Projects
Design and fabrication of a new implantable piezoelectric micropump for the treatment and management of lymphedema Ghent University
In the human body, the lymphatic system plays a crucial role in the immune system and the transport of fluid from within tissues (the interstitial space) back into the venous circulation. Failure of this system leads to lymphedema, causing a.o. swelling of tissues. Lymphedema is a very common complication of cancer treatment, and there is no cure. Therefore, in this project, we want to design and fabricate a novel implantable micropump for ...
Grayscale stereolithography of functionally graded biomaterials for bone regeneration KU Leuven
Single-cell and spatial multi-omics for biomedicine KU Leuven
SRP-Groeifinanciering: The spermatogonial stem cell: the key to prevention and treatment of male infertility Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Kinematic Assessment of Real‐time Motion Acquisition of the Human Musculoskeletal System by Dynamic 4D Transversal Imaging (KARMA‐4Dplus) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
kinematic assessment of human skeletal structures and soft tissues in real‐time movement. We want to achieve this by combining dynamic 4D CT scanning with a markerless motion tracking system. In addition, we develop an experimental support system that allows 4D scanning in real-time movement, and a software for processing the acquired image ...
Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions KU Leuven
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one the most important horticultural crops in the world and is of high economic and nutritional value. As a consequence, it is a part of the diets of several cultures from around the world. Besides its economic and socio-cultural value, tomatoes are also ideal model fruit plants for plant research since they possess a diploid genome which has been fully sequenced, have a short generation time, require ...
Study on key mechanisms of systemic RNA interference (RNAi) as innovative post-genomic technique to control pest insects (pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum) Ghent University
The major aim is to investigate the key mechanisms for the systemic action of dsRNA and the success of RNAi in vivo in pea aphids. The specific objectives are:
- to monitor RNAi in vivo for a number of well selected RNAs that target specifically key genes for normal insect growth, development and homeostasis. To investigate the systemic distribution, we selected targets that are present at different locations in the insect ...
Unravelling the genetic basis of cryptorchidism in pigs: experimental (design) optimisation and whole transcriptome analysis KU Leuven
The pig sector in Belgium is economically the most important subsector in agriculture with an annual production value of 1.5 billion euro (FOD Economie, 2015). Approximately 11.9 million pigs are being raised and slaughtered annually. An international estimate (Walters, 2016) reveals that on average 3.2% of the pigs suffers from a congenital defect, which would represent 380,000 individuals in Belgium each year. The economic loss caused by ...