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.
Understanding micropollutant biodegradation in the presence of coincidental assimilatable organic carbon and micro-organisms in an oligotrophic freshwater environment. KU Leuven
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.
Improving the detection of microorganisms in clinical and pharmaceutical microbiology by development of in vivo-like culture media and microcalorimetry Ghent University
Rapid and accurate detection of microorganisms is of utmost importance in clinical and pharmaceutical microbiology. However, current methods often lack speed and/or the ability to detect low numbers of organisms. This application addresses this, by proposing a novel approach based on the use of growth media resembling the infection site and/or isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC), a technique that measures the very small amounts of metabolic ...
Understanding electroactivity of oral cavity microorganisms with a novel high-throughput electrochemical array. Ghent University
Some microorganisms of the human microbiome have been shown to transfer electrons to the environment or other species in a process called extracellular electron transfer. This project aims to study this process and mitigate dysbiosis utilizing a model oral biofilm, and a 128-channel potentiostat and electrode array that overcomes the limitations of these types of studies.
Discovery of novel bioactive natural compounds from symbiotic microorganisms (DiNoBiNaC) KU Leuven
Purification, characterisation and valorisation of novel antifungal compounds secreted by soil microorganisms KU Leuven
Uncovering the truth and myth about the correlation between the disinfection efficiency of food-associated microorganisms and the oxidation-reduction potential of the aqueous medium Ghent University
For decades now, there has been the assumption that the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) can be used as a single value assessment of the quantity of antimicrobial potential of a chemical oxidant in water, not in the least by the post-harvest processing industry. This has predominately been stated for the chemical oxidant chlorine, but has by extension been supposed by some companies to be valid for some other chemical oxidants, such as ...