Projects
Restitution of private property under the laws of war- and peace- making: the case of the Southern Netherlands (16th-18th centuries) KU Leuven
Confiscation of enemy private property formed an inherent and significant part of warfare among Christian sovereigns in early modern Europe. By the seventeenth century, the restitution of confiscated property, with the exemption of movables, became a fixture in peace settlements and an important subject of discussion and contention in the context of the implementation of peace treaties. This project proposes to analyse the legal regulations ...
Restitution of private property under the laws of war- and peace-making: the case of the Southern Netherlands (16th-18th centuries) KU Leuven
Confiscation of enemy private property formed an inherent and significant part of warfare among Christian sovereigns in early modern Europe. By the seventeenth century, the restitution of confiscated property, with the exemption of movables, became a fixture in peace settlements and an important subject of discussion and contention in the context of the implementation of peace treaties. This project proposes to analyse the legal regulations ...
Carbohydrate-based fine chemicals: Development of a glycosylation platform cell factory and optimization of downstream processing for the sustainable production of glycosides Ghent University
CARBAFIN will develop, based on an integrated biocatalytic production technology, a radically new value chain for the utilisation of surplus sucrose from sugar beet biomass in the EU. CARBAFIN will demonstrate bio-based co-production of a functional glucoside and fructose, which will be exploited in the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a versatile chemical building block currently considered for making bio-based plastics.
Sucrose synthase as cost-effective mediator in glycosylation reactions Ghent University
This project focusses on sucrose synthase as mediator for recycling of expensive nucleotide-activated sugar donors necessary for glycosylation of organic compounds by glycosyl transferases. To that end, an optimized variant of sucrose synthase will be generated by means of enzyme engineering. The whole process will be optimized and scaled-up to pilot facilities to allow for commercial exploitation of glycosylated compounds.
Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 1 Ghent University
Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. Such an understanding can provide profound insights into our humanity, leading to fundamentally new computing technologies, and transforming the diagnosis ant treatment of brain disorders. Modern ICT brings this prospect within reach. The HBP Flagship Initiative (HBP) thus proposes a unique strategy that uses ICT to integrate neuroscience data from around ...
Solidarity in times of a pandemic: What do people do, and why? A European comparative and longitudinal study KU Leuven
The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for policymakers, public health officials, and societies. The social and economic effects are likely to be felt for years to come. This situation calls for an examination of how people react to policy measures that have been introduced, and what actions they take on their own initiative over and above the official advice by governments. What motivates people to follow, or ignore, the advice ...
Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 2 Ghent University
The Human Brain Project (HBP) is a large, integrated brain initiative. Launched under FP7 and continuing through Horizon 2020, the HBP is building the EBRAINS research infrastructure to strengthen global efforts to explore brain complexity. EBRAINS helps HBP and other researchers provide unprecedented knowledge of brain organisation and function, which will advance understanding of the mechanisms of age-related brain diseases that impose a ...
An Aging Court in a Changing World? The Great Council of Malines in the Eighteenth Century. KU Leuven
Toolbox for Microbiome based Remediation Ghent University
Microbiomes have high potential to improve biobased processes. For example, in soil and groundwater they can degrade organic contaminants, a process called bioremediation. In Europe about 324,000 severely contaminated sites exist, which pose a risk to humans and the environment. Conventional remediation technologies to clean them are often too expensive and technically Microbiomes have a high potential to improve processes in the bio-based ...