Projects
Introduction of Low And Zero Emission Buses in Private Bus Companies Busworld Foundation
95% of these companies are SMEs that are absolutely not intensively involved in Research & Development (R&D). Moreover, they are clearly “late adapters” and not “early ...
Integration of complementary, high throughput single-cell omics with spatial resolution. KU Leuven
The human body is composed of millions of cells. Large efforts aiming at describing every cell in the human body have recently started with the aim to revolutionize healthcare. Understanding health and diseases requires methods that examine individual cells in their natural microenvironment, assess their spatial distribution in the tissue, both bi- and tri-dimensionally, and that capture and integrate multiple layers of information including ...
Intravital microscopy platform for infectious and inflammatory diseases KU Leuven
A thorough understanding of inflammatory and infectious processes is essential for the development of novel drugs and vaccines. Intravital microscopy is a powerful tool that allows imaging immune responses in tissues of live organisms. The lack of intravital microscopy platforms has deprived KU Leuven and the Rega Institute research of essential highly detailed imaging of mouse models of viral, parasitic and inflammatory diseases. Biosafety ...
Interactive and intelligent cellomics platform. University of Antwerp
Sustainable up-cycling of agricultural residues: modular cascading waste conversion system Thomas More Kempen
CoVAX-PreC – Preclinical evaluation of a potent COVID-19 vaccine candidate toward an accelerated clinical development KU Leuven
Within the group of Prof. Johan Neyts, the vaccine team (under the scientific lead of Dr. Kai Dallmeier) developed a promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This live-attenuated vaccine shows great promise in animal models. By this CoVax-PreC project we want to study the longevity of the triggered immunity as well as the potential of the vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a population (by means of a hamster transmission model). ...
Does Time Heal All Wounds? Predicting acute and long-term damage in blood vessels KU Leuven
The most important medical principle is to do no harm. Unfortunately, a frequent side effect of surgical intervention is mechanical overloading of the affected or surrounding tissue. This can lead to acute damage and, if not immediately problematic, trigger longer term remodeling that will necessitate re-intervention. In an effort to minimize the number of complications following vascular surgery, research is being directed towards ...
Investigating the neural mechanisms for novelty detection KU Leuven
Curiosity refers to the intrinsic tendency of all animals to explore the unknown. The type of curiosity which is evoked by the novelty of sensory stimuli, is referred to as perceptual curiosity. It critically relies on the animals’ ability to identify the novelty of a sensory stimulus against the set of previously experienced, familiar stimuli in memory. Previous research in primates, humans and rodents has identified brain areas related to ...