Projects
Identification of best practices for biodiversity recovery and public health interventions to prevent future epidemics and pandemics (BEPREP). University of Antwerp
Technologies and tools to prioritize assessment and diagnosis of air pollution impact on immovable and movable cultural heritage. (TEACH) University of Antwerp
Future-proofing Heritage Buildings by Optimising Comfort and Energy in Time and Space Ghent University
The transition to climate neutrality is particularly challenging for historical cities throughout Europe, wishing to safeguard their cultural heritage and identity, while enhancing its overall energy and environmental performance. In this context, the HeriTACE project proposes innovative solutions to future-proof heritage townhouses and historical neighbourhoods in three EU climate zones in a holistic way, while preserving their heritage ...
Shaping functional ecosystems of the future KU Leuven
Accelerating climate change is moving ecosystems rapidly beyond the bounds of historical variability. Many of the traditional conservation approaches trying to maintain a status quo are no longer effective. Rather than resisting change, we need to guide transforming ecosystems towards preferred ecological outcomes. Assisted migration, the active translocation of species to mimic range expansion under climate change, is a widely proposed ...
Human monoclonal antibody therapy to prevent hepatitis C virus reinfection of liver transplants: advancing lead monoclonal antibodies into clinical trial Ghent University
Worldwide. 200 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). An estimated 15 million individuals are living with HCV infection wilhin Ihe EU. The economic. health and societal costs of chronic HCV infeclion are significant. HCV is the principal cause of death from liver disease and the leading indication for liver
transplantation. The only treatment for end-stage liver disease is a liver Transplant. yet The ...
Survival of the Fittest: On how to enhance recovery from critical illness through learning from evolutionary conserved catabolic pathways KU Leuven
Since a few decades, human patients who suffer from severe illnesses or multiple trauma, conditions that were previously lethal, are being treated in intensive care units (ICUs). Modern intensive care medicine bridges patients from life-threatening conditions to recovery with use of mechanical devices, vasoactive drugs and powerful anti-microbial agents. By postponing death, a new unnatural condition, intensive-care-dependent prolonged (>1 ...
Preventing non-communicable diseases caused by the post-acute phase of cOvid-19 INfecTion KU Leuven
The post-acute phase (PAP) of COVID-19, occurring ≥4 months after the acute phase, is associated with an increased risk for the development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The risk of complications in this phase does not depend on the severity of the acute phase. In the EU, more than 183 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported and up to 70% of patients suffer reduced organ function in the PAP. Our conservative estimate it that 5% of ...
Future-proofing Heritage Buildings by Optimising Comfort and Energy in Time and Space KU Leuven
The HeriTACE project brings together a transdisciplinary team of research institutes, authorities, SMEs, and industry experienced in design, technology, and policymaking in the domains of conservation, buildings and energy. A significant increase in deep renovations of heritage buildings has the potential to lead to effective energy demand reductions and readiness for the transition to R2ES. Based on prior research and field knowledge ...
i-4-1- Health Ghent University
The aim of i-4-1- Health is to provide insight into healthy citizens, patients and the (intensive) pig and poultry sector in order to better prevent, control and combat this. To this end, the project develops innovations in a strong partnership with which infection risks can be identified in a uniform manner. In addition, the aim is to generate insight into which ARZ are present in the border area, as well as how these ARZ spread within and ...