Projects
Trehalose-6-fosfaat (T6P), een nieuwe regulator van de SnRK1-energiesensor in planten als doelwit voor het verhogen van de stresstolerantie. KU Leuven
The SnRK1 (SNF1-related kinase1) protein kinase, the ortholog of the yeast SNF1 (Sucrose non-fermenting1) kinase and animal AMP-activated kinase (AMPK), acts as a key metabolic sensor in plants. It integrates both endogenous developmental cues and diverse environmental stress conditions, that affect photosynthesis, respiration, or carbon allocation, triggering a coordinated response to ensure the maintenance of cellular energy homeostasis and ...
Intrigerende plant-schimmel relaties in tropisch regenwoud: evolutie van myco-heterotrofe planten. KU Leuven
God planted Paradise in Eden and there He placed man He had shaped. A Critical Study of the Sermons De Creatione Hominis (CPG3215-3216) and De Paradiso (CPG 3217 KU Leuven
Translation, critical source analysis and exegesis of three little studied/neglected Greek treatises, handed down in Gregory of Nyssa’s name, being two sermons de creatione hominis and one sermo de paradiso. First of all, these texts will be translated into English for the very first time using Hörner’s main text (1972) as a base and they will be provided with explanatory notes. After that, a critical interpretation of the text will be given ...
Wave energy, a seed planted Ghent University
Research on an efficient, low-maintenance hydraulic Power Take-Off System, designed for a point-absorber WEC
Teaching by means of light. The optical lantern in Belgian schools, 1880-1940 KU Leuven
Long before the introduction of PowerPoint, slide shows with projected images were already an important means of educational knowledge transfer. This doctoral dissertation engages with the first use of slide projection in schools by providing a comprehensive overview of the introduction, appropriation and daily use of the so-called optical lantern in Belgian classrooms from the 1880s to the mid-20th century.
Based on the analysis of a ...
B-Magic. The Magic Lantern and its Cultural Impact as Visual Mass Medium in Belgium (1830-1940) KU Leuven
This project will write the as yet unwritten history of the magic lantern as a mass medium in Belgium. In doing so, it will make an essential contribution to the study of the country's cultural history as well as to international media historiography. It aims to rediscover the various functions of the lantern performance within the Belgian public sphere, in particular, its use in the transmission and negotiation of knowledge, norms and values ...