Projects
Restoring finger dexterity with an exoskeleton controlled by human intracranial recordings Ghent University
In Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI), brain activity is recorded and translated into user-intended actions. Several studies have successfully employed motor-BCIs to replace the function of a lost or impaired limb by circumventing disconnected neural pathways. Electrocorticography (ECoG), a partially invasive recording technique, offers new perspectives for long-term recording as it avoids fibrous scar tissue formation of electrodes implanted ...
Oxidative Trapping of Dilute Methane with Iron & Copper Exchanged Zeolites KU Leuven
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 28 times stronger than CO2, and has the second largest contribution to anthropogenic global warming after CO2. Remediation of methane in common emission streams is challenging because 1) the methane concentrations are often dilute, 2) methane is relatively difficult to oxidize, and 3) many processes leading to methane emissions are difficult to replace with alternative technology. In this project we propose ...
Validation of 2-aminoimidazoles as biofilm inhibitors in reverse osmosis and industrial water systems KU Leuven
Functionally Accurate Robotic Surgery KU Leuven
FAROS aims at improving functional accuracy through embedding physical intelligence in surgical robotics. A key motivation for introducing robots in operating rooms has been their ability to deliver superhuman performance. However, for the vast majority of surgical procedures, robotic positioning precision alone is not sufficient to realize the “right gesture”. Indeed, surgical accuracy is a different concept from standard engineering notions ...
Stellar Closure: a medical device for fast and effective primary closure of laparoscopic access sites KU Leuven
Opto-Biomechanical Eye Research Network (OBERON). University of Antwerp
Restoring finger dexterity with an exoskeleton controlled by human intracranial recordings KU Leuven
In Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI), brain activity is recorded and translated into user-intended actions. Several studies have successfully employed motor-BCIs to replace the function of a lost or impaired limb by circumventing disconnected neural pathways. Electrocorticography (ECoG), a partially invasive recording technique, offers new perspectives for long-term recording as it avoids fibrous scar tissue formation of electrodes implanted ...
Flat bands and electron correlations in graphene. University of Antwerp
Exploring strategies for efficient vectorized exosome-based therapy in pancreatic cancer KU Leuven
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive cancer, driven by KRAS mutations for which efficient treatment is currently missing. Exosome-based therapy composes a promising novel approach. However, the drawbacks of exosome therapy are the low targeting specificity of the drug-loaded exosomes and the high amounts of isolated exosomes necessary for an effective treatment. Here, I propose to (i) construct “vectorised” exosomes ...