Projects
This grant is to support the work conducted by Patrik Verstreken on project Brain on a Chip Hands- On Training Workshops (VIB) to support hands-on "brain on a chip" trainings for researchers in the Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN) Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Innovative Training Network towards raising and supporting the next generation of creative and entrepreneurial cross-speciality imaging experts KU Leuven
Modern medicine seeks to personalize diagnosis and treatment to the needs of individual patients. Personalized medicine approaches use non-invasive imaging to detect and characterize disease. While anatomical and molecular imaging systems have become a commodity, these systems have also grown complex. Complexity is further increased by the introduction of combined (hybrid) imaging systems, such as PET/CT, SPECT/CT or PET/MR. Within the ...
Retraining of traving dogs for the detection of COVID-19 human patients Ghent University
During the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe begin 2020, Prof. Dr. Dominique Grandjean from the faculty of veterinary medicine Maison Alfort but also colonel in the fire brigade, Paris, took the initiative to investigate if tracing dogs could made the difference between CPVID 19 – and + patients using sweat samples obtained from the inguinal and armpits regions (30 minutes of sampling). Since the virus is not excreted in sweat, this was ...
COVID-Trace: from tracking virus-host interactions at the single-cell level to tracing cellular markers for clinical patient stratification. Ghent University
A fraction of COVID-19 patients develop a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring ICU hospitalization. In many countries, hospitals are getting overwhelmed. Identifying the patients at risk of developing ARDS will allow early treatment with immunotherapies, avoiding ICU hospitalization. Through UGent-BOF funding, we have initiated the COVID-Track study which aims at obtaining insight in COVID-19 virus-host interactions ...
Technology-assisted writing training in Parkinson's Technology-assisted writing training in Parkinson's KU Leuven
The basal ganglia play an important role in motor learning, especially during the consolidation phase. This raises the question whether it is possible to sustain learning increments in a neurodegenerative condition such as Parkinsons disease (PD). The aim of this study is to gain knowledge on whether it is possible to relearn skills which are actually affected by PD, such as writing, and determine whether neuroplasticity is possible. In this ...
Exercise training in patients with the metabolic syndrome: effect of different training modalities; phenotypical and genotypical determinants of the training response. KU Leuven
EMCI Consortium Project 2023-24: Excellence in Conference Interpreting Training through Quality Assurance (QA), Training of Trainers (ToT) and sharing of best practices with an interest in new technologies and their implementation. KU Leuven
The project combines a series of activities, all of which aim at the development and sharing of expertise within the consortium, and, just as important, beyond, with the ultimate objective to equip the next generation of conference interpreters with both the hard and soft skills required by their future employers. Activities include: organisation of ToT workshops and seminars, multilingual contribution to speech banks, pooling of human and ...
Metric development and validation of percutaneous nephrolithotomy tasks (PNL) training model for proficiency-based progression (PBP) training in urology KU Leuven
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the preferred method for treating large kidney stones due to its higher success rate in stone clearance and less invasive nature compared to open, laparoscopic, or robotic surgical techniques. PNL has become the standard procedure for removing large or complex stones in most medical institutions, as it offers advantages in terms of patient recovery, reduced complications, and cost-effectiveness. However, ...
Metric development and validation of endourological diagnostic tasks (EUDT) training model for proficiency-based progression (PBP) training in urology KU Leuven
Endourological diagnostic tasks (EUDT) are the most frequently performed procedures in urology. The tasks mainly focus on the diagnosis of malignancy, and as such, are critical that urologists are able to perform effectively, efficiently and safely. Learning endourological tasks require step-by-step training and do have a learning curve. EUDT include rigid and flexible cystoscopy as well as ureterorenoscopy. Training in the skills laboratory ...