Projecten
Privacybewarende berekening in de cloud KU Leuven
The traditional computing paradigm is experiencing a fundamental shift: organizations no longer completely control their own data, but instead hand it to external untrusted parties - cloud service providers, for processing and storage. There currently exist no satisfactory approach to protect data during computation from cloud providers and from other users of the cloud.
PRACTICE has assembled the key experts throughout Europe and will ...
Een synergetisch trainingsnetwerk over energiebundelverwerking: van modellering tot industriële toepassingen KU Leuven
With the use of more advanced, but difficult-to-cut materials, on ever-more sophisticated products, the need to further develop and utilise the particular capabilities of the energy beam (EB) processing techniques seem to become a key enabler for the European industry. Although they are of various nature, a set of key communalities can be identified among EB methods when considered as dwell-time dependent processes; this allows the treatment ...
De ziekte van Alzheimer - de darmverbinding. KU Leuven
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the Western world and to date no cure nor any preventive strategy are available for this neurodegenerative disorder. Bacterial 16S rRNA sequencing from fecal samples revealed a remarkable shift in the gut microbiota of conventionally-raised AD mice compared to healthy, wild-type mice. Based on these findings, we generated germ-free Alzheimer (GF-AD) mouse model and discovered a ...
Neuron-geassocieerde macrofagen in de darm als nieuw doelwit voor de behandeling van enterische neuropathieën KU Leuven
The gastrointestinal tract has the vital task to digest and absorb ingested food, a complex process requiring
coordinated integration of motility, secretion, vascularization and absorption. Thereto the gastrointestinal tract
is equipped with its own nervous system, the enteric nervous system (ENS), capable of controlling gut function
independently of input from brain or spinal cord. Reduction in number or dysfunction of the ...
Darm-virus-hersen-as-technologie in organoïde wetenschap KU Leuven
The battle against infectious diseases is hampered by lack of therapeutic innovations due to poor understanding of disease outcome in humans. Organoid technology is a major breakthrough for medical research that has traditionally relied heavily on animal models. In our current OrganoVIR consortium, we are at the forefront in establishing human organoids as superior models for viral pathogenesis and antiviral research. The next critical step ...
Systeemomics om de darm-nieras bij chronische nierziekte te ontrafelen. KU Leuven
System omics to unravel the gut-kidney axis in Chronic Kidney Disease:
There is a great need for multi-disciplinary and methodologically well trained scientists in order to unravel complex diseases. Chronic kidney disease (CKD), which is more prevalent in women, and its high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) with nearly 50% of all deaths in CKD patients caused by CVD, is such a complex disease and its socio-economic burden is ...
Ecosysteem in een doos: ontleden van de dynamiek van een gedefinieerde microbiële gemeenschap in vitro.(ECOBOX) KU Leuven
he dynamics of microbial communities may be driven by the interactions between community members, controlled by the environment, shaped by immigration or random events, influenced by evolutionary processes or result from an interplay of all these factors. This project aims to improve our understanding of how community structure and the environment impact community dynamics. Towards this aim, a defined in vitro community of human gut bacteria ...
System omics to unravel the gut-kidney axis in Chronic Kidney Disease.’ — ‘STRATEGY-CKD’ - (Marie curie - ITN) Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Europese training in neurale regulatie van de darmfunctie. KU Leuven
Neurogastroenterology is a new and emerging medical/scientific subspecialty that currently has no formal training opportunities in medicine and related disciplines. It includes basic science aspects (neurophysiology, neurobiology, neuropsychology, psychophysiology) and clinical aspects (gastroenterology, neurology, internal medicine, surgery, psychology, psychosomatic medicine) of the neural control of intestinal functions (motility, ...