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.
IMEC DOTATIE 2023 - Ethology and Animal Welfare (EAW) - WISH Ghent University
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 ...
IMEC DOTATIE 2022 - Ethology and Animal Welfare (EAW) - WISH Ghent University
Equality, proportionality and the duty of care in animal welfare law - One Biology, one welfare - one law KU Leuven
The research is concerned with the animal's position in society, using the concept of 'One Welfare', which focuses on the interaction between the welfare of animals, human beings and their environment. 'One Welfare' is considered to be an extension of the 'One Health' theme, with which it partly overlaps. The last few months it has become even more clear that the health and welfare of human beings cannot be seen separately from the health and ...
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 ...
A high-resolution and high-sensitivity hybrid small animal PET-CT system for combined molecular/functional and anatomical preclinical imaging in neurology, oncology and cardiology. KU Leuven
Molecular imaging allows non-invasive in vivo visualization, characterization and quantification of biological and pathophysiological processes that can be longitudinally monitored in specific (transgenic) animal models of human diseases in a physiological environment. The hybrid small animal PET-CT system will provide molecular information with high sensitivity and submillimeter resolution co-registered with anatomical information within one ...
Learning from animals how to regenerate: multidisciplinary training programme in regenerative biology Hasselt University
(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.