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New approaches to the social dynamics of long term fertility change. KU Leuven

Research Centre of Economic History, Leuven, Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L-BioStat), Centre for Sociological Research, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

During the past two centuries, populations have experienced remarkable changes in fertility, with new types of behavior often spreading rapidly across disparate social groups and regions. Evidence clarifying the complex dynamics of individual (non-)decision-making within, and influenced by evolving and overlapping social networks requires the development and application of cutting-edge modelling techniques to rich data sources that include ...

Evaluation of the potentional of native microbial inoculants (Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Trichoderma spp.) for control of the yam nemathodes and an omproved soil fertility, yam pruductivity and strobility. Ghent University

Wim Bert

Department of Biology

This study investigates the diversity of yam nemathodes and their interaction with yam an important staple food in West-Africa. Yam cultivars will be screened for resistance to nematodes. An in virto an in situ approach will reveal the potentails of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and trichoderma spp. to control nemathodes, promote yam growth, and improve yam storability.

Patient-centered hormonal fertility medication. KU Leuven

Thomas D'Hooghe

Woman and Child

Stress and bovine sperm in relation to in vitro fertility Ghent University

Ann Van Soom

Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction and Population Medicine

"If it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger". Sublethal stress can improve gamete quality. In this research we will investigate the peroxiredoxins (PRDXs) expression in bull spermatozoa after H2O2 exposure and their role in sperm-oocytes interaction. Moreover, we will evaluate the expression pattern of PRDX6 in oocytes of different quality (small, medium and large oocytes, based on oocyte diameter) and its role in repairing oxidative sperm ...

Improvement of Cattle Fertility and Fetal Programming guided by Ultrasonography, Hormonal Assay and Metabolic Profiling. Ghent University

Geert Opsomer

Department of Internal Medicine, Reproduction and Population Medicine

In the present study we will examine the prevalence of ovarian disturbances among dairy cows in Bangladesh. Based on a field study, the association with the metabolic load the cows experience and the effect of the nutritional level will be examined. In Ghent, aspects about metabolic programming in fairy cows will be studied. The latter will be done based on the close follow up of embryonic growth in pregnant lactating dairy cows.

Ethical implications of new techniques for fertility preservation Ghent University

Guido Pennings

Department of Philosophy and moral sciences

A recent branch within reproductive medicine aims to preserve the fertility of people whose reproductive potential is threatened by disease, medical treatments or other factors. This can be done by removing, storing and/or transplanting gametes, embryos and reproductive tissue. We aim to grasp the ethical issues that arise with each of these interventions.

Soil Fertility, Food Security and Gender in Central Africa. KU Leuven

Miet Maertens

Division of Bioeconomics, Division of Soil and Water Management

There is a general consensus on the need for sustainable agricultural intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the crucial role of improved technologies therein. It is less clear, however, how this can be achieved. On the one hand, alternative, and sometimes opposing, views and paradigms exist on which agricultural practices are (not) sustainable. On the other hand, despite considerable promise in experimental trials, adoption of such ...

Socio-economic patterns of fertility & family formation in Europe:How are they related to policies and the economic context? University of Antwerp

Karel Neels

Centre for Population, Family and Health

Fertility trends in Europe since the 1970 are frequently referred to in terms of postponement and subreplacement fertility. The effects of family policy seem modest, but studies addressing the differential effect of measures depending on educational level and labour market position are scarce. This project investigates how socio-economic fertility differentials have developed in Europe between 1970 and 2010 under varying economic and policy ...

Seed production in Rosa x hybrida L.: development of fertility and dormancy markers Ghent University

Marie-Christine Van Labeke

Department of Plant production

The yield of vital seeds in rose breeding programmes is usually low. In order to optimize breeding efficiency morphological markers to identify suitable pollen parents for high seed production are developed. The role of pollen fertility in relation to embryo development will be studied. Genetical markers, indicative for dormancy release, will also be developed.

Hyperlipidemia and the consequences on oocyte and embryo quality. A combined bovine in vivo and in vitro model for human infertility research. University of Antwerp

Jo Leroy

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry

Hypercholesterolemia is a human disorder and it has been associated with an unhealthy eat pattern. This combined in vivo and in vitro bovine model will elucidate the effect of nutritionally induced hypercholesterolemia on oocyte and embryo quality. In earlier work we showed that the metabolic changes in dairy cows early post partum and their consequences on oocyte and follicle quality is a valuable model for research in human infertility.

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