Projects
Healthy Ageing in Policy: Local Governments HOWEST
Green roofs in context: Understanding the impact of the local and regional environment on the diversity and performance of extensive green roofs KU Leuven
The 21st century will be characterized by urbanization, as the number of people living in cities will continue to rise. As cities continue to expand, their impact on the environment does as well. Rising urban temperatures, increased risk of flooding and the loss of habitat of local plants and animals are just a few of the problems with which we will be faced. Nature, however, can also deliver solutions to these issues by providing benefits ...
Local and systemic immune interactions in malignant gliomas KU Leuven
Glioblastoma (GBM), the most frequent primary intrinsic brain tumor, is without any doubt one of the most devastating diseases known to mankind. GBM are currently being treated with neurosurgical resection followed by radio- and chemotherapy. However, despite this treatment, prognosis for these patients is grim with a median survival of only 15 months and less than 20% 3-year survival rates. Already at diagnosis, GBM cells are infiltrating ...
Investigating the local structure of topological crystalline insulators using channeling techniques KU Leuven
For decades, ferromagnetic semiconductors have captured the scientific community's interest, harnessing in a single material the carrier's charge as in a semiconductor and the spin as in a ferromagnet. Dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are among the most well-studied families of ferromagnetic semiconductors, and pioneered multiple spintronic device concepts exploring the interactions between spin, electric current, and light. Mn-doped ...
Resolving the atomic-scale local surroundings of impurities in group IV semiconductors. KU Leuven
Social work in/and local elections AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
Sustainable use of energy: evaluating the potential of local wells as storage volume for heating and cooling purposes in future office buildings, located in the science park. University of Antwerp
FoldMod: The role of local amino acid interactions in protein folding, fold stability and the location of post-translational modifications. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Moreover, in cells some ...
Control of local thyroid hormone availability in the developing chicken brain. KU Leuven
Thyroid hormones (THs) are important regulators of vertebrate development. Abnormal TH levels can lead to major developmental deficits, including mental retardation. To understand the processes that underlie these deficits, we studied the influence of THs on early development using the chicken embryo as a model. However, in order to analyze -and influence- the supply of THs to specific tissues and cells, the key regulators of TH availability ...