Projects
Protein-protein interactions as a potential target voor antiviral therapy: development of inhibitors of the HCV NS5A-PI4KIII- alfa interaction. KU Leuven
From representing actions to representing interactions: What is the role of motor simulation in interaction representation? Ghent University
Research has shown that we process other people’s actions by simulating them in our own motor system. This means that we represent observed actions as if we executed them ourselves. However, social life requires us to process not only observed actions but also observed interactions. Could interaction representation likewise rely on motor simulation? In my PhD, I showed that the motor system can simultaneously represent multiple observed ...
From representing actions to representing interactions: What is the role of motor simulation in interaction representation? Ghent University
Research indicates that we process others’ actions by simulating them in our own motor system. This means that we represent observed actions as if we executed them ourselves. However, in social life, we not only have to process actions but also interactions. Could this rely on motor simulation as well? In my PhD, I was able to show that we can simultaneously represent multiple observed actions in our motor system. However, representing ...
High-quality interactions. Pathways towards enhancing the quality of the interactions between direct support workers and clients with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes KU Leuven
The importance of social interactions cannot be underestimated. This is equally so for individuals with severe or profound intellectual disabilities visiting day-care or residential group homes. The direct support workers supporting them in daily life are a significant source of their social encounters. However, with the individuals’ often idiosyncratic communication style and the direct support workers’ heavy workload, to name two, several ...
Grassland restoration by soil inoculation: interactions with environmental filters and priority effects. University of Antwerp
Principles of specificity in cross-aggregation interactions KU Leuven
Protein aggregation is associated to a growing number of widespread debilitating disorders, such as Type-2 diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. It involves the aberrant accumulation of misfolded proteins into ordered fibril structures, known as amyloids. This process is directed by interactions between short hydrophobic amino acid stretches with a strong tendency to self-associate, designated as aggregation prone regions ...