Projects
Additional equipment for the INFINITY LAB for the kinetic modeling of microPET - microSPECT studies in combination with image fusion of anatomical images like CT and MRI Ghent University
The purpose of the proposal encloses the development of kinetic modeling of microPET/microSPECT dynamic data with the aid of an arterial inputcurve, corrected for metabolites in combination with anatomical mapping on CT or MRI
The Novels of Michael Chabon and the Politics and Poetics of Postmodernism KU Leuven
Even though the heyday of postmodernism is behind us, its legacy still persists in contemporary American fiction. This dissertation discusses the complex relationship between the politics and poetics of postmodernism and Michael Chabon's novels. Every chapter consists of a theoretical framework on an aspect of postmodern literature and a reading of one of Chabon's novels in the light of that theoretical framework.
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Optimization of oocyte vitrification using cattle and horses as a model Ghent University
technologies, since it can be used to preserve genetic material for a longer time. The introduction of
vitrification resulted in a promising technique for oocyte and embryo cryopreservation. However, the
developmental competence of the oocytes and embryos is compromised after warming. An overview
of the difficulties encountered in the ...
Shakespeare is dead! Textual dramaturgy in the theatre work of Paul Pourveur. KU Leuven
Research title
Text theatricality in the Dutch theatre repertoire of Paul Pourveur
Problem statement
The theatrical repertoire of Paul Pourveur turns out to be resistant to an evident staging. Our hypothesis is that this is due to the specific text theatricality that largely overpowers the dramatic theatricality of his work. In this study we want to find out which specific elements or strategies constitute this ...
Biological characterization of novel CXCR4 and CXCR7/ACKR3 receptor inhibitors KU Leuven
Chemokine receptors are validated therapeutic targets that have been widely studied for their involvement in cancer growth and metastasis, inflammatory disorders and infectious diseases. Chemokine receptor CXCR4 was amongst the first discovered coreceptors facilitating cellular HIV entry, and still is of major importance in this respect. Great efforts were put into the design, synthesis and in vitro characterization of CXCR4 ...
Towards a “post-lyric” poetry? The “narrative turn” in Italian poetry between 1955 and 1975. KU Leuven
In his 1956 essay La posizione, published in the literary journal «Officina», Pier Paolo Pasolini raised the necessity of “adjusting […] the periscope to the horizon, the immense horizon of phenomena” as an instrument of literary criticism capable of overcoming what he perceived to be the “posizionalismo” or perspectivistic stance of communism towards literature and the arts. When put in a broader perspective, though, the ...
Moving Language: An Investigation into Text's Kinetic Potential in Theatre. University of Antwerp
Homo Mimeticus: Theory and Criticism KU Leuven
Mimesis is one of the most influential concepts in Western thought. Originally invoked to define humans as the “most imitative” creatures in classical antiquity, mimesis (imitation) has recently been at the centre of theoretical debates in the humanities, social sciences, and the neurosciences concerning the role of “mimicry,” “identification,” “contagion,” and “mirror neurons” in the formation of subjectivity. And yet, despite the growing ...
Insights in pathophysiological changes connected to BcI-2-dependence at the endoplasmic recticulum in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. KU Leuven
We aim to get a better insight in the pathology of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) on the cellular and molecular level. To do this, we studied two different aspects of the anti-apoptotic role of the protein B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2), a protein involved in cell fate decisions.
Typically, Bcl-2 prevents cell death by sequestering pro-apoptotic proteins via a hydrophobic groove on its surface. This working mechanism of Bcl-2 can be ...