Projects
Anatomy, scientific authority and the visualized body in medicine and culture (Belgium, 1780-1860) KU Leuven
This project will investigate the ways in which human anatomy gained and/or lost prestige and visibility within the medical and the broader educational and cultural field in Belgium. It will do so by focusing on the ways in which medical anatomical knowledge circulated between these fields and acquired in this process new meanings, and by investigating the role of different forms of visual representation or display of the human body in ...
Nobody’s Dead: The Trajectories of the Corpse in Belgian Anatomy, ca. 1860-1914 KU Leuven
In this dissertation, I relate the development of anatomy as a medical discipline to changing ideas about death and the body, and to social and political tensions. Much of historiographical focus has been on how the bodies of criminals – the only legal source of ‘anatomical material’ in early modernity – were replaced by the bodies of poor hospital patients in the early nineteenth century. Research has shown that dissection was part of severe ...
Development of a novel total elbow arthroplasty design based on new insight into the anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow Ghent University
The elbow consists out of 3 joints and its movement is characterized by complex kinematics. Total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) has been introduced in the previous century for treating a destructed joint, and the amount of TEA quadrupled since 2000 in Belgium. But in contrast to the survival rate of other joint arthroplasties, the survival rate of TEA is still low. During my dissertation, I found an anatomical variation of the bony anatomy that is ...
The Anatomy of a Colony: the Congolese body displayed (1880-1930). KU Leuven
How does the Trapeziometacarpal joint really function ? Anatomy and Biomechanics of the thumb KU Leuven
The basal thumb joint or trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint is crucial for the high mobility of the thumb. Its particular configuration has been described as a saddle joint with two principal axes of motion allowing extension-flexion and abduction-adduction. In addition, the thumb can rotate around its long axis, a movement also referred to as pronation-supination. During opposition of the thumb, which is typically used to score thumb mobility ...
Looking beyond the image: biomechanics & anatomy of thumb function and instability KU Leuven
The modern human thumb can be seen as a hallmark of human evolution. The unique anatomy of the human thumb makes it possible to carefully manipulate tools, powerfully grasp objects and even throw items with precision. These apparent contradictory functions of the thumb, high mobility for manual dexterity vs. high stability during forceful grasping, imply that daily activities impose a high strain on a relative instable joint. This makes the ...
Functional anatomy and biomechanics of brachiating gibbons (Hylobatidae): an example of locomotion in complex environments. Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Concentrated ZAP post in Integrative veterinary anatomy Ghent University
Concentrated ZAP post in Integrative veterinary anatomy (Ward De Spiegelaere)
Anatomy of on-surface synthesized two-dimensional polymers: towards chemically stable covalent frameworks KU Leuven
Polymers have permeated almost every sphere of modern life, from packaging to drug delivery, from 3D printing to airplanes. So, after being around for more than a century, what is the next big thing for polymers? The answer lies in the arrival of two-dimensional (2D) materials which have dominated headlines in recent years. Graphene, a single atom thick sheet of carbon isolated at the beginning of the century has several interesting ...