Projects
MARket and Profit Analysis of Illicit Indoor CANnabis Culivation and Trade - MARCANT Ghent University
Judicial response to illicit indoor cannabis production and sales activities consists of confiscating the profits growers obtained by selling their produce. To reliably estimate these profits, well-founded estimates of both cannabis crop yields and sales prices (mechanisms) are required. Today, police and jurisdiction in Belgium and the Netherlands use different and outdated models to estimate yield, sales prices and thus profits of illicit ...
COBECORE-2: Upgrading of archived eco-climatic data from the Kong basin Ghent University
In this four year project COBECORE will develop a multi-faceted database, by making the static analog archives of the Institut National pour l’Etude Agronomique du Congo belge (INEAC) digitally accessible in addition to extracting eco-physiological relevant plant traits from historical herbarium specimens. As such, the project will complement previously transcribed insular climate records (e.g. at Yangambi and Luki) with data gathered ...
In vivo validation of the resistance-proof activity of 2-aminoimidazole based anti-biofilm coatings for medical implants KU Leuven
Development of artificial nuclear receptors, the synthetic yeast approach KU Leuven
The field of synthetic biology has demonstrated to be a valuable tool in research as well as in medical and industrial applications. Nowadays, it’s not only possible to replace an organism’s genetic material with synthetic DNA but also to engineer the function of that synthetic DNA and establish genetic circuits that respond to either external or internal stimuli. A well-characterized orthogonal sensing system is the ON-switch, which induces ...
Congo basin eco-climatological data recovery and valorisation (COBECORE) Ghent University
In this four year project COBECORE will develop a multi-faceted database, by making the static analog archives of the Institut National pour lU+2019Etude Agronomique du Congo belge (INEAC) digitally accessible in addition to extracting eco-physiological relevant plant traits from historical herbarium specimens. As such, the project will complement previously transcribed insular climate records (e.g. at Yangambi and Luki) with data gathered ...
N-glycosylation of insect proteins and physiological importance in development of the hemimetabolous sap-sucking model insect Nilaparvata lugens Ghent University
In animals, glycoproteins are known to be important for a multitude of biological processes such as cell signaling, immunological recognition and the unique process of insect metamorphosis. However, our knowledge of insect glycoproteins is limited and is restricted to the model insect Drosophila melanogaster. In this project, we will study the N-glycosylation of proteins in the hemimetabolous sap-sucking brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. ...
BELAIR HESBANIA 2015 Hasselt University
Elucidation of the regulatory networks that steer triterpene biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula Ghent University
The molecular machineries for jasmonate perception and primary signal transduction are largely elucidated, but insights on the downstream molecular mechanisms that manage the synthesis of defence metabolites remain limited. Here, we will carry out a screen integrating transcriptome, proteome and interactome profiling to identify missing regulators that drive triterpene biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula.
Maize Gene Inducible Combinations Ghent University
Insect resistance and herbicide tolerance have been introduced in crops by genetic engineering to increase crop yield. Tolerance to abiotic stress conditions and enhanced yield stability are important features of the next generation biotech crops. However, the commercialization of these more complex traits has had only limited success. One reason is that expression of the biotech traits is mainly controlled by a limited number of ...