Projects
Physical model tests port Blankenberge Ghent University
As part of the masterplan Coastal Safety is an ongoing study to design the storm walls around the harbor of Blankenberge. As part of this study, the wall heights to be determined as well as the emergent wave forces on the walls.
IOF PoC “CAPTCHA 2.0 - Completely Automated Processing of scanned Text documents by teaching Computers how Humans Analyze them” Vrije Universiteit Brussel
These were introduced to prevent spam attacks by exploiting that computer vision has not (yet?) reached human capabilities, meanwhile helping with image-to-text processing of old book scans. Humans are indeed superior in recognizing text from complicated ...
Development of Rapid Point-of-care test Platforms for Infectious Diseases Ghent University
RAPP-ID ("Development of RApid Point-of-care test Platforms for Infectious Disease") will develop a Point-of-Care Test (POCT) for rapid (hospital <2h primary care><30 min) detection of bacteria mycobacteria fungi as well viruses and host biomarkers by combining novel specific probes methods sample preparation demonstrated ultra-high sensitive methods. The platforms will also determine resistance to antimicrobial drugs. research on ...
The effect of implementing C-reactive protein point-of-care testing for respiratory tract infections on antibiotic prescribing: a mixed methods study in out-of-hours primary care. University of Antwerp
Development of a self-powered microfluidic platform for lab-on-a-chip applications KU Leuven
With the constant world population growth and ageing, several medical conditions are becoming a burden both in terms of deaths and cost for the health care system. For this reason, research institutions and biopharma companies all over the world are developing new diagnostic tools which allow early detection of many medical conditions, from cancer to infectious diseases, and monitoring of chronical pathologies. In fact, a timely diagnose is ...
PRINT-4-POCT: Rapid prototyping of millifluidic devices for Point-of-Care testing applications. University of Antwerp
3D Printing of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Driven by Capillary Flow KU Leuven
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is crucial for healthcare in developing countries, but remains
problematic. Among many, lateral flow devices (LFD) persist as the most promising, although they
offer only partially solutions. This is mainly because they fail to accommodate complex bioassays
that are often needed to reach desired sensitivity. In this project, we aim to bridge this gap by
working on (i) the innovative 3D printing ...
Development of a new point-of-care COVID-19 screening using exhaled-breath volatilome analysis. KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: The inability to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2 infection during the COVID-19 pandemic inspired strict lockdown policies, resulting in unprecedented economic adversity and clogging the health care sys-tem. As countries’ fears for second and third wave outbreaks are becoming reality, there is an urgent need for globally available, easy-to-perform, non-invasive, on-the-spot diagnostic tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 and to predict COVID-19 ...
Making sense of screening for new psychoactive substances: Towards on-site receptor-based sensing of synthetic cannabinoids and opioids. Ghent University
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are drugs specifically designed to circumvent legislation and detection by commonly implemented screening assays, typically immunoassays and liquid chromatography coupled to (high resolution) (tandem) mass spectrometry. With new NPS being introduced every week, it is obvious that targeted approaches, which are based on the detection of a substance’s structure, are inadequate and outside-the-box-thinking is ...