Projects
Antisolvent precipitation for the valorisation of end-of-life Nd-Fe-B magnets (ANTOSOLVO). KU Leuven
Recently Europe has set ambitious climate targets, as embedded in “The European Green Deal” (EC, COM(2019)640). To drive this transition to a climate-neutral economy, Europe will need a sustainable and secure supply of a host of key technology metals, which are essential for large-scale renewable energy production and storage as well as the electrification of mobility. However, key metals such as rare earths and cobalt have been classified by ...
Validation of autophagy induction as a therapeutic strategy: from drug discovery and preclinical evaluation to safety investigation and biomarker research. University of Antwerp
UPLC-MS for phytohormone and B-vitamin analyses. Ghent University
Plants synthesize a plethora of endogenous molecules, including phytohormones and vitamins, pivotal in steering metabolic, physiological and developmental processes. To gain insight into these processes, fundamental knowledge of the genes, proteins, and their associated metabolites is indispensable. A UPLC-MS system allows quantitative determination of ethylene- and B-vitamin related compounds and ensures efficient throughput of large numbers ...
Investigating the Human Mycobolome through Uniting Large-scale Epidemiological and Mechanistic Poly-omic Designs Ghent University
Mycotoxins, toxic fungal secondary metabolites, known to be the most hazardous of all food contaminants in terms of chronic toxicity, have the potential to contribute to a diversity of adverse health effects in humans, and are unfortunately ubiquitously present in our daily diet. Chronic low-dose intake of multiple mycotoxins are hypothesized to be associated with an increased risk of developing human carcinomas. HuMyco refers to a unique, ...
Intensifying lithium extraction: An integrated electro-driven process with facilitated transport membranes KU Leuven
The PhD work involves the utilization of novel membrane designed for efficient separation and resource recovery to achieve low-emission, energy efficient and environmentally benign process. Surface engineering strategies will be applied in the production of smart responsive membrane with self-cleaning properties and reversible solute-surface interaction, specifically tailored for solute separation and purification. Membrane separation will be ...
Vitamin status at your fingertips: microsampling-assisted follow-up of thiamine and folate status Ghent University
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric methods will be set up for the determination of the water soluble vitamins thiamine and folate, starting from blood microsamples. Dried blood spot-based methods will be automated and applied in an epidemiological study. These methods are a useful tool allowing the determination of micronutrient deficiencies and evaluating possible
(preventive) treatments.
Making sense of screening for new psychoactive substances: Towards on-site receptor-based sensing of synthetic cannabinoids and opioids. Ghent University
New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are drugs specifically designed to circumvent legislation and detection by commonly implemented screening assays, typically immunoassays and liquid chromatography coupled to (high resolution) (tandem) mass spectrometry. With new NPS being introduced every week, it is obvious that targeted approaches, which are based on the detection of a substance’s structure, are inadequate and outside-the-box-thinking is ...