Projects
Bacillus as potential agent for control of pathogenic foodborne infections by Salmonella KU Leuven
Due to the intensive use of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance has strongly increased over the last decades. The rise of multi-resistant strains creates an urgent need for new and alternative antimicrobial strategies. One interesting approach is the use of commensal bacteria such as Bacillus to treat pathogenic infections. However, recent research at our labs has revealed specific mechanisms that potentially counteract the action of ...
Backup mandate Research Council: The CO-simulation of UNsTeady aERodynamics (COUNTER) Integrating wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations to a deeper level: A novel methodology using structured data-driven models Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Live agent-based models (LAB-M) and the theory of adaptive multitype and multilayer networks to study economic complexity and financial instability Ghent University
LAB-M models interactions of real persons with real incentives in massive multiplayer onlinegames (MMOG) with realistic economic environments to develop and test economic and political theories. The LAB-M world provides natural experiments and collects multi-faceted data on the interaction of people in adaptive multilayer networks. We will develop a new methodological language for social physics, rooted in adaptive multi-type multilayer ...
Multi-center prospective study of computer models for the preoperative judgment of ovarian tumors. KU Leuven
Development and use of relevant hamster and mouse SARS-COV-2 infection models to aid in the design of therapeutic and prophylactic options for COVID-19 Ghent University
In some patients, COVID-19 progresses from an initially mild viral syndrome to a severe and life-threatening multi-system disorder with cytokine storm. This coronavirus pandemic is putting healthcare systems worldwide under unprecedented and increasing pressure. Efficient vaccines as well antiviral (small molecules and biologicals) and anti-inflammatory drugs are urgently needed. Given the emergency, the repurposing of small molecules and/or ...