Projects
The kidney as a non-classical target organ for androgen action KU Leuven
Androgens with testosterone as most important androgen are male sex hormones (sex steroids) that bind to the androgen receptor (AR). The structure of the receptor is known, but the role of androgen action in many organs has not been fully elucidated. It is known that androgens are important in many biological processes, including the development and maintenance of the bone. When androgens are low, the risk for bone loss (osteoporosis) ...
Non scholae sed vitae? An Empirical Study on the Cognitive Transfer Effects of Studying Classical Languages in Flemish Secondary Education Ghent University
Do smart pupils study classical languages (CLs), or does studying CLs make pupils smart? Anglo-Saxon research suggests that Latin pupils surpass their Latin-less peers in L1 ability c.q. English, and that studying Latin possibly has a positive effect on mathematical skills as well. However, it has not been settled whether these results are due to preselectivity (pupil influx) or cognitive transfer (one task affecting another). While a ...
Non-reciprocal optical effects in hybrid multi-layered nanostructures Hasselt University
Effects of non-resonant instabilities in the solar wind and coronal mass ejections. KU Leuven
Putative noxious effects of the insecticide deltamethrin on the enteric nervous system in mammals. University of Antwerp
Mechanical high intensity focused ultrasound (mHIFU): exploring the synergistic effects between killing tumor cells and inducing antitumor immunity in vivo. Ghent University
The discovery that certain types of “classical” cancer therapies, including specific chemotherapeutic
drugs and radiotherapy regimens were able to kill tumor cells in such a way that they alert the
patient’s immune response, revolutionized our view on the interaction of these therapies with the
immune system. This so-called immunogenic cell death (ICD) brings about an army of immune cells
that can specifically ...
Quantum simulation of polaronic effects in quantum gases Ghent University
The focus of the proposed project is on the quantum simulation and study of impurities strongly coupled to an environment, in particular a trapped quantum gas. These quantum mechanical quasi-particles play a key role in the dynamics of the macroscopic quantum liquid. This can be related to the general framework derived first for polarons in the context of solid state physics.
Currently, there is a strong interest in these objects in the ...
A Boundary Modeling Scheme to Bridge the Computational Gap Between Classic Electrodynamics and Quantum Physics KU Leuven
Investigation of the construction of integrating world views Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(1) The construction of a model of the world: research ...