Organisations
Meise Botanic Garden Meise Botanic Garden
The Meise Botanic Garden is a centre of excellence for botanical and horticultural science, plant conservation, and education. With a herbarium collection of circa 4 million specimens and a living collection of nearly 25,000 accessions, the BGM is ranked among the largest botanic gardens in the world.
The science at the Garden centres on collection-based studies of plant diversity, evolution and ecology, spanning a wide array of ...
Meise Botanic Garden Meise Botanic Garden
The Meise Botanic Garden is a centre of excellence for botanical and horticultural science, plant conservation, and education. With a herbarium collection of circa 4 million specimens and a living collection of nearly 25,000 accessions, the BGM is ranked among the largest botanic gardens in the world.
The science at the Garden centres on collection-based studies of plant diversity, evolution and ecology, spanning a wide array of ...
Microbial and Plant Genetics (CMPG) KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit are:
• Bacteria-plant interactions
• Symbiosis between Rhizobium etli and Phaseolus vulgaris
• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation
• Quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Rhizobium
• Bacterial physiology: the stringent response in Rhizobium
• Type III protein secretion in Rhizobium
• Calcium-binding proteins in bacteria
• Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and tolerance in ...
Microbiology and Immunology, Kulak Kortrijk Campus KU Leuven
Microbiology and Immunology, Kulak Campus Kortrijk focuses on the study, prevention and treatment of important diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, the study of the complex host-microbiome interaction, and the study of the host immune system in infections, cancer, kidney diseases, autoimmunity, allergy and organ transplantation.
NanoHealth and Optical Imaging Group KU Leuven
The lab for NanoHealth and Optical Imaging performs research on the biomedical use of nanomaterials, with the primary focus on cancer research. The main research tracks are: studying the targeted delivery of nanomaterials in tumors, studying the therapeutic use of nanomaterials in cancer, either as a monotherapy or combined with more classical methods such as chemotherapy or immunotherapy.We further focus on developing optical imaging methods ...
Van Dijck Lab Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Language and literature Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Studying languages is an exciting choice, particularly in a city such as Brussels where probably more languages are spoken than anywhere else in Europe. Competence in languages is not just a luxury. It is a necessity in a society where international relationships are part of every day life. Language students access other cultures and thus broaden their horizons. They have the opportunity to see how people communicate and how the human mind ...
Study Centre Experimental Literature Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The center wants to stimulate and carry out research into literature that deliberately deviates from the conventional conventions and is looking for formal renewal. The focus is on authors and texts from symbolism, the historical avant-garde, the neo avant-garde (fifties, nouveau novel, Anderproza) and postmodernism. In addition, attention is also paid to the genres in which the experiment manifests itself, such as the prose light and the ...
Geography and Tourism KU Leuven
Within the Department of Geography and Tourism spatial patterns at the surface of the earth are studied and the dynamic interaction between the (bio-) physical environment and society takes a central place.