Projects
Cyber-physical system for personalized intranasal drug delivery. University of Antwerp
FOURCAST - FOrest cold and URban heat island effects on Climate Adaptation of biodiversity at different Spatial and Temporal scales Research Institute for Nature and Forest
WP1 - A gridded dataset of historical climate data will be produced that, for the first time, includes urbanization and forest microclimate effects on past and current climate. It will contain monthly temperature and precipitation data from 1900 to today at a 1-km resolution over Belgium. An ...
Experimentally validated computational pipeline of ultrasound propagation and neuron-coupling for non-invasive peripheral nervous system stimulation Ghent University
Ultrasound has gained attention in the last decade for the application of high-precision non-invasive neuromodulation. In particular, ultrasound can reach deep targets with millimeter precision and without surgery, in contrast to existing electrostimulation technologies. However, limited understanding of the mechanism by which ultrasound interacts with neurons has hampered systematic neural engineering studies, that aim to design ultrasound ...
MicroRNA regulation of enteric glia phenotype and function Hasselt University
Intraneuronal resource allocation: a key for functional circuit restoration in the central nervous system KU Leuven
Are you in tune with me? Understanding social functioning in autism via biobehavioral synchrony measurements KU Leuven
While interacting with other human individuals, not only our mind but also our body and brain are
attuned to the bodily social signals of the interacting partner. Emotions, thoughts and physiological
processes (e.g. heart rate and arousal) can therefore be easily transmitted from one individual to
another, either by conscious verbal communication, or by unconscious and still poorly understood
bodily signals (i.e. ...
Restoring carbon sinks in floodplains through different land use practices KU Leuven
Within this project, we aim to evaluate the potential of land use management practices within floodplains in general, and in Belgium in particular, as a climate mitigation tool through carbon capture and storage (CCS). This project combines a detailed insight in the present-day characteristics of carbon storage in floodplains with the dynamic nature of C in floodplain environments.
Kino2omics integration platform bridging the Genotype and Phenotype gap in medical research. University of Antwerp
Exploring the role of mechanical forces on human cortex development using organoid models KU Leuven
Neural organoids from human pluripotent stem cells are capable of self-organization but fail to recapitulate cellular identities and the structure of the mature brain. Grown on passive scaffolds, they fail to reproduce active mechanical forces that are crucial during in vivo development. Recent studies in the Ranga lab have shown that stretching human neural tube organoids, during a critical time frame, enhances the efficiency of floor plate ...