Projects
Improving the Labour Market Position of People with a Migration background in Belgium (IMMIGBEL). University of Antwerp
The role of prefrontal control in anticipatory and reactive stress regulation: an integrative psychoendocrinological and neurocognitive approach. Ghent University
During our life, we face different situations that we can perceive as stressful (for example: a job
interview or an exam). Before and during the confrontation with these stressful situations, some
important changes occur in our mind and body: we feel more anxious and less happy, our heart
starts to beat faster, and our body produces more cortisol (the so-called hormone of stress). If
these reactions are too extreme ...
Deciphering Molecular Pathways of Hypoxia Sensitivity in Adult Cardiomyocytes: An Integrative Cross-Species Investigation KU Leuven
The heart is an incredible organ that works tirelessly to pump blood and oxygen throughout our bodies. However, it faces significant challenges when oxygen levels in the bloodstream drop, as can happen during a heart attack or other cardiovascular conditions. In adults, this reduction in oxygen supply can lead to a rapid and destructive process of heart cell death, followed by the replacement of these cells with fibroblasts and the ...
Assessing the impact of Urgent Measures in protecting at-risk detainees in Latin-America ‘IMPACTUM’. Ghent University
Urgent Measures (UMs) are granted by international human rights bodies to protect persons who are in a situation of extreme gravity and urgency. In Latin America, UMs are mostly granted to protect detainees, when their right to life, integrity and/or health are in danger of being violated. When a UM is granted by a human rights body, the State is requested to provide detainees with immediate access to medical care, drinking water, food, ...
Design and microfabrication of flexible neural probes for chronic applications KU Leuven
In the last decades, the clinical applications of neural devices have increased exponentially. Accommodated by the ever increasing miniaturization and affordability of sensors and circuitry more and more developments transitioned from the field of experimental research towards clinical practice. Nowadays, we possess a wide variety of tools that can be used to assess different aspects of the central and peripheral nervous system. These include ...
Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain Ghent University
Food Integrity “he state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition” Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to exploit that added value. The FOODINTEGRITY ...
Composable Models and Software for Robotics Systems KU Leuven
RobMoSys will coordinate the whole community’s best and consorted effort to build an open and sustainable, agile and multi-domain European robotics software ecosystem.
RobMoSys envisions an integration approach built on-top-of, or rather around, the current code-centric robotic platforms, by means of the systematic application of model-driven methods and tools that explicitly focus on (system-of-) system integration. As proven in many ...
Re-designing organizations to increase agility: how can firms reconfigure their organization models to compete in a dynamic, post-Covid world KU Leuven
“In today’s era of volatility, there is no other way but to re-invent. The only sustainable advantage you can have over others is agility, that’s it. Because nothing else is sustainable, everything else you create, somebody else will replicate.” Jeff Bezos, 2018 In 2020, Covid-19 irrevocably changed the world. Many of the shifts initiated by the crisis, post-globalization, teleworking, contactless consumerism - to name but a few – will be ...
Balancing Innovation With Optimization in Oncology: Avenues for Bridging the Cancer Clinical Research Gap KU Leuven
Cancer is an umbrella term referring to a group of debilitating and potentially fatal diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and eventual spread of cells that have undergone genetic mutations. Together, these diseases pose an enormous burden on healthcare systems worldwide, killing millions of people each year, and costing the global economy close to a trillion dollars annually. There are various therapeutic modalities available to ...