Projects
Unravelling the hidden potential of two ORFans from Pseudomonas virus LUZ7 KU Leuven
The gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly versatile bacterium that is able to thrive in a variety of niches. Due to the selective pressure imposed by the widespread use of antibiotics, this highly adaptive bacterium has become resistant to many of the contemporary antibiotics. The occurrence of multi-drug resistant and even pan-resistant strains of this opportunistic human pathogen, makes it into one of the most ...
Planetary space simulations based on the particle description for electrons and ions. KU Leuven
The question about how solar storms impact a planet has both fundamental scientific importance and great social impacts for protecting our infrastructure from the most powerful solar storms. At present, models rely on a fluid description of the electrons due to algorithmic and computational challenges. Our goal is to develop a model of the space environment around a planet based on a particle description of both ions and electrons. We plan to ...
Imaging data and services for aquatic science Flanders Marine Institute
Parallel algorithms for 3D irregular cutting and packing problems KU Leuven
Cutting and Packing problems (C&Ps) frequently occur within the manufacturing and distribution of products. These problems consider the cutting (or packing) of smaller items from a larger item. C&Ps have a high practical and theoretical relevance. Nesting problems, for example, concern the cutting of small objects with irregular geometric shapes from a larger object. Such problems frequently occur in e.g. garment manufacturing, sheet ...
Impact of Emerging Electrical and Optical 3D Integration Technologies on High Bandwidth Interconnect Systems KU Leuven
The performance of an electronic system is limited by the speed at which data is exchanged between its different sub-systems (Central Processing Unit (CPU), Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), memory, accelerators, analog circuits) and the speed at which this data is processed. The industry uses the System-on-Chip (SoC) concept, which combines some of the sub-systems on the same dies to improve the performance. However, not all parts of the ...
Speeded up processing and reconstruction of magnetic resonance images (SUPERMRI). University of Antwerp
Speeded up processing and reconstruction of magnetic resonance images (SUPERMRI). University of Antwerp
Functional deciphering of thyrostimulin-related signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans growth regulation KU Leuven
Animals are continuously subjected to a great variety of environmental changes throughout their lifetime. In order to survive, animals need to adjust their biological systems to maintain a stable and relatively constant internal environment, regardless of their environmental conditions. Homeostasis is the self-regulating process that is responsible for this internal equilibrium. The nervous and endocrine systems are crucial players in the ...
Multiscale experimental and numerical characterisation of textile reinforcements for enhanced nano-interleaved composites Ghent University
The unique combination of light and flexible, but strong structures, makes textile materials well suited for technical engineering applications. Especially, fibre reinforced composites are seeing a tremendous growth for designing light-weight structural components. The fibres, the building blocks of any textile, and their arrangement in the composite (microstructure) determine the obtainable mechanical properties. It is thus of utmost ...