Projects
Unravelling the genetic basis of cryptorchidism in pigs: experimental (design) optimisation and whole transcriptome analysis KU Leuven
The pig sector in Belgium is economically the most important subsector in agriculture with an annual production value of 1.5 billion euro (FOD Economie, 2015). Approximately 11.9 million pigs are being raised and slaughtered annually. An international estimate (Walters, 2016) reveals that on average 3.2% of the pigs suffers from a congenital defect, which would represent 380,000 individuals in Belgium each year. The economic loss caused by ...
The interdependent role of metallothioneins and hypoxia-inducible factor and its relevance in experimental inflammatory bowel disease Ghent University
Metallothioneins (MTs) are proteins whose role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is only poorly understood. An aberrant expression of MTs in IBD patients has been demonstrated by our group. Recent data from literature provide evidence for an interrelationship between MTs and hypoxia. We wish to further elucidate the relationship between MTs and hypoxia and its functional relevance in IBD.
On-line liftetime prediction of dynamically loaded constructions. KU Leuven
Optimal Design of Dynamic Experiments: Towards more efficient experimentation in postharvest storage of fruit and vegetables KU Leuven
Living systems are rife with variability. Well-chosen experimental designs are necessary to deal with this variability when modeling such systems. Models for living systems often rely on knowledge of physical, chemical and biological laws, such as mass balances, transport phenomena and reaction kinetics, and are often described by a system of non-linear differential equations. So, the structure of a model can often be determined from first ...
Collaborative Authorship in Twelfth-Century Latin Literature: A Stylometric Approach to Gender, Synergy and Authority Ghent University
This cultural historical project seeks to approach issues of collaborative authorship in twelfth-century Latin literature with stylometric methods. With a number of selected, experimental case-studies, we aim to contribute to both the theoretical debate about individual and collective creativity in literary scholarship, and to extend the usual application of stylometric methods to new questions that go beyond mere authorship attribution.