Projects
RNAct: Enabling proteins with RNA recognition motifs for synthetic biology and bio-analytics. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This is achieved through a design cycle that starts with computational approaches at the sequence and structure levels of ...
Expressing Compunction: The Literary Motifs of Byzantine Katanyktic Poetry and their Religious and Scriptural Background KU Leuven
The thesis aims to study the actual influence of the Psalms on Byzantine poetry, with a special attention to penitential poems (κατανυκτικά), since this kind of poetry shares with the Psalms peculiar elements related to self-expression and contrition. The research also includes a study of Byzantine hymnography and the liturgical role played both by the Psalms and by the catanyctic hymnography in Constantinople, in particular during the Lent ...
Synthesis of five- and seven-membered heterocycles fused with an isothiazolo moiety as new kinase binding motifs KU Leuven
Previous research in our lab has shown that 6-membered rings fused to isothiazoles form bicyclic scaffolds which, depending on the position and type of substituents, are potent and selective inhibitors of a variety of kinases. In this project proposal, we aim to expand the chemical space of isothiazole-containing bicyclic scaffolds as kinase inhibitors by establishing synthetic procedures to prepare a set of five-membered and seven-membered ...
Folklore Motifs in Flemish Marginal Art of the 13th – 15th Centuries KU Leuven
The author suggests that there is a strong connection between Flemish marginal art (e.g. border decoration in medieval manuscripts, misericord carvings and pilgrim badges) and popular belief, expressed in folk tales and proverbs, but also – medieval folk customs, such as urban spectacle and carnivalesque celebrations. The work endeavors to prove that folk narratives and customs were the main sources of inspiration for the artists who created ...
Delineating the circuit motifs of modulation that enable adaptive behaviours KU Leuven
Aversive innate behaviours are essential for survival: if there is something dangerous, we run, freeze or fight. As in humans, in mice many of these behaviours rely on visual cues indicating different types and positions of predators. A set of visuo-motor brain circuits drive freezing and flight by connecting the detection of such visual cues in the retina to brain areas that trigger the behavioural response. Despite being stereotypical, ...
Aqueous supramolecular binding motifs Ghent University
This project will establish state-of-the-art equipment for performing research on supramolecular chemistry. A glove-box with integrated solvent purification system is requested allowing efficient and successful performance of air-sensitive reactions. In addition, a vacuum oven and size exclusion chromatograph are requested to efficiently dry polymers and to analyze their molar mass, respectively.
IOF PoC “MOTIF: MOdification of T cells In situ for altered Functionality” Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Motion recognition based on an invariant motion description for the full three dimensional rigid body motion. KU Leuven
Recently, robots are operating in human-populated environments in a wide range of applications including personal and service robots, intelligent factories with human-robot cooperation and robot-assisted rehabilitation. In many of these applications, it is of key importance that the robot understands the intention of the human operator. An important step towards understanding the human intention is to recognize the operator's motion. Beside ...
The Head of St John the Baptist in the Southern Netherlands (1370-1800). Context, Motif, Object KU Leuven
A three-dimensional representation of the head of John the Baptist, often on a platter, emerged in the early thirteenth century throughout Europe. On the one hand these sculpted St John’s Heads refer to the biblical account about the beheading of John the Baptist (Mt 14:1-12; Mk 6:14-29), on the other hand they show a significant affinity with the relic cult of the saint, in particular with the skull relic of Amiens. The first traces of these ...