Department of Biomedical Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2024

• 52 Active
• 170 Finished

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  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 → 30/06/22

  Project: PhD-project

• Investigating drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• L’épidémiologie et la lutte contre la schistosomiase au Burundi dans un contexte d’élimination

  Bizimana, P., Polman, K. & Van Geertruyden, J.

  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.

  3/11/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Assessing replicative fitness difference of SARS-CoV-2 circulating lineages

  Bartholomeeusen, K. & Janssens, N.

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/07/21

  Project: Research Project

• Entomological evidence to support Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination in Nepal

  Roy, L., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  1/07/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• ImmCoV: Are SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies a correlate for protection?)

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  22/05/20 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research Project

• SARS-CoV-2 HCW study : SARS-CoV-2 prevalence, seroprevalence and seroconversion among healthcare workers in Belgium during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Sciensano

  22/04/20 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research Project

• The clinically silent Plasmodium vivax reservoir in the Amazon: a systematic review and pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-based surveys

  Rosanas-Urgell, A. & Stas, M.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/04/20 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research Project

• DiMoC: Diversity Components in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/03/20 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research Project

• Innovative diagnostic and therapeutic measures to improve MDR-TB diagnosis and management in Conakry, Guinea

  Hassane Harouna, S., de Jong, B., Decroo, T., Rigouts, L., Delamou, A. & Camara, L. M.

  1/01/20 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• MOOD: MOnitoring Outbreak events for Disease surveillance in a data science context

  Müller, R. & Borremans, G.

  European Commission

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• Identifying sylvatic reservoir species of outbreak-prone arthropodborne viruses through large-scale serostatus mapping in African wildlife

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• DeepMTB: Heteroresistance: an occult threat to the treatment success of resistant tuberculosis

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

• PEAU-EBOV-RDC: Prise en charge améliorée de Maladie à Virus Ebola en situation d'urgence en RDC

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  1/09/19 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research Project

• A study of the Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion pathways and ligand candidates, with special attention to the promising PvTRAg and PvRBP multigenic families.

  De Meulenaere, K., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Laukens, K., Cuypers, B., Kattenberg, J. H. & Monsieurs, P.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Using novel molecular approaches to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium leprae in the Comoros

  Braet, S., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Evaluation of the role of immune checkpoint molecules in the natural killer cell-mediated anti-HIV response

  Laeremans, T., Vanham, G. & Aerts, J.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Development of a novel nanoparticle formulation for mRNA based therapeutic vaccination against HIV

  D'haese, S., Vanham, G., Aerts, J. & Allard, S. D.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• The role of innovative tools for sand fly control in the visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative in the South-East-Asian region

  Chowdhury, R., Hasker, E., Van Bortel, W. & Caljon, G.

  11/04/19 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• CHARHAT-DRC: Cryptic human and animal reservoirs compromise the sustainedelimination of gambiense-human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Büscher, P., Van Reet, N., Boelaert, M., Inocêncio da Luz, R., Miaka, E. M., Phanzu, D. M., Ngoyi, D. M., Mposhi, M. & Stas, M.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/12/18 → 30/11/23

  Project: Research Project

• ZCL Morocco: A systemic insecticide to control zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Errachidia province - Southeastern Morocco: an intervention trial for an innovative vector control tool

  Boelaert, M., Hasker, E., Bennis, I., Sunyoto, T., Cloots, K., Van Bortel, W., Poche, R. M., Poche, D. M. & Paessens, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/11/18 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research Project

• MAD-LEI: Aneuploidy and mosaicism: a strategy for early adaptation todrug pressure in Leishmania

  Dujardin, J., Domagalska, M., Imamura, H., Van den Broeck, F., Monsieurs, P. & Stas, M.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research Project

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

  Büscher, P., Van Reet, N. & Stas, M.

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  1/10/18 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research Project

• WGS-TB-DIAG: Whole Genome Sequencing to streamline TB diagnosis, improve TB surveillance and optimize individualized TB treatment a pragmatic trial

  Van Rie, A., Rigouts, L., Callens, S., Warren, R. M., Beutels, P. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

• TriDoRe: Novel High-Dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

  Lynen, L., de Jong, B., Van Deun, A., Decroo, T., Gumusboga, M., Meehan, C., Lempens, P., Rigouts, L., Ratsarahery, L., Van Herrewege, Y., Buyze, J. & Herssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research Project

• TriDoRe: Novel high-dose tuberclosis retreatment regimens: How to overcome resistance without creating more?

  Decroo, T., Lynen, L., de Jong, B. & Ratsarahery, L.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/10/18 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research Project

• SchistoSAM: A proof-of-concept trial to evaluate artesunate-mefloquine as a novel alternative treatment for schistosomiasis in African children

  Bottieau, E., Polman, K., Van Herrewege, Y., Rosanas-Urgell, A., Mbow, M., Cisse, B. & Baert, E.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/10/18 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research Project

• PEOPLE: Post exposure prophylaxis for leprosy in the Comoros and Madagascar

  de Jong, B., Hasker, E., Braet, S., Geluk, A., Cambau, E., Gaudin, C., Andrianarivelo, M. R., Assoumani, Y. & Stas, M.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/18 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research Project

• Systems biological analysis of niche adaptation in resistant and virulent Salmonella pathogens

  Cuypers, W., Jacobs, J. & Laukens, K.

  26/04/18 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• LeishShield MATI: A multi-disciplinary international effort to identify clinical, molecular and social factors impacting cutaneous leishmaniasis

  Dujardin, J. & Stas, M.

  European Commission

  1/04/18 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research 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 → …

  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 → …

  Project: PhD-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

• 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.

  1/09/17 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• First-line anti TB-drugs revisited

  Lempens, P., de Jong, B. & Rigouts, L.

  12/01/17 → …

  Project: PhD-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

• 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

• 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

• Characterization of Chikungunya virus-host protein complexes involved in viral attachment and entry

  De Caluwé, L., Ariën, K., Bartholomeeusen, K. & Van Ostade, X.

  4/10/16 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• SOLID: Evaluation of an antibody detecting point-of-care test for the detection of Taenia Solium Taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis in communities and primary care settings of highly endemic, resource-poor areas in Tanzania and Zambia, including training of- and technology transfer to the regional Reference Laboratory and health centres

  Dorny, P., Trevisan, C. & Debois, D.

  EDCTP2

  1/09/16 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• DIAMA: Culture free diagnosis and follow-up of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  EDCTP2

  1/06/16 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research Project

• Bacterial bloodstream infections in Rwanda: a molecular surveillance study

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

  1/04/16 → …

  Project: PhD-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 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Antigen discovery for the diagnosis of invasive salmonellosis: A targeted proteomics approach

  SALEH, S., Büscher, P. & Gevaert, K.

  22/01/15 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• CYSTISTOP: Sofi Taenia solium elimination

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

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/09/14 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research Project

• Carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae: profiling the small RNA landscapes

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

  1/04/14 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Molecular characterization of mycobacterial strains from clinical specimens of patients with tuberculosis

  Makhado, N. A., de Jong, B., Colebunders, B. & Nchabeleng , M.

  4/02/13 → …

  Project: PhD-project

• Improving detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB by use of novel phenotypic and genotypic tests

  Ardizzoni, E., de Jong, B., Rigouts, L. & Varraine, F.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: PhD-project