Projects
Influence of raw materials and processing on the structure of gel-type emulsified meat products KU Leuven
Cooked sausages can be classified as gel-type emulsified meat products. They are produced by finely comminuting a lean meat fraction, fat, ice and additives in order to obtain a raw meat batter. The raw meat batter is stuffed into casings, heated (pasteurized) and cooled to obtain the final meat product. The fat fraction, generally pork back fat, in raw meat batters is macroscopically solid due to the low temperature during processing. As ...
Linear antenna microwave chemical vapour deposition for thermionic emission from n-type doped CVD diamond surfaces Hasselt University
FABLITE – A light sheet microscopy and microfabrication 'ménage-à deux' for real-time, high throughput and physiological structural biology. Hasselt University
PhD: Development of thermal- and impedance-based sensor for applications in the food industry. Hasselt University
Towards Mimicking the Foetal Liver Niche: Engineering 3D Hydrogel Systems for in-vitro Culture of Hematopoietic Stem Cells KU Leuven
Within my PhD, I will be working on the development of 3D culture systems for the in-vitro culture of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), which are a small population of stem cells giving rise to all blood cells during the lifespan of the organism. These 3D culture system will be designed to mimics key biophysical and biological features of the fetal liver (FL) niche, the home place of these stem cells during mammalian development. ...
CO2-FIX: CO2 as a Sustainable Building Block in Photoredox Catalysis KU Leuven
Nanocrystalline Diamond-based Hybrid Thermionic Electron Emitters Hasselt University
Directed evolution as a tool in Synthetic Biology. KU Leuven
Synthetic Biology strives to harness the power of biology and biological materials for engineering, to ensure a viable and sustainable future accessible to all. Directed evolution is a powerful strategy towards that goal, capable of bypassing knowledge gaps and of exploring vast landscapes. My proposal is to develop new tools for Directed evolution, focusing on the engineering of DNA polymerases with expanded substrate spectrum. Synthetic ...