Department of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2026

• 76 Active
• 206 Finished

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  ILIAS: Invasive Lineages of AMR Salmonella, Trojan Horses in Africa

  Van Puyvelde, S., Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Dougan, G. & Stas, M.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

  1/10/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Molecular adaptation of the tsetse fly transmited African trypanosome to the intradermal micro-environment in the mammalian host

  Verbeelen, M., Van Den Abbeele, J. & Dujardin, J.

  26/04/18 → 3/11/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Assessing the antibody responses against arboviruses circulating in Peru – from basic immunology to new diagnostics

  Falconi Agapito, F., Ariën, K., Ariën, K., Dujardin, J. & Talledo, M.

  1/04/18 → 2/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia spp. cysticercosis in pigs in Northern Vietnam

  Nguyen, T. T. M., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V., Dorny, P. & Nguyen , T. G. T.

  1/03/18 → 2/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Technical Assistance to the second nationwide Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey in Bangladesh from 2018 to 2019

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  World Health Organisation

  20/02/18 → 15/08/19

  Project: Service

• IMMCYTE: Immuno Cytometry: Phenotyping immune cellular components, in the context of HBV, HIV and AD, by new, advanced technologies

  Vanham, G., Chong, Y., Van Gulck, E., Ebneth, A., Moechars, D., Van Ginderachter, J. A., Van Broeckhoven, C., Wuyts, R. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  18/01/18 → 17/08/20

  Project: Research Project

• CHIMERA: Identification of epitopes in the alphaviral envelope that confer infectivity for human and mosquito cells.

  Bartholomeeusen, K., Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/18 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• VIETNAM -2018 - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Dermauw, V. & De Smet, S.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• CUBA - 2018 - FA4: To strengthen Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kouri (IPK, Cuba) and National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (INHEM, Cuba) towards accomplishment of their academic mission through capacity building and scientific co-operation.

  Boelaert, M., Vanlerberghe, V., Battaglioli, T. C. E., De Baetselier, I., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Ariën, K., Heyndrickx, L. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• SeTPAT: Development of an antigen test for the diagnosis of syphilis

  Kenyon, C., OSBAK, K., Van Ostade, X., Van Raemdonck, G., Crucitti, T., Büscher, P., Ratsarahery, L. & Dhaenens, M.

  King Baudouin Foundation

  1/01/18 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Project

• Significance of initial isoniazid resistance for outcome of standard TB treatment and its detection by line-probe assays

  de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Van Deun, A., Meehan, C. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• BENIN - 2018 - FA4: Institutional strengthening of the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory (LRM, Bénin) for quality services and better quality of health care for Mycobacteria and other clinical bacteria, at National and Regional Level.

  de Jong, B., Jacobs, J., Hardy, L., Stassijns, J., Nduwamahoro, E., Eddyani, M., Gumusboga, M. & Janssens, N.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• SOUTHAFRICA -2018 - FA4: Strengthening the capacity for research, teaching, policy advice, advocacy and networking of the partners in the field of human and animal health (South-Africa).

  Dorny, P., Damme, W. V., Marchal, B., Dermauw, V., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Van Belle, S. & Debois, D.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• ETHIOPIA - 2018 - FA4: To enhance the research capacity and evidence based medical practice in tropical and poverty related diseases in Ethiopia

  van Griensven, J., Jacobs, J., Abdellati, S., Stassijns, J., van Henten, S., Ratsarahery, L., Dujardin, J. & Van der Auwera, G.

  DGD

  1/01/18 → 31/12/18

  Project: Development project

• BCCM/ITM Mycobacteriënverzameling: Consolidatie en beheer van het BCCM Consortium als Belgisch "Biological Research Center" (BRC) - 2018

  Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  1/01/18 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• PERU - FA4: To strengthen the R&D capacities of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt (Peru) to deliver strategies and/or tools for diagnosis, surveillance and control of infectious diseases.

  Dujardin, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., de Jong, B., Ariën, K., Van der Auwera, G., Rigouts, L., Heyndrickx, L., Kattenberg, J. H., Battaglioli, T. C. E., Jacobs, J., Monsieurs, P. & Guetens, P.

  DGD

  1/11/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• TrypCo: The RNA editing space of the neglected genome in the major livestock African trypanosome parasite, Trypanosoma congolense.

  Van den Broeck, F., Van Den Abbeele, J. & De Smet, S.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• SKIN-Leish: Infectiousness in asymptomatic carriers of L. Donovani

  Boelaert, M., Cloots, K., Hasker, E., Van der Auwera, G., Karki, P., Sundar, S. & Everaert, R.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• xMAP platform: Development of a high-throughput Multiple Analyte Profiling technology to study flavivirus and alphavirus sylvatic reservoirs in African wildlife

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• EPI-PIG: Investigation of the pathological mechanisms of seizures in T. solium neurocysticercosis

  Trevisan, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Mwape, K. E. & Debois, D.

  Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  15/10/17 → 14/01/19

  Project: Research Project

• Studies on multidrug resistance tuberculosis in Rwanda: Turning off the tap

  Ngabonziza, S. J., de Jong, B., Torrea, G., Rigouts, L., Mazarati, J., Affolabi, D. & Decroo, T.

  1/09/17 → 23/06/21

  Project: PhD-project

• TB-EPF: Enhanced Place Finding (EPF) of TB transmission hotspots

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/09/17 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• ARTHROPOD: Development of specific and highly sensitive mulit-pathogen laboratory tests for the simultaneous and differential detection of arthropod-borne viruses

  Ariën, K., Kerkhof, K., Van Esbroeck, M. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/08/17 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• iELISA HAT: Development of a high-throughput inhibition ELISA to replace immune trypanolysis for post-elimination monitoring of gambiense-HAT

  Büscher, P., Geerts, M., Van Reet, N. & De Smet, S.

  25/07/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• MEMO: Monitoring van exotische steekmuggen in België

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M. & Deblauwe, I.

  1/07/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• Association between intestinal parasites and inflammation and nutritional status in Mexican children

  Zavala Gómez, G. A., Polman, K., Seidell, J. & Garcia, O. P.

  12/01/17 → 5/04/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Effect of lactoferrin on pediatric infections

  Ochoa, T. J., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Cossey, V.

  12/01/17 → 15/05/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Utilization of molecular resistance test results as tools to support public health efforts for improved control of rifampicin resistant tuberculosis

  Ng, K., de Jong, B. & Cobbelens, F. G. J.

  12/01/17 → 2/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• DRC - FA4: Building capacity for health research in three DRC partner institutions Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (IRNB), Ecole de Santé Publique de l’Université de Lubumbashi (ESP) en Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese (CRS), and rationalize the fight against Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) while strengthening local health systems with the support of all partners.

  Boelaert, M., Jacobs, J., Büscher, P., Polman, K., Rigouts, L., Dorny, P., Hardy, L., Corsmit, E., Roucher, C., Eddyani, M., Dermauw, V., Bebronne, N., Snijders, R., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Van Cauwenberg, I. & Everaert, R.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• VIETNAM - FA4: Capacity strengthening and enhanced tools for evidence-based health research and control/ elimination strategies of parasitic diseases in Vietnam.

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kattenberg, J. H., Dorny, P., Monsieurs, P. & Dermauw, V.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance in new TB patients in Bangladesh and the subsequent rate of acquired drug resistance

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Quantitative PCR based confirmation of Mycobacterium leprae to aid leprosy diagnosis in endemic countries

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damiaanactie vzw

  1/01/17 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• EUKARYOTE: Kinetoplast genomics for the fine-scale study of hybrid zones in eukaryote parasites

  Van den Broeck, F., Dujardin, J., Van Den Abbeele, J. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/17 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research Project

• Trend of fluoroquinolone resistance among the MDR in DF Bangladesh

  Van Deun, A., Rigouts, L., de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/17 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• BURKINA - FA4: To strengthen the research capacity in the resource limited setting of Burkina Faso.

  Jacobs, J., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Hardy, L., Peeters, M., Kattenberg, J. H. & Ratsarahery, L.

  DGD

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Development project

• R2STOP Leprosy: Improved understanding of ongoing transmission of leprosy in the Comoros, a region hyperendemic for the disease

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Assoumani, Y., Suffys, P. & Janssens, N.

  Research to STOP neglected tropical disease transmission

  1/01/17 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• ZikaPLAN: Zika Preparedness Latin American Network Adressing the urgent research gaps against the Zika virus and other emerging threats in Latin America

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/10/16 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research Project

• Interventions towards a functional cure: detailed phenotyping of the HIV-specific polyfunctional CD8+ T cell responses of controllers

  Adams, P. A., Vanham, G. & Seguin-Devaux, C.

  24/06/16 → 12/02/20

  Project: PhD-project

• End TB Clinical Trial - Output 2

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  MSF France

  1/06/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Service

• EMAR: Human African Trypanosomiasis: meeting the experts on trypanotolerance and animal reservoir

  Büscher, P. & De Smet, S.

  BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUDATION

  31/05/16 → 30/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• Search for host genetic factors associated with neurological complications (HAM/TSP) in Peruvian HTLV-1 infected individuals

  Talledo Albujar, M. J., Vanham, G., Van Camp, G. & Arevalo, J.

  18/05/16 → 27/09/16

  Project: PhD-project

• Modelling Taenia saginata epidemiology and control in Belgium

  Jansen, F., Berkvens, D., Gabriël, S. & Dorny, P.

  19/04/16 → 5/11/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia solium elimination versus control: what is the best method in a highly endemic area?

  Bulaya, C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S. & Piri, I. K.

  19/04/16 → 7/10/16

  Project: PhD-project

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

  Rutanga, J. P., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Muvunyi, C.

  1/04/16 → 19/04/22

  Project: PhD-project

• End TB Clinical Trial - Output 1

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  MSF France

  1/03/16 → 29/02/20

  Project: Service

• Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterial Isolates Causing Tuberculosis in Humans and Animals in Northwest Ethiopia

  Kitata, M. E., de Jong, B., Diro, E., Rigouts, L., Torrea, G. & Gehre, F.

  1/02/16 → 16/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• DiTECT-HAT: Diagnostic tools for human African trypanosomiasis elimination and clinical trials

  Büscher, P. & Stas, M.

  EDCTP2

  1/02/16 → 28/02/21

  Project: Research Project

• Epidemiology and control of polyparasitism with schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and Taenia solium infections in rural and co-endemic areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo

  Madinga Ntwan, J., Polman, K., Speybroeck, N. & Lutumba, P.

  15/01/16 → 19/01/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Estimation of the risk of developing resistance to anti-leishmanial drugs

  HEFNAWY, A. E., Dujardin, J. & Valkenborg, D.

  15/01/16 → 11/04/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Toxocara diagnosis and epidemiology

  Morales Yanez, F. J., Polman, K. & Muyldermans, S.

  15/01/16 → 5/07/19

  Project: PhD-project