to reach the objectives of his research project in due time.
Merging immunology with synthetic biology to improve animal health: strain engineering for the production of structurally defined carbohydrates with immunomodulating properties Ghent University
The continued spread of anti-microbial resistant bacterial pathogens together with a lag in the development of suitable antibiotic alternatives set the alarm bells ringing in public and animal health. In this project proposal, ImmunoKeys, synthetic biology and animal immunology experts join forces to engineer microbial cell factories capable of producing structurally well-defined (partially acetylated) chitooligosaccharides with optimal ...
Explanatory pluralism and Leibniz's animal economy Ghent University
The project has two connected aims: (1) to analyse and assess Leibniz’s treatment of what he calls ‘animal economy’ (roughly speaking, the physiology of macro-scale living bodies) and (2) to show that he is an explanatory pluralist with respect to biology. The project addresses the accounts of ‘animal economy’ alongside Leibniz’s metaphysical treatment of biology (most famously, in the form of his monads). The latter has received increasing ...
(Epi)Genetic studies and system biology approaches to characterize rare inherited bleeding and platelet disorders: from patient studies to basic biology to cl inical applications KU Leuven
In this OT project, (epi)genetic large-scale studies in combination with functional in vitro studies will be used to characterize patients with “rare inherited Bleeding and Platelet Disorders (BPDs)”. (Epi)Genetic studies and system biology approaches to characterize rare inherited bleeding and platelet disorders: from patient studies to basic biology to clinical applications.