Projects
Synthetic biology and artificial intelligence, mutual learning to advance together and jointly drive industrial biotechnology - accelerating knowledge discovery and strain engineering Ghent University
This project aims the development of novel and innovativemachine learning and synthetic biology parts, tools and techniques by mutual learning, to jointly drive the strain engineering process. This ensemble will enable reliable forward engineering, which will be demonstrated by the development of a microbial cell factory for the flavonoid kaempferol.
Special Research Fund Professorship in biology Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
Molecular biology of the steroid receptors KU Leuven
The androgen and glucocorticoid receptors (AR and GR) are similar, even when the hormones have very different physiological functions. Both receptors are important clinical targets. Structural and functional information from one receptor can be transferred to the other. We have new data on AR dimerization at the level of the DNA binding domain and the ligand binding domain, which now can be transferred to the GR. Conversely, we have data on ...
Biology and ecology of bacterial and fungal biofilms in humans. University of Antwerp
Ecology, systematics and evolutionary biology of frog blood parasites in northern KwaZulu-Natal KU Leuven
Blood parasites have been recorded in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, inhabiting both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Until this study, only a few blood parasite surveys had been carried out on frogs in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus information on the diversity of these parasites remained limited. To increase our knowledge of frog blood parasites, a large multi-approach study on the diversity, evolutionary biology, and ...
Special Research Fund Professorship in molecular cell biology Ghent University
A BOF-ZAP-mandate holder receives an appointment or appointment as a member of the Independent Academic Personnel with mainly research assignment. The wage costs are charged to the resources of the BOF.
A systems biology approach for a comprehensive understanding of development and adaptation in Leishmania donovani. University of Antwerp
Exploiting MELanoma disease comPLEXity to address European research training needs in translational cancer systems biology and cancer systems medicine. KU Leuven
Novel treatment options and associated personalised, patient-tailored therapies need to be explored and developed for highly heterogeneous and chemotherapy resistant cancers, such as malignant melanoma. This can only be achieved by industry-academia collaborations in newly emerging, innovative research disciplines such as translational cancer systems biology and systems medicine. These disciplines and the associated European training needs ...
Yeast Bioreactor: Network biology of stress responses and cell flocculation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in a continuous bioreactor in microgravity conditions Ghent University
The global project objective is the development of a dynamic proteomics platform and its use on-orbit for three specific microgravity research topics based on eukaryotic cell types: the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, and human osteoblast cells. The platform is based on a microfluidic cellular microarray system. The miniturisation by using microfluidics is necessary to perform on-orbit systems biology. With this ...