Projects
Improving the performance of rock salt type cathodes for Li-ion batteries through control of the transition metal cation migration using redox reactions of the oxygen sublattice and Li-conductive coatings Hasselt University
Improving the performance of rock salt type cathodes for Li-ion batteries through control of the transition metal cation migration using redox reactions of the oxygen sublattice and Li-conductive coatings. University of Antwerp
The First Bantu Speakers South of the Rainforest: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Human Migration, Language Spread, Climate Change and Early Farming in Late Holocene Central Africa Ghent University
The Bantu Expansion is not only the main linguistic, cultural and demographic process in Late Holocene Africa. It is also one of the most controversial issues in African History that still has political repercussions today. It has sparked debate across the disciplines and far beyond Africanist circles in an attempt to understand how the young Bantu language family (ca. 5000 years) could spread over large parts of Central, Eastern and ...
Should Immigrants have Fewer Rights than Citizens? An Enquiry into the Moral Bases of Immigrants' Political, Socio-Economic and Linguistic Entitlements KU Leuven
Researching a fundamental methodology, KPIs and guidelines for integration of innovative ICT services in the care and welfare sector Ghent University
Our environment is becoming U+2018smarterU+2019 Many objects, products and services both for personal and non-personal use are being taken to a next level due to the integration of ICT-functionalities. This allows these products and services to collect information of the context they are used in, and to communicate, adapt and act on this information. These ICT-enabled smart services have been contributing to the migration of many ...
Let There Be Light: two biophotonic approaches to boost retinal ganglion cell transplantation as a cure for blindness Ghent University
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Its primary hallmark is the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which inevitably results in vision loss. Current treatments largely focus on delaying vision impairment by lowering the intraocular pressure, yet this is often insufficient. A revolutionary cure could be the replacement of lost neurons by transplantation of stem-cell derived RGCs. Surely, ...
The migrating landscape. A diachronic research on the representation and creation of landscape through botanical exchanges between Patagonia and Europe. KU Leuven
This project takes a diachronic approach to the construction of landscapes – and their artistic and scientific representations - through processes of botanical exchange between Patagonia, where I was born, and Europe, where I live now. The starting point is the Araucaria, an ancient Patagonian tree, intimately related to the natives. First, it was brought to Europe in the late 18th century where it emerged in botanical gardens and bourgeois ...
ENHANCED ACCEPTANCE OF UNCONVENTIONAL FEED RESOURCES BY RUMINANTS THROUGH NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION EARLY IN LIFE Ghent University
Young livestock in tropical areas are commonly underfed as they usually graze on poor quality soils and receive only small amounts of supplements or none at all (Ugarte, 1989). Grazing poor quality pastures might be replaced by dietary inclusion of less conventional, albeit also highly fibrous, agricultural by-products. Accordingly, efficient establishment of a fibrolytic microbial population in the rumen is of utmost importance.Furthermore, ...
ILM photodisruption: a biophotonic approach to promote retinal ganglion cell engraftment as a cure for blindness Ghent University
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Its primary hallmark is the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which inevitably results in vision loss. A revolutionary cure could be the replacement of lost neurons by transplantation of stem-cell derived RGCs. Surely, earlier studies prove that RGC replacement is a feasible and promising concept. A primary obstacle, however, is the poor migration of the ...