BOF ZAP in Vaccinology Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
Despite great achievements in medicine, infectious diseases are still a leading cause of children morbidity and mortality. Up until now, most vaccines have been empirically generated without a true understanding of the precise immunologic mechanisms of action of successful vaccines. As we are now facing difficulties in developing new or more efficient vaccines, we need to understand the precise mechanisms underlying successful vaccination and ...
Ethiopia has the largest livestock inventories among African countries. Recent reports showed that, 56.71 million heads of cattle, 29.33 million sheep, 29.11 million goats and 54.5 million chickens are found in Ethiopia ( Agricultural Sample Survey 2015/16). Even though the country is endowed with this wealth, it happens to be the corridor of many internationally important livestock disease among others foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) (Ethiopia ...
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHCT) induces severe immunosuppression persisting several months after transplantation, particularly in patients suffering from chronic graft-versus-host disease. Asa consequence, they are at high risk of dying following infection with the SARS-CoV-2 or the influenzae virus. It is thus critical to protect them against these pathogens with efficient vaccination. This is not an easy task ...
More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hepatitis B. Current standard-of-care is based on the administration of suppressive antiviral therapies with the intent of decreasing viral titres and thus delaying any long-term effects of the disease. However, full clearance is rarely achieved and long-term exposure to the hepatitis B virus will imminently lead to detrimental effects on the liver, eventually resulting into the ...