Projects
Autophagy in inflammation and inflammatory disorders (ATLANTIS), from basicinsights to experimental therapy. University of Antwerp
Special Research Fund Professorship in experimental psychology 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 new framework for Experimental Design in Earth Sciences using Bayesian Evidential Learning (BEL4ED) Ghent University
Earth Sciences predictions are facing large uncertainty related to the complexity and the lack of knowledge of the subsurface. Acquiring the most informative data set to reduce uncertainty is therefore highly valuable. However, its identification rapidly becomes intractable for large scale
problems. We propose to stochastically solve this problem under large uncertainty using our newly developed Bayesian Evidential Learning ...
Expedition MARS: Next-Generation Experimental Designs for Product and Process Innovation KU Leuven
The Structural Behaviour of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beams: Experimental and Numerical Studies for the Assessment of Corrosion-damaged Reinforced Concrete Beams KU Leuven
Assessing the structural performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures damaged by chloride-induced corrosion is an important research topic with a high societal impact. Different models exist in the literature to predict the flexural capacity of corroded RC beams. These models incorporate corrosion damage according to damage relations calibrated on a specific set of data. The variety of approaches and relations in incorporating pitting ...
Structure and folding of XNA aptamers studied by computational and experimental methods KU Leuven
Aptamers are folded oligonucleotides that bind to a specific target with a high affinity and selectivity. Originally they were composed of natural nucleic acids (RNA or DNA) that are identified in a large library through a process termed Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX). Since natural nucleic acids have short half-life in biological conditions, research shifted to aptamers composed of artificial (xeno) nucleic ...
Experimental testing and heat transfer analysis of a novel iris-driven solar cavity receiver KU Leuven
Fossil fuel depletion and climate change have been the primary foundation for finding alternatives to conventional industrial processes. Concentrated solar technologies have therefore been considered as a viable route. The processes involved in these technologies use concentrated solar energy to sustain the endothermic dissociation reaction or thermochemical cycles inside a solar reactor which leads to the production of solar fuels and ...
Advanced biosystems modeling: a holistic approach incorporating submodel balancing, model structure sensitivity analysis and experimental identifiability Ghent University
Advanced mathematical models are necessary to optimize the currently used suboptimal biosystems. However, when constructing these models, often a mismatch between spatial and bioprocess description occurs. This project develops novel mathematical methodological concepts (model structure sensitivity analysis, uncertainty propagation, experimental identifiability) in order to restore the balance between submodels taking into account ...
The role of attentional mechanism and cognitive control in depression: an experimental investigation of underlying neurobiological working mechanisms Ghent University
Recent neuro-cognitive research has related mood disorders to a deficit in strategic attentional processes within a frontocortical-subcortical network. The aim of this project is to explore these prefrontal attentional problems through rTMS and ERP during experimental attention paradigms, to investigate the functional relation between cognitive control and clinical symptomatology.