Projects
Preparation VLAIO Spin-off Mandate Application: ‘Solidary Mobile Housing 2.0: a Social Enterprise Spin-off for Low-cost, Inclusive and Transitional Housing‘ KU Leuven
Missionary development spin-offs in the postcolonial era. Case study: The Village Reconstruction Organization (India) KU Leuven
This case study aims to contribute to historical research of missions and international development, as well as to contemporary debates concerning faith-based development aid. The Village Reconstruction Organization (°1970) provides a striking example of missionaries looking for new meaning and legitimacy for their ‘mission’ in the context of Western secularization, postcolonial sensitivities and changing missiology (Vatican II). VRO’s ...
Innovationmandate Spin-Off: PoweRing: A gearbox for the next generation robots Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Innovation mandate with spin-off: Photoporation for in vitro / ex vivo transfecting of cells Ghent University
Optimizing the laser-induced photoporation technology (expanding the transfection portfolio, including larger nucleic acids and plant cells) and translating it into a disruptive, market-worthy product portfolio (device and reagents) and demonstrating the added value compared to the current state-of-the-art transfection methods adhv some user cases.
- increasing the transfection efficiency of large, (negatively charged) molecules. Here it ...