Projects
Solid Catalysts for activation of aromatic C-H bonds KU Leuven
The H-CCAT project designs, upscales and shapes hybrid catalysts for the C-H functionalization of aromatic compounds. These solid catalysts will possess better recoverability, higher turnover numbers and better selectivity than current homogeneous catalysts for these reactions. The solid catalysts are applied at demonstration scale in the step-economical production of arylated or alkenylated aromatics, yielding motifs of active pharmaceutical ...
Development of a BIM tool to assess the lifelong impacts of Transformable Design Vrije Universiteit Brussel
KMO Reno Odisee vzw
Discovery of Antiseizure Compounds in Zebrafish Models for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy KU Leuven
With 70 million people affected worldwide is epilepsy one of the most common neurological diseases characterized by unpredictable, unprovoked, recurrent seizures. Moreover, the disease is often accompanied by psychiatric and cognitive comorbidities, affecting dramatically the quality of life of patients. So far, pharmacological intervention is the first-line treatment for epilepsy. Unfortunately, about 30% of patients experience seizures that ...
Shared leadership in sport teams KU Leuven
Shared leadership in sport teams KU Leuven
Within team sports, it has been demonstrated that not only the coach, but also good athlete leaders in the team are the driving force behind a team’s performance. To ensure that the leadership potential in the team can flourish, it is essential to create the optimal environment in which shared leadership is effective. In this research, we identify the boundary conditions that moderate the relation between shared leadership and performance. ...
'Vision Core Leuven': a service platform for compound screening and disease modelling KU Leuven
A consortium of KU Leuven researchers working in the ophthalmology/neurobiology field, has recently launched the ‘Vision Core Leuven’ (VCL), a multidisciplinary service platform that combines complementary, novel state-of-the-art technologies and the consortium’s well-known expertise in ocular disease and visual impairment modeling. The platform will enable industrial and academic partners to evaluate the impact of a certain intervention ...
Inverse-free rational Krylov methods: theory and applications KU Leuven
To keep the computational complexity of Krylov methods under control, one often switches to rational Krylov algorithms. Unfortunately rational Krylov methods still have quite some problems subjected to research in this project. We will investigate approximate rational Krylov algorithms, efficient data storage, and implicit restarts. We will test all our findings on realistic datasets stemming from applications.
Evolutionary pattern recognition in complex biological networks Ghent University
Many biological systems can be represented as complex networks. In contrast to established approaches that analyze these networks on the basis of their structural properties, they can also be studied by investigating the patterns that are evolved by a discrete dynamical system built upon these networks. The aim of this proposal is to develop dedicated methods for achieving this.