Projects
4D Biophotonics for Sustainable Food Production KU Leuven
Meeting the grand challenge of feeding 10 billion people while reducing the ecological impact of food production requires detailed monitoring and control of the dynamic processes in plants, animals and food products. Photonic technologies have high potential in this context, but the large progress at the hardware side has so far only resulted in limited impact on the agrofood sector. Therefore, this research program aims to untap this ...
Centre for nano- and biophotonics Ghent University
The Center for Nano- and Biophotonics sets up research lines in the area of nanoparticles, microlaser technology and optical switches, biosensors, bio-spectroscopy, scanning of biomaterials, electro-optical particle manipulation and active nanophotonic implants.
By using novel advanced microscopy methods, this project aims at obtaining a more fundamental insight into the
structure and the biophysical properties of nucleic ...
Center for nano- and biophotonics (NB-Photonics) Ghent University
The Center for Nano- and Biophotonics sets up research lines in the area of nanoparticles, microlaser technology and optical switches, biosensors, bio-spectroscopy, scanning of biomaterials, electro-optical particle manipulation and active nanophotonic implants.
This project aims at a comprehensive view on the physicochemistry of nanocrystal-ligand systems. For this
purpose, we will develop the potential of solution NMR as an ...
Center for nano- and biophotonics (NB-Photonics) Ghent University
The Center for Nano- and Biophotonics sets up research lines in the area of nanoparticles, microlaser technology and optical switches, biosensors, bio-spectroscopy, scanning of biomaterials, electro-optical particle manipulation and active nanophotonic implants.
Center for nano- and biophotonics (NB-Photonics) Ghent University
The Center for Nano- and Biophotonics sets up research lines in the area of nanoparticles, microlaser technology and optical switches, biosensors, bio-spectroscopy, scanning of biomaterials, electro-optical particle manipulation and active nanophotonic implants.
NB-Photonics (Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics) Ghent University
Ghent University is a centre of excellence in the field of photonics, as evidenced by scientific output and spin-offs. NB-Photonics is the UGent-platform that brings together photonics expertise of >20 professors. With this proposal NB-Photonics will actively open up its comprehensive expertise to the UGent-community at large and thereby add value to the research ambitions of UGent-groups and their partners.
ILM photodisruption: a biophotonic approach to promote retinal ganglion cell engraftment as a cure for blindness Ghent University
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Its primary hallmark is the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which inevitably results in vision loss. A revolutionary cure could be the replacement of lost neurons by transplantation of stem-cell derived RGCs. Surely, earlier studies prove that RGC replacement is a feasible and promising concept. A primary obstacle, however, is the poor migration of the ...
Let There Be Light: two biophotonic approaches to boost retinal ganglion cell transplantation as a cure for blindness Ghent University
Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Its primary hallmark is the progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) which inevitably results in vision loss. Current treatments largely focus on delaying vision impairment by lowering the intraocular pressure, yet this is often insufficient. A revolutionary cure could be the replacement of lost neurons by transplantation of stem-cell derived RGCs. Surely, ...
On-chip integrated UV micro plasma sources for biophotonic applications Ghent University
The current proposal aims at boosting the field of biological imaging and spectroscopy at ultraviolet light by downscaling standard bulk optics with the use of integrated photonics and on-chip plasmas. The fundamental research problem is to understand the mechanisms of the coupling of ultraviolet plasma emission into a low-loss single mode waveguide and to optimize it for optical spectroscopy.