Projects
Tissue engineering in Ophthalmology: Regenerating the Anterior Cornea using Self-Aligning Human Recombinant Collagen nanoscaffolds and Corneal Epithelial Stem Cells. University of Antwerp
Building the human cornea on a chip. University of Antwerp
REGENERATing the cornEa : REGENERATE (Euronanomed II part of ERA-NET scheme) University of Antwerp
Development of a biomimetic cornea combining additive manufacturing and stem cell technologies. University of Antwerp
Development of a biomimetic cornea combining additive manufacturing and stem cell technologies. University of Antwerp
Development of a biocompatible corneal endothelial cell based therapy to address global corneal donor shortage. University of Antwerp
Quantitative automatic analysis of confocal digital images of the cornea Ghent University
This proposal aims to develop and validate algorithms for image quality improvement, segmentation and extraction of clinically relevant parameters, for automated quantitative analysis of confocal digital images of the cornea. This is done to reduce the analysis time and to avoid subjective errors associated with manual, or a semi-automatically work made by the medical specialist.
Regenerative medicine for the corneal endothelium: self-unfolding, thermo-responsive bioengineered corneal grafts Vrije Universiteit Brussel
— a layer of corneal cells — gets damaged or diseased, inhibiting the cells' capacity to grow. To cure
this form of blindness, most patients need an endothelium transplant. A transplant that only 1 in 70
patients currently receive due to a lack in donor tissue, and complexity of the surgical procedure.
This project aims ...
Corneal endothelial tissue engineering using biodegradable shape-memory polymers and novel gelatin derivatives. Ghent University
Globally, there are an estimated 36 million people suffering from complete loss of vision while 216.6 million people suffer from moderate to severe visual impairment. Corneal diseases are one of the leading causes of blindness and several diseases can currently only be treated by means of corneal transplantation. However, with only 1 donor cornea available for every 70 patients, there is a huge donor shortage. The current PhD therefore ...