Projects
Unraveling and exploiting disorder in the design and realization of metamaterial solutions for broadband noise and vibration reduction KU Leuven
From the strong need of reconciling the often conflicting and ever tightening ecologic requirements and noise and vibration exposure regulations, a vast amount of research emerged in innovative lightweight solutions with favorable vibro-acoustic properties. Among these, locally resonant metamaterials were recently shown to enable strongly improved noise and vibration reduction in targeted frequency ranges, called stop bands.
While their ...
Psychic figuration and representation in post-traumatic and psychotic disorders. Ghent University
Starting from a systematic study of relevant theoretical and clinical papers in the field of psychoanalysis we on the one address the problem of figuration of traumatic experience, exploring links with Freud's theories of binding and representation and contemporary studies of attachement, mentalization, and symbolization. On the other hand we examine psychic figuration and representation in psychic mental processes.
Improving the performance of rock salt type cathodes for Li-ion batteries through control of the transition metal cation migration using redox reactions of the oxygen sublattice and Li-conductive coatings Hasselt University
Modeling neurodevelopmental epilepsy syndromes: the example of mosaic deletion of PCDH19 and its influence on tangential migration of interneurons. KU Leuven
This project aims at elucidating a mechanism behind a genetic disorder, using the developing mouse brain as a study object. Brain function depends on the maintenance of a balance between excitatory and inhibitory signals, emanating from different neuron and interneuron populations, respectively. When this balance is disrupted, conditions like epilepsy, intellectual dysfunction and autism can occur. Cortical interneurons develop in the basal ...
Influence of microbiota on intestinal stem cell behavior, differentiation and migration in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. KU Leuven
Inflammation-based stratification for immune-targeted Augmentation in major depressive disorder (INSTA-MD). University of Antwerp
Transnational family relationships in a context of exile-related family separation: The role of intra-family support in unaccompanied refugee adolescents’ mental health and posttrauma rehabilitation KU Leuven
With a growing influx of refugees in western European resettlement countries in the past years, a body of studies documents how minor refugees are an at-risk group for mental health problems, with an increased prevalence of psychiatric disorders showing particularly high rates of PTSD and depression in unaccompanied refugee minors (URM) who experience long-term separation from parental caregiving figures. Simultaneously, however, studies ...
Functional role of Protocadherin10 in murine brain development KU Leuven
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a group of debilitating neurodevelopmental disorders that affect millions of patients world-wide. ASD is hypothesized to arise from a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors that impact the structure and function of the developing brain. A potential cause of the disease pathophysiology is a disrupted excitation/inhibition balance in the central nervous system stemming from abnormal ...