Borderland(s) in motion: Borders, mobility and history in the Lake Kivu region Ghent University
Historical research on and about the border between Rwanda and the DRC (ca. 1880-1962)
Historical research on and about the border between Rwanda and the DRC (ca. 1880-1962)
We propose a new model group for speciation research, the African small barbs (Enteromius), the world’s third species-richest fish genus, with a substantial unrecognised diversity. Contrary to most other species-rich groups, no sets of special features are found in Enteromius that can be linked to extraordinary speciation events. They live in rivers and display little variation in colour pattern, reproductive behaviour and morphology. This ...
Species that look very similar are not always closely related. Numerous examples of species that independently evolved similar structures have been reported: the flippers of penguins and dolphins, the wings of bats, birds, and insects, and the striking similarity between the eyes of humans and squids. Although structures look similar, the mechanisms of how they developed can be very different.
Lakes Albert, Edward, Kivu, and Victoria ...
In this PhD project, use will be made of the regional climate model CCLM, in which only very recently, the freshwater lake parameterisation scheme FLake has been implemented. The research will be build around three main axes: (i) improvement of the treatment of turbulent exchanges and lake dynamics in FLake, (ii) climate simulations –and evaluation– for Central and Eastern Africa using CCLM driven by Global Climate Model (GCM) output, and ...
Knowledge platform: tailoring food protein functionality by rational design of fibrillar structures (PROFIBFUN)
PROFIBFUN zal een kennisplatform opbouwen dat het toelaat om op rationele wijze fibrillaire proteïneaggregaten te ontwerpen met technofunctionele eigenschappen die de kwaliteit en/of de verwerking van levensmiddelensystemen verbeteren, en tegelijkertijd een neutrale of positieve~ impact op de gezondheid hebben.
...Digitalisation is rapidly transforming our societies, transforming the dynamics of our interactions, transforming the culture of our debates. Trust plays a critical role in establishing intellectual humility and interpersonal civility in argumentation and discourse: without it, credibility is doomed, reputation is endangered, cooperation is compromised. The major threats associated with digitalisation - hate speech and fake news - are ...