Department of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2027

• 77 Active
• 228 Finished

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  Peptide-based diagnostics for re-emerging flaviviruses of significant public health concern

  Ariën, K., Lagatie, O., Bouckaert, J. & Janssens, N.

  Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie

  1/02/23 → 31/01/27

  Project: Research Project

• Identification of the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire associated with sustained joint pains in chronic chikungunya virus disease

  Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K., Ogunjimi, B., Laukens, K., Meysman, P. & Janssens, N.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/23 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• IMMETASEX: Host immune and metabolic determinants of sexual conversion in Plasmodium parasites

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Cortés, A., Janse, C., Franke-Fayard, B. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research Project

• Genetic Structure of Malaria Parasites Obtained Over a Ten Year Period from Patients Residing in the Diverse Ecosystem of Kenya

  Nyataya, J. N., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Waitumbi, J. & Dujardin, J.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Discovery of rodent-borne viruses over a biodiversity gradient in Morogoro, Tanzania

  Selhorst, P., Ariën, K., Leirs, H., Mariën, J. & Janssens, N.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/23 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research Project

• CLIMB: The impact of rapid CLIMate change on the Biodiversity-health interface

  Müller, R., Brustolin, M., Ariën, K., Kramer, I., Dhimal, M., Gautam, I., Kadel, I. & Borremans, G.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  1/01/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research Project

• Culturing from Tongue Swabs

  Rigouts, L., de Jong, B., Hassane Harouna, S. & Janssens, N.

  Foundation for Innovative New

  12/12/22 → 15/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Development and integration of serological and molecular diagnostics in view of interruption of transmission of gambiense-HAT

  Van Den Abbeele, J., Van Reet, N. & Stas, M.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  1/12/22 → 30/11/25

  Project: Research Project

• How do malaria mosquitos swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms

  Castillo Vielma, S., Müller, R. & Muijres, F.

  15/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Fascioliasis transmission, and it’s burden in Northern Vietnam

  Hoang, Q. V., Polman, K., Callens, S., Dermauw, V. & Trung Dung, D.

  6/07/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• VectorNext: European Network for Medical and Veterinary Entomology

  Van Bortel, W., Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  ECDC

  22/06/22 → 21/06/23

  Project: Service

• Cellular, molecular and functional characterization of quiescence in Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis

  Aroni, A., Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M. & Dujardin, J.

  27/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Molecular basis for the potency and selectivity of DNDI-6690, a promising lead for the development of novel anti-leishmanial drugs

  Wuyts, E., Dujardin, J., Sterckx, Y. G. & Caljon, G.

  27/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Omics Data Integration to Predict Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Snobre, J., de Jong, B. & Buyl, R.

  27/04/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• INNATEBITE: Innate immune response in the mammalian host skin after the bite of a trypanosome-infected tsetse fly

  Van Den Abbeele, J., Bartok, E. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research Project

• Rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance, beyond rifampicin

  Massou, F., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Affolabi, D. & Meehan, C. J.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• FA5 NEPAL: Evidence-based vector-borne disease management and elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal

  Hasker, E., Cloots, K., Müller, R., Van der Auwera, G., de Gooyer, T. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 RWANDA: Make Rwandan institutes leaders in infectious disease prevention, diagnosis and control

  Rigouts, L., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., de Jong, B., Cuella Martin, I., Mitchell, E., Theunissen, C., Polman, K., Trevisan, C., Ravinetto, R., Roosen, T. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 PERU: Better policies and less infectious diseases in Peru and Latin America

  Van der Auwera, G., Verdonck, T., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., Nieto Sanchez, C., Müller, R., Bartholomeeusen, K., Eddyani, M., Hyland, P. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 VIETNAM: Capacity building & policy support in parasitological disease

  Kattenberg, J. H., Peeters, K., Dermauw, V. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• FA5 RDC_OC1: Strengthen research and education capacities in the partner institutes (INRB, CRSK, ESP) in DRC (Outcome 1) - Support to interruption of transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) by 2030 (Outcome 2)

  Vanlerberghe, V., Verlé, P., Nicco, E., Van Cauwenberg, I., Everaert, R., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mutsaers, M., de Jong, B., Van Den Abbeele, J., Dermauw, V., Ariën, K., Hauner, A., Monsieurs, P. & Van Bortel, W.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• A quantitative and qualitative risk assessment of pig-related parasitic zoonoses in Burundi

  Minani, S., Peeters, K., Trevisan, C., Gasogo, A., Gabriël, S. & Ntirandekura, J. B.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• BCCM: Consolidation and management of the BCCM Consortium as a "Belgian Research Center".

  de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Cogneau, S. & Janssens, N.

  Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid

  1/01/22 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Stopping the burden of disease caused by onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy

  Polman, K. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research Project

• FA5 BURKINA FASO: Improve research capacity in infectious disease to inform policy & control strategies

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Jacobs, J., Peeters, K., Vuylsteke, B., Mutsaers, M., Eddyani, M., Hyland, P. & Stas, M.

  DGD

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Development project

• IntegrOmicsDR.MTB: Multi Omics Data Integration to predict the M. tuberculosis Bedaquiline Resistance Phenotype from the Genotype

  de Jong, B., Tzfadia, O. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research Project

• TB/NTM Research Cluster

  de Jong, B., Sengstake, S., Rigouts, L., Tzfadia, O., Ardizzoni, E., Lynen, L., Decroo, T., Hasker, E., Van Rie, A. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/22 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research Project

• MEMO+: Monitoring of exotic mosquitoes in Belgium

  Müller, R., Van Bortel, W., Deblauwe, I. & Borremans, G.

  Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium

  14/09/21 → 13/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• How do malaria mosquitoes swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  International Human Frontier Science Program

  1/07/21 → 30/06/24

  Project: Research Project

• Curbing rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond

  Cuella Martin, I., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The diversity of mosquito interactions under climate change conditions

  Vanslembrouck, A., Müller, R. & Leirs, H.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Culture-free approaches including whole genome sequencing in support of diagnostic and transmission studies on Mycobacterium leprae

  Krausser, L., de Jong, B. & Van Rie, A.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Viral evolutionary analyses as magnifying glass on parasite population dynamics

  Heeren, S., Dujardin, J., Dujardin, J., Van den Broeck, F., Lemey, P. & Van den Broeck, F.

  30/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The development of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax parasites

  Sauve, E., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Dujardin, J., Kattenberg, J. H. & Dujardin, J.

  27/04/21 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• EUCAST: A 7-laboratory study to calibrate antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods and breakpoints against EUCAST reference standards for bedaquiline, clofazimine, levofloxacin, and linezolid

  de Jong, B., Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.

  1/03/21 → 3/03/24

  Project: Service

• BelCoVac: Consortium program with the purpose of organizing several non-commercial clinical trials and follow-up research projects in respect of Covid19 vaccines in order to generate information and data that might be useful to patients, the clinical practice and/or policy decision makers.

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  18/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Viral evolutionary analyses as a magnifying glass on parasite population dynamics

  Dujardin, J. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• METATROPICS: Clinical research platform for untargeted RNA virus detection in tropical fever patient populations: construction and application

  Vercauteren, K., Selhorst, P., Ariën, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Van Wymeersch, K.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• SpatialCL: Spacial analysis of host-parasite interactions in the skin across the clinical spectrum of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

  Adriaensen, W., Dujardin, J., Van Wymeersch, K. & Pham, T.

  Various

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• VIVAX RES: Mechanisms of P. vivax chloroquine resistance: a transcriptomic/transgenic approach

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Domagalska, M., Monsieurs, P. & Stas, M.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• LeishQ: Cellular, molecular and functional characterization of quiescence in Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis

  Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• FasciCoM: Emergence of fascioliasis in a global setting: development and validation of a transmission model to identify cost-effective control strategies

  Polman, K., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V., Polman, K. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• SNA_Leprosy: Improving leprosy prevention strategies by integrating social network analysis with spatial and molecular epidemiology data of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

  Peeters, K., Hasker, E., de Jong, B., Ronse, M., Verdonck, T., Braet, S., Tzfadia, O., Everaert, R. & Ramanantsoa, A.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• InnoR3TB: Innovate to reduce rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda and beyond

  de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Mazarati, J. & Janssens, N.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research Project

• Accurate diagnosis and effective treatment for tuberculosis retreatment patients in Niger

  Souleymane Tiemogo, M. B., de Jong, B., Decroo, T., Rigouts, L., Mamadou, S. & Adehossi, E.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: PhD-project

• Investigating drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Goossens, S., de Jong, B. & Van Rie, A.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Exposing the effect of host, parasite and immunoparasitological factors on Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte conversion

  Drissi El Boukili, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A. & Caljon, G.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• A framework to deduce the convoluted repertoire and epitope hierarchy of human T cell responses in visceral leishmaniasis: patient meets in silico

  de Vrij, N., van Griensven, J., Adriaensen, W., Laukens, K., Cuypers, B., Cuypers, B. & Pham, T.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Celluloepidemiology: generating and modeling SARS-COV-2 specific T-cell responses on a population level for more accurate interventions in public health

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research Project

• Gaming for health - A mixed methods approach using the pork tapeworm as a model

  Trevisan, C., Polman, K. & Everaert, R.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Mandate