Infrastructure
Creation of a BruBotics Rehabilitation Research Center (​​Brubotics​) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
there is a clear need to investigate the self-developed and
commercially available robotic systems in clinical and
professional target groups. The current application is driven by
the plan to install a BruBotics Rehabilitation Research Center at the Brussels Health Campus to facilitate the interactions between engineers, clinicians, ...
SPIDER-FLOW: State-of-the-art high-Parameter Immunology and DEvelopmental biology Research FLOW cytometer (SPIDER-FLOW) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Interventional X-ray system equipped with 3D rotational angiography for cardiovascular research in preclinical large animal models (INTERVENTIONAL X-RAY) KU Leuven
Current strategies for early treatment of acute coronary
syndromes (i.e. heart attacks) have improved acute survival
but subsequent heart failure and arrhythmias (sudden
cardiac death) are the long-term cause of mortality and
morbidity. Responsible use of large animals as preclinical
translational models remains a cornerstone in
cardiovascular research
and play an irrefutable role in exploratory and validation
research, avoiding a high-risk shortcut from basic research
to randomised clinical trials. In order to be relevant,
translational ...
Modular high-end mass spectrometer for ultra-sensitive quantification and imaging of small organic molecules in cross-health research (MSsmall-XH) Ghent University
Current high-throughput multi-omics technologies, complemented by revolutionary micro- and nanoscopic imaging tools, offer unique opportunities for holistic research and gaining pathophysiological insights of diseases in both humans and animals. However, the accurate and specific quantification of small organic molecules currently faces two major challenges: 1) the increasing availability of micro-samples of biological origin with increasingly smaller sizes and volumes leads to the increasing need for ultra-sensitive quantification at the sub-pg/g (mL) level; 2) the unmet need for imaging ...
HEtrogenous, 3D microsystems processing Line for Complex multidisciplinary device research (LENA CLEAN ROOM) KU Leuven
During the last decades more and more researchers from a wide variety of fields have become interested in investigating very fine structures, having components as small as a millionth of a meter and even below. This started with the advent of microelectronics several decades ago. Now, also biologists, (bio)chemists, physicists and sensor researchers feel the need to work with microtechnology. Thus, it is important that the equipment for fabricating such structures is available to researchers. The main applicants for this project have been building up a microfabrication lab for decades. ...
ELIXIR Infrastructure for Data and Services to strengthen Life-Sciences Research in Flanders (ELIXIR) KU Leuven
Life-science is a data science; it relies on the generation, sharing and integrated analysis of vast quantities of digital data. ELIXIR is a European Research Infrastructure that brings together international resources in life-sciences to form a single infrastructure enabling scientists to find and share data, exchange expertise and access advanced tools and large scale computational facilities, across borders and disciplines. The Belgian ELIXIR Node offers a portfolio of services in data management and analysis to help researchers adopt best practices of Open Science and perform their ...
Hybrid Laser-based additive - subtractive research platform (HyLaForm) (HYLAFORM) KU Leuven
The state-of-the-art hybrid laser based additive and subtractive research platform will consist out of 2 complementary modular research machines. Each machine will combine an additive manufacturing technique, also called 3D printing, with laser beam (micro) machining as a subtractive approach. The applied additive manufacturing techniques are selective laser melting (SLM) and laser metal deposition (LMD) within the platform.
MARINERG-i Offshore Renewable Energy Research (MARINERG-i) Ghent University
MARINERG-i will produce a scientific and business plan for an integrated European Research Infrastructure, designed to facilitate the future growth and development of the Offshore Renewable Energy sector. This plan will ensure that the MARINERG-i Research Infrastructure model attains the criteria necessary for being successful in an application to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap in 2020.
The MARINERG-i project is a first step in forming an independent legal entity of distributed testing infrastructures, united to create an integrated ...
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Platform for Molecular Water Research (NMRCORE) KU Leuven
NMRCORE is a convergent research node operating 3 medium to high field research NMR spectrometers, optimized to investigate different states of water upon confinement in nanoscopic cavities. This IRI proposal aims to allow us to operate as a research infrastructure hub of CMWS. Within the local research program, we envisage the design of a dedicated NMR platform suited for in situ access to all facets of structure, dynamics and interface behavior of water confined in porous hosts. In situ multidiagnostic NMR techniques will be developed and especially an NMR-dielectric coupled cell is ...