Organisations
Clinical Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute of Tropical Medicine
Division of Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Convincing evidence continues to emerge from clinical trials that gene therapy is yielding therapeutic effects in patients suffering from a wide range of diseases. Moreover. the use of adult stem cells and the reprogramming of cells towards pluripotency are being heralded as some of the most promising developments in regenerative medicine at the forefront of medical innovation. This mirrors worldwide efforts in some of the leading research ...
Virology Institute of Tropical Medicine
Introduction
The Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM) has a longstanding tradition in tropical and cosmopolitan virus research. The Unit of Virology was home to the discovery of Ebola virus in 1976 and the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus SIVcpz in 1989 as the origin of HIV-1.
The Unit of Virology, led by Prof. Kevin K. Ariën, is dedicated to improving the diagnosis, the understanding of the (re-)emergence and ...
Translational Cell & Tissue Research KU Leuven
Using a large panel of classical morphological techniques incl. enzyme- andimmunohistochemistry, as well as more advanced molecular techniques on tissue sections, we investigate the histology & the function of a variety of human tissues in normal & in pathological conditions.Throughout these research activities we attempt to optimise the available morphological techniques for light microscopy, electron microscopy, incl. transmission ...
Experimental Cardiology KU Leuven
Research focuses on molecular mechanisms of excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes (electrophysiology, advanced calcium imaging), cellular remodeling in cardiac disease: ischemia and heart failure, mechanisms of arrhythmias. Research further aims to understand epigenetic mechanisms of adaptive and maladaptive remodeling of cardiac myocytes. Other work focuses on molecular pathways in metabolic cardiovascular diseases and ...
Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) University of Antwerp
Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology (Rega Institute) KU Leuven
1.Streptomyces as host for heterologous protein production. It has aldready proven that Streptomyces is a good choice for heterologous protein production and can be an invaluable host for eukaryotic proteins. Some of these heterologous proteins are secreted as biologically active compounds in commercially significant yield using expression/secretion signals we have isolated (EP0851931A), they can easily be purified and have the same ...
Management Informatics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The main research topic of BEIF is Management information Systems. Research is conducted on the following issues: 1. Interactive decision support systems with multiple criteria; 2. Personnel selection decision support systems; 3. Expert systems for macro-economic policy; 4. Computer-aided industrial location; 5. Information systems in the public sector; 6. Electronic commerce; 7. Knowledge management; 8. Information economics; 9. IT-auditing; ...