Organisations
Department of Physical medicine and orthopaedic surgery Ghent University
Orthopsychology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The department ORPS is responsible for the major course Orthopedic Psychology in the Psychology program, and focuses on the scientific study of and assistance for children and young people in problematic educational situations. Orthopedic psychology situates and addresses problems within the social context. Assistance is aimed at children and young people as well as on their (professional) educators and focuses on the entire socio-cultural ...
Woman and Child KU Leuven
Organ Systems is the home of research groups based in clinical departments and units engaging into research in Developmental Medicine (maternal-fetal and reproductive medicine, neonatology, pediatrics, pediatric urology, pediatric surgery, pediatric orthopedic surgery) and Regenerative Medicine (gynaecology, urology, orthopedic, trauma, plastic, abdominal surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation). Their research is ...
Animal and Human Health Engineering (A2H) KU Leuven
The Division Animal and Human Health Engineering (A2H) is a new division within the Department of Biosystems at KU Leuven consisting of a transdisciplinary team of researchers who are active in the field of animal and human health engineering.
The mission of A2H is stated as follows:
- Perform cutting edge research for improving health, welfare and productivity of individual living organisms (animals and humans) ...
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology KU Leuven
Clinical bacteriology
• Study the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal disease epidemiology
• Next-generation sequencing (NGS) strategy by means of Illumina sequencing to characterize S. pneumoniae and M. tuberculosis strains including genotyping, serotyping, resistance, virulence detection and strain relatedness.
• Optimization of microbiological methods for diagnosis of orthopedic implant-related ...
Limburg Clinical Research Center Hasselt University
Mechanical Engineering Technology, Geel Campus KU Leuven
Research topics of this unit are:
Biomechanics of human joints
Orthopedic implants and other medical devices
Design and use of medical simulators
In vitro testing of medical devices
In vivo movement analysis
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 ...