Projects
Function and form of the Spanish nominal vocative: between production, cognition and personality Ghent University
This project aims to provide a multivariate analysis of the nominal vocative in contemporary Madrilenian Spanish (e.g. Hola, tÃo ‘Hey, dude’) from a cognitive-functional, usage-based perspective. The formal and functional productivity of the Spanish nominal vocative expressions will be scrutinized in light of (socio)linguistic, situational variables, and personality determinants of the speakers, by means of both corpus and experimental ...
Downstream processing of volatile fatty acids obtained through fermentation of organic waste Ghent University
​​Volatile fatty acids are important building blocks for the process industry and are mainly obtained from fossil fuels. However, they can also be produced by fermentation of waste streams. However, the main problem of the currently available technology remains post-fermentation purification, which accounts for about 50% of the total cost. The proposed new circular process uses a unique combination of proven technology, can be integrated into ...
Identification and validation of volatile organic compounds as predictive biomarkers for the efficiency of immunotherapy as treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. University of Antwerp
Purchase of GC-MS equipment for the analysis of volatile organic compounds. Ghent University
The SynBioC research group is specialized in the development of chemical methodology for the synthesis of heterocyclic small molecules and isolation of natural products with applications in agrochemistry and medicinal chemistry. The separation, analysis and identification of low molecular weight compounds is optimally performed by GC-MS (gas chromatograph coupled to a mass spectrometer as detector) equipment.
Structured adsorbent films for volatile organic compound sensing (SAVOS) KU Leuven
Biomolecular crystallography of the volatile ester synthesizing enzymes of S. cerevisiae combined with computational protein redesign of its substrate specificity KU Leuven
During the fermentation process yeast produces a huge variety of volatile esters that contribute to the aroma of food products such as beer and wine. These variety of esters are produced by only 6 different enzymes which exhibit substrate promiscuity. Currently no crystal structures are available of any of these enzymes to analyze the molecular recognition between the enzyme substrates and the binding site. Therefore the first goal will be to ...
Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds from mesothelioma cells with ion mobility spectrometry (IMS). University of Antwerp
Air quality to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor and outdoor environments in selected locations Ghent University
This research aim at building up an air quality data set focusing on VOCs in indoor and outdoor environment leading to comparison of the pollution levels and exposures in different parts of the world including regions where data hardly exist today. One of the innovative aspects is that locations were at present no information available.