Projects
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 ...
Quantification of joint loading in adults with haemophilia using multi-segment foot modelling KU Leuven
Haemophilia is a rare coagulation disorder mostly affecting men. It is characterized by the absence or deficiency of circulating factor VIII (haemophilia A) or factor IX (haemophilia B). In severe cases (factor level < 1%), it could result in abnormal, sometimes spontaneous bleedings and impaired blood coagulation. Up to 90% of these bleedings occur in the musculoskeletal system, with the ankle joint being most prone to recurrent bleeding ...
Linking flowering time genes with wood formation in Arabidopsis and Populus. KU Leuven
Field Study Centre - Eisden Lanklaar Hasselt University
Downstream targets of the metabolic stress sensor SnRK1 - One kinase to rule them all KU Leuven
The evolutionarily conserved SnRK1 (SNF1-related kinase 1) protein kinase (the ortholog of yeast SNF1 and mammalian AMPK) is a major metabolic sensor, allowing acclimatization and energy homeostasis upon changes in energy availability, thereby ensuring plant survival. SnRK1 is activated by low energy stress and repressed by high photosynthetic sugar levels, with the allosteric inhibitor trehalose-6-P acting as a proxy for sucrose supply. To ...
Crystallographic Studies of Vimentin and Lamin A KU Leuven
Stem Cell and Stromal Vascular Fraction Treatment for Penile Tunica Albuginea and Urethral Fibrosis KU Leuven
Fibrosis is a wound healing disorder and it is defined by the excessive accumulation of fibrous connective tissue, such as collagen and fibronectin, in and around inflamed or damaged tissue. Although collagen and fibronectin deposition is an indispensable and, typically, reversible part of wound healing, normal tissue repair can evolve into a progressively irreversible fibrotic response if the tissue injury is severe or repetitive or if the ...