Department of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2009 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2026

• 76 Active
• 213 Finished

Projects per year

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  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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• High treatment failure rates in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness: the interface between drug resistant parasites and advanced disease stage.

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

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• BCCM ERP/LIMS: BCCM Enterprise Resource Planning / Laboratory Management System 2016

  Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Perception of neglected zoonotic diseases among livestock owners in Africa: the One Health approach

  Thys, S., Boelaert, M., Dorny, P., Dorny, P. & Gabriël, S.

  14/10/15 → 11/09/19

  Project: PhD-project

• An investigation of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and their pathogens in districts of northern Uganda affected by nodding syndrome

  Hendy, A., Madder, M. & Colebunders, B.

  7/10/15 → 6/02/18

  Project: PhD-project

• The role of intestinal parasite infections in child undernutrition and (change in) body fat in Mozambique

  Cossa Moiane, I., Polman, K. & de Deus, N.

  1/09/15 → 31/08/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Implications of the population structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Benin for tuberculosis presentation, diagnosis and outcome

  Sanoussi, C. N., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L. & Affolabi, D.

  1/09/15 → 7/10/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Taenia solium Elimination versus control: what is the best way forward for Sub-Saharan Africa?

  Hobbs, E. C., Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Dorny, P., Willingham, A. L. & Ketzis, J.

  2/07/15 → 26/11/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Diagnostic mimotopes for antibody detection in visceral leishmaniasis

  Kühne, V., Büscher, P. & Van Ostade, X.

  1/07/15 → 11/06/20

  Project: PhD-project

• Cell-associated HIV-RNA as a superior marker of treatment success or failure

  Pannus, P., Vanham, G., Fransen, C. & Vandekerckhove, L.

  29/04/15 → 19/09/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Targeting host-encoded factors for anti-leishmania therapy? Insights from chemical genetics and antimony resistant field isolates.

  Dujardin, J., De Muylder, G., Roy, S. & Desager, S.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/04/15 → 30/09/17

  Project: Research Project

• ARMADA: Ontwikkeling van een pan-arbovirus diagnostische test voor klinisch management van niet-malaria ziekten met koorts

  Ariën, K., Cnops, L., De Smet, B. & Janssens, N.

  Agency for Innovation by Science & Technology

  1/03/15 → 28/02/18

  Project: Research Project

• Use of fluorescen diacetate vital staining for the early detection of rifampicin resistance in tuberculosis patients in Mali

  Diarra, B., de Jong, B., L. Murphy, R. & Diallo, S.

  1/02/15 → 8/10/19

  Project: PhD-project

• A study of the mechanisms of natural killer cell-mediated resistance to HIV-infection

  Hens, J., Kestens, L. & Kestens, L.

  22/01/15 → 2/04/20

  Project: PhD-project

• The public health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium

  Smit, S., Dorny, P. & Dorny, P.

  1/01/15 → 21/03/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Functional characterization of Leishmania braziliensis throughout in vitro biological cycle: the quest for a quiescent stage among amastigotes

  Jara Portocarrero, M., Dujardin, J., Arevalo, J. & Cos, P.

  1/01/15 → 27/03/19

  Project: PhD-project

• EUROLEISHNET: Control of leishmaniasis, from bench to bedside and community

  Boelaert, M., Büscher, P., Dujardin, J., Sunyoto, T., Kühne, V., Zolfo, M. & Everaert, R.

  European Commission

  1/01/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: diagnostic value of the small RNA landscapes

  Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Grijalva, M. & De Smet, S.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/15 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• MalaSpot: Eco epidemiology of asymptomatic malaria hotspots, a prerequisite for malaria elimination?

  Van Bortel, W., Coosemans, M., Peeters, K. & Debois, D.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/11/14 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Optimizing the use of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis and clinical management of adult and childhood TB and MDR TB suspects in Ethiopia

  Jano, M. T., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L. & Abebe, G.

  27/10/14 → 15/06/18

  Project: PhD-project

• CYSTISTOP: Sofi Taenia solium elimination

  Gabriël, S., Trevisan, C., Berkvens, D., Debois, D. & Dorny, P.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/14 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research Project

• Study of the tsetse fly innate immunity to control the endosymbiotic bacterium Sodalis gossinidius and its impact on trypanosome transmission

  Trappeniers, K., Van Den Abbeele, J., de Graaf, D. & De Vooght, L.

  28/04/14 → 10/07/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Consequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genetic diversity in the context of HIV co-infection for laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in Africa

  Ssengooba, W., de Jong, B., Cobbelens, F. G. J., Van Leth, F. & Mandomando, I.

  28/04/14 → 13/06/17

  Project: PhD-project

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: profiling the small RNA landscapes

  Gonzalez Andrade, P. D., Jacobs, J., Jacobs, J. & Grijalva, M.

  1/04/14 → 19/04/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Serological markers for evaluation of repellent efficacy on force of infection of malaria

  Kerkhof, K., Coosemans, M. & Van Geertruyden, J.

  13/02/14 → 25/11/16

  Project: PhD-project

• CLAG3: New mechanisms of drug resistance in malaria parasites: a molecular, epidemiological and social study

  Mira Martinez, S., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Cortés Closas, A. & Broerse, J.

  13/02/14 → 23/02/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Genetic and immunological factors contributing to inter-­individual variation in susceptibility to malaria in early infancy

  Natama natama, H. M., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kestens, L. & Tinto, H.

  1/02/14 → 13/12/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Emmonsia: An investigation into the geographical distribution, host species, burden of disease and optimal diagnosis and treatment of Emmonsia hoerikwaggiana infections.

  Colebunders, R., Büscher, P., Kenyon, C., Vismer, H. F., Leirs, H., Govender, N. P., Bamford, C., Borman, A. M., Dlamini, S. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/14 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• iHIVARNA: Therapeutic TriMix/Mrna BASED Vaccine in Chronic HIV-1 Infected Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

  Vanham, G., Brander, C., Garcia, F., Gruters, R., Manent, M., Thielemans, K., Vanham, G. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/12/13 → 31/12/17

  Project: Research Project

• Study of the dynamics, phenotype and role of regulatory T cells during HIV subtype C early Infecton and during prime-boost vaccination with HIVIS-DNA

  Matavele Chissumba, R., Kestens, L. & Jani, I. V.

  1/12/13 → 8/05/19

  Project: PhD-project

• Evaluation of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) in Chókwè district, Southern Mozambique: coverage and effect on pregnancy and parasitological outcomes

  Arnaldo, P., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Kestens, L. & Enosse, S. M. M.

  1/12/13 → 10/12/19

  Project: PhD-project

• A new Opisthorchis species (Opisthorchildae) in Central Vietnam

  Dao, T. H. T., Dorny, P., Dorny, P., Nguyen , T. G. T. & Gabriël, S.

  1/12/13 → 23/11/17

  Project: PhD-project

• CYSTINET: European network on Taeniosis/Cysticercosis

  Dorny, P., Gabriël, S., Jansen, F., Thys, S., Dermauw, V., Smit, S. & De Smet, S.

  26/11/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• A systems biology approach for a comprehensive understanding of development and adaptation in Leishmania donovani

  Cuypers, B., Dujardin, J., Dujardin, J. & Laukens, K.

  22/10/13 → 23/05/18

  Project: PhD-project

• Early diagnosis and care of tuberculosis through community-based active case-finding using rapid diagnostic tests in urban slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  Lorent, N., Colebunders, R., Lynen, L., Rigouts, L. & Colebunders, B.

  22/10/13 → 2/10/15

  Project: PhD-project

• Repellent as an additional tool to long lasting insecticidal nets to target the residual transmission in a north-eastern province of Cambodia. Study of the use and efficacy of a topical repellent using the passive and active malaria case detection systems

  Somony, H., Coosemans, M., Coosemans, M., Sochantha, T., Durnez, L. & Sluydts, V.

  1/10/13 → 27/04/17

  Project: PhD-project

• IDIS: Innovative Diagnostics for Invasive Salmonellosis

  Deborggraeve, S., Jacobs, J., Ley, B., Gevaert, K., Leclipteux, T., Decuypere, S., De Smet, S., Stas, M. & Deborggraeve, S.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• Band3 Malaria: Functional analysis of band 3 protein in the process of Plasmodium vivax invasion

  Rosanas-Urgell, A., Dujardin, J., Prajapati, S. & Desager, S.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/09/13 → 31/07/17

  Project: Research Project

• Towards improved understanding of transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in The Gambia

  Ofori-Anyinam, N. A. B., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L., Gehre, F. & Antonio, M.

  1/08/13 → 23/10/17

  Project: PhD-project

• TRIPARTITE: African trypanosome transmission: unraveling the molecular 'tripartite' between a protozoan parasite, a symbiotic bacterium and the tsetse fly innate immunity

  Van Den Abbeele, J., De Vooght, L., Caljon, G. & De Smet, S.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/07/13 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• SeTPAT: A Directed Search for a Treponema pallidum Antigen Test

  Kenyon, C., Büscher, P., Kestens, L., Ravinetto, R., Van Ostade, X. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/07/13 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research Project

• BURULI ULCUS: Global spread and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium ulcerans

  Eddyani, M., de Jong, B., Berkvens, D., Phanzu, D. M., Affolabi, D., Sopoh, G., Jordaens, K., Harris, S. R., Stinear, T. & Janssens, N.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/07/13 → 30/06/19

  Project: Research Project

• SINGLE: Single cell genomics of Leishmania: tracking genetic diversity between and within hosts directly in clinical samples

  Dujardin, J. & De Smet, S.

  Vlaamse Overheid

  1/07/13 → 30/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• The spread of Rhipicephalus microplus and the detection of acaricide resistance: Impact on the epidemiology of bovine babesiosis in Zimbabwe

  Sungirai, M., Berkvens, D., De Clercq, P., Moyo, D. & Madder, M.

  1/06/13 → 24/11/17

  Project: PhD-project