Projects
Multifunctional basic equipment for the consolidation of a high-throughput isolation platform for micro-organisms. Ghent University
The Laboratory of Microbiology has a unique high-throughput isolation platform for micro-organisms which creates a "unique selling position" in the context of microbiome studies. The requested equipment (spiral plater, mediafill instrument and safety cabinet) will increase its miniaturization and automation, help reduce costs and allow the infrastructure to be opened up even more to third parties.
Micro-organisms from extremes of environments: Archaea. Unknown, but with great aquaculture potential Ghent University
Understanding micropollutant biodegradation in the presence of coincidental assimilatable organic carbon and micro-organisms in an oligotrophic freshwater environment. KU Leuven
BRIO: Banking Rhizosphere Micro-Organisms, European-Russion initiative to set up a network of rhizophere microbiological resource centres Ghent University
The aims of this project are to organize cooperation between specialised collections containing microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere and to constitute an pool of micro-biodiversity exploitable for research and industry: the Pan-European Rhizosphere resources network (PERN).
Collaboration between culture collections having material from West-European ecosystems and from East-European biotopes will create a coordinated ...
Synthesis of functional nanoparticles for the quantification of aquatic pathogenic micro-organisms. KU Leuven
The development of multifunctional nanomaterials has proven to be beneficial for many applications. Nanoparticles in particular have been intensively investigated, which resulted in large advances in particle synthesis and control of their properties. From a biomedical point of view, iron oxide nanoparticles are especially valuable thanks to their biocompatibility and low toxicity. Their magnetic properties are already applied in medical ...
Use of biotherapeutic micro-organisms for the interference with quorum sensing in pathogenic bacteria Ghent University
Real-time PCR for the quantfication of micro-organisms and gene expression Ghent University
The real-time PCR will be used to quantify micro-organisms that show fastidious growth in vitro. Besides , gene expression of both micro-organisms and their hots can be quantified.