Organisations
Electrical Energy Systems and Applications (ELECTA) KU Leuven
The research domain of the ELECTA division covers the broad spectrum of electrical energy systems. The development of the future smart grid is a key activity. As the largest research group on electrical energy systems in the Benelux, ELECTA wants to be recognized as a centre-of-excellence on these topics, where fundamental research is combined with immediately and prospectively applicable solutions for the industry. Alongside this development ...
Renzo Mancuso Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Mechanical Engineering Technology, Geel Campus KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit are:
Biomechanics of human joints
Orthopedic implants and other medical devices
Design and use of medical simulators
In vitro testing of medical devices
In vivo movement analysis
De Strooper Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Laboratory of Neuronal Differentiation (VIB-KUÂ Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) KU Leuven
The Laboratory of Neuronal Differentiation conducts research into four research lines:
- On the establishment of neuronal polarity.
- On the maintenance of neuronal polarity.
- On the role of membrane lipids in late life defects: involvement in death/survival signaling during neuronal ageing.
- On the search for g-Secretase Activity modulators: the usefulness of Drosophila melanogaster genetics.
Cell Metabolism KU Leuven
The primary objectives of the lab are 1) to understand the role of peroxisomes and in particular of peroxisomal β-oxidation in diverse tissues and during different stages of life 2) to investigate the pathological mechanisms in peroxisomal diseases which should allow the development of therapies. To approach these questions we generated a series of mouse models with global or cell type selective inactivation of functional peroxisomes or of ...
Immunology - Biochemistry Hasselt University
Laboratory of Membrane Trafficking (VIB-KUÂ Leuven) KU Leuven
The research in the Laboratory of Membrane Trafficking is focused on the cell biology and trafficking of the g-secretase components. This multiprotein complex has been implicated in a new signal transduction paradigm, called Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis or RIP and is critical in a wide variety of important cellular activities including embryogenesis, brain development and haematopoiesis. RIP also plays a central role in Alzheimer's ...