Projects
Mercury exposure, nutritional stress and their combined effect on the susceptibility to a viral disease, physiology, and parental care behaviour: an experimental approach in a wild, long-lived seabird. University of Antwerp
Investigating the role of astronomical light pollution on acoustic and visual communication in nocturnal birds. University of Antwerp
Unravelling the impact of astronomical light pollution on individual behaviour in a nocturnal bird. University of Antwerp
Processed meat in the diet: influence of reactive oxygen/nitrogen/chlorine species during gastrointestinal digestion Ghent University
Processes during the digestion of meat-based meals will be investigated.
Research questions: to what extent do the 1/ fat and antioxidant and 2/ salt and nitrite content of processed meat in interaction with the non-meat foods in a meal influence the oxidation/nitrosation/chlorination processes during digestion?
An optimized pig model will be installed and analyses will be performed on digestion samples.
Energy budgets in copepod population modelling – How much model complexity do we really need in environmental risk assessment? Ghent University
In environmental risk assessment (ERA), we aim to determine (a) which concentration of a
chemical substance can harm ecosystems and (b) which concentration is likely to occur in these
ecosystems. Since the EU-regulation REACH came into force in 2016, manufacturers bear full
responsibility for the ERA of all chemicals used in their production lines.
Standardized laboratory tests are usually performed as a first step to ...
Comparative psychology of positive emotions: A multi-componential approach to understand affective states in man's closest living relative, the bonobo. University of Antwerp
Nutritional mitigation and grassland climate adaptation strategies in relation to enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle on grass silage based-rations: effectiveness and trade-offs Ghent University
It is well known that the production of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) is the main driver for climate change and the contribution of enteric methane (CH4) emission derived from cattle is undeniable. Nutritional strategies can be implemented to reduce these emissions, while climate change itself also affects the cattle sector due to negative effects on feed production. As such, farmers need to work on two fronts in their management: ...
Confocal and multiphoton laser scanning microscope LSM 710, configuration 2 NLO. KU Leuven
A multiphoton laser scanning microscope enables to obtain high-resolution optical images of fluorescently labeled cells, tissues or small organisms and 3D-reconstructions of complex samples. Furthermore, it allows to follow physiological processes in real-time via time-lapse imaging.