Projects
Sustainable Chemistry Consortium - co postdoc Spearhead Cluster Policy Ghent University
The Center for Sustainable Chemistry is an umbrella organization fully supported by the Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. The center wants to respond to the implementation of SusChem as the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry at the European level and the implementation of the innovation cluster policy at the Flemish level which resulted in the ...
Synthesis and surface chemistry of doped hafnium oxide nanocrystals for dual-modality bio-imaging Ghent University
Nanomaterials have been considered for a long time to be interesting for medical imaging due to their unique properties, they range from 1-100 nanometers in size, a billion times smaller than a meter. Nanoparticles can be designed in such a way that gives them the ability to perform multiple types of imaging, this is where our research comes into play. In this research proposal we aim to create a product which can (1) target cancer cells, (2) ...
Synthesis and surface chemistry of doped hafnium oxide nanocrystals for dual-modality bio-imaging Ghent University
Nanomaterials have been considered for a long time to be interesting for medical imaging due to their unique properties, they range from 1-100 nanometers in size, a billion times smaller than a meter. Nanoparticles can be designed in such a way that gives them the ability to perform multiple types of imaging, this is where our research comes into play. In this research proposal we aim to create a product which can (1) target cancer cells, ...
Improving the Synthetic Chemistry Expertise of the Cuban Academic Sector to Support the Development of Products and Applications for the Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical Industries Ghent University
Investigating fundamental plasma effects on tumor microenvironment through development of a controlled plasma treatment system for clinical cancer therapy. University of Antwerp
Reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in acutely ill children: supporting clinical management in ambulatory care KU Leuven
The doctoral thesis will consist of an epidemiological study, a systematic review, and a prospective field study including both quantitative and qualitative research. As the field study will make up the bulk of the thesis, it will be explained in more depth in the following paragraphs. Infections are prevalent in children and can usually be treated safely in an ambulatory setting without antibiotics. However, antibiotics are very frequently ...
Exploration of the pharmacokinetics of clindamycin and its metabolites in special patients: from bioanalysis to clinical relevance KU Leuven
When antibiotics are administered to special patients like pregnant women as prophylactic drugs during fetal surgery, as well as during orthopedic and trauma surgery infections, the metabolism and pharmacokinetics are often different from reference patients without these specific characteristics. Furthermore, drug-drug interactions (DDIs) can also be relevant in the event of co-administration of drugs. The research of this dissertation will ...
Transmission fo the hepatitis C virus: from understanding the mechanisms to clinical applications Ghent University
Our team created a small animal model in which wild-type hepatitis
C virus (HCV) infections can be studied. Using this mouse model as well as
different in vitro models we will study in detail the diverse mechanisms of HCV
transmission. In addition we will evaluate novel strategies to prevent HCV
infection.