Projects
Next generation X-ray metrology for meeting industry standards (MetroFlex). University of Antwerp
GAHFM KU Leuven
Previous findings support the idea that facial features are highly heritable (e.g., twin studies). However, in humans, there is a lack of data to identify
specific genes that modulate facial variation. Based on animal model experiments, familial studies of facial shape, and numerous examples of
human genetic craniofacial birth defects, we hypothesize that several well-known gene pathways will be involved in modulating normal human ...
Climate Change Impacts on Arctic soil and lake microbiomes Ghent University
The specific objectives of CLIMARCTIC are to:
•study the biodiversity and structure of dormant and active microbial communities and food webs in soils and lakes in the high Arctic along environmental and temporal (diurnal and seasonal) gradients;
•assess the role of biodiversity and climate change on ecosystem functions such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in soils and lakes;
•study the ...
Entanglement and Renormalisation for Quantum Fields Ghent University
Over the past fifteen years, the paradigm of quantum entanglement has revolutionised the understanding of strongly correlated lattice systems. Entanglement and closely related concepts originating from quantum information theory are optimally suited for quantifying and characterising quantum correlations and have therefore proven instrumental for the classification of the exotic phases discovered in condensed quantum matter. One ...
Segmental duplication structural variation as the cause for the 22q11DS phenotypic variability KU Leuven
The 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), also known as the DiGeorge syndrome or Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome, is the most common microdeletion syndrome, with a prevalence of 1 in 4000 births. The 22q11 deletion is caused by non-allelic homologous recombination between segmental duplications, causing a 3MB deletion in 90% of patients. Typical phenotypes include congenital heart defects, learning difficulties, characteristic facial features, and ...
Development and implementation of real-time, robust statistical methods with novel applications in food sorting KU Leuven
In industrial food sorting, fast sensor based technologies are used for automated food inspection. These sensors typically produce multivariate data that are used as input for classification algorithms, which are responsible for the detection of commonly found defects among the regular material. Typically, huge amounts of product are scanned in an automated fashion. Food inspection machines therefore generate gigabytes of multivariate data in ...
Robust nonparametric methods for functional data KU Leuven
This thesis presents three novel statistical methods for the robust analysis of functional data and theoretical insights into two pre-existing nonparametric
regression methods, namely regression with penalized and smoothing splines. Beginning from Chapter 2, we review the functional linear regression paradigm
and propose a two step-estimation procedure that combines robust functional principal components and robust linear ...
Strange horizons KU Leuven
The gauge/gravity duality, also known as the AdS/CFT correspondence or holography, relates quantum field theories to theories of quantum gravity in one dimension higher. When one theory is strongly coupled, and therefore very difficult to study directly, the other one is weakly coupled. In this thesis, we will use this duality to study a variety of physical phenomena in strongly coupled quantum field theories by performing computations in ...
Genotype-phenotype studies of craniofacial disorders KU Leuven
The aim in this project is threefold: first, to identify new genetic causes of (rare) craniofacial developmental anomalies for which no genetic or genomic etiology was yet found; second, to set up a diagnostic exome sequencing panel for craniofacial disorders, and third, to design a standard 3D phenotyping protocol for future use in research as well as in the clinical setting in craniofacial patients. The focus lies on three types of ...