Projects
Coastal defense systems based on the ‘Building with Nature’ principles: interdisciplinary project on coastal and ecology engineering and marine biology. Ghent University
Salt marsh and seagrass meadow ecosystems with high ecological and economical values play an important role in dissipating energy from waves and currents. In this research we develop a pioneering 3D numerical and analytical model validated using experiments from the new state-of-the-art wave &
current tank and seawater flume in GreenBridge, to achieve new insights in the waves-currentvegetation interaction.
SRP (Groeiers): Applied physics and systems biology. Towards a cross-disciplinary complex systems center @ VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Integromics – Towards integration of big bio-molecular data to enable systems biology Hasselt University
Control theoretic characterization of advanced systems biology models KU Leuven
A bio-philosophical study of Darwinian selection versus Lamarckian instruction in contemporary evolutionary systems biology Ghent University
We will investigate the theoretical and empirical conditions for evolution by Darwinian natural selection versus Lamarckian instruction. The latter, 'pre-Darwinian' hypothesis on biological evolution is currently taken back into consideration in contemporary evolutionary systems biology. We will analyse its conceptual and empirical relationship to natural selection as well as the crucial heuristic role the Weismann barrier plays in this.
Identification of the molecular networks involved in leaf growth through a systems biology approach Ghent University
Plant growth and the influence of the environment on this growth are important aspects of plant physiology. Despite the fundamental importance of plant growth little is known on the molecular networks that govern size and growth rate of organs such as leaves. This project aims to unravel the regulatory pathways that drive leaf growth in a systems biology approach.