Microbiology Research Group

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2009 2010 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2025

• 34 Active
• 91 Finished

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• 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

• Alternative techniques for monitoring of rifampicin resistant TB treatment response, to replace systematic monitoring by culture

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research 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

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

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

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/07/13 → 28/02/19

  Project: Research Project

• ESAHIVCOINFRES: European and South African HIV co-infection research consortium

  Kenyon, C., Meehan, C. & Sy, H.

  European Commission

  1/11/11 → 31/10/15

  Project: Research Project

• Development of a non-RRDR SNP assay for countries to assess accuracy of Xpert in detecting their circulating rifampicin resistance

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

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• BURULIVAC: Identification and development of vaccine candidates for Buruli Ulcer Disease

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  1/03/10 → 31/05/13

  Project: Research Project

• BCCM/ITM Mycobacteriënverzameling: Consolidatie en beheer van het BCCM Consortium als Belgisch "Biological Research Center" (BRC) - 2019

  Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid

  1/01/19 → 31/12/19

  Project: Research Project

• Diagnose MDR-TB: An alternative way to improve diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a rapid diagnostic test and a clinical score.

  Colebunders, R., Rigouts, L., Lorent, N. & Van der Meer, A.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/10 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research Project

• NGIN: Next generation HIV-1 immunogens inducing broadly reactive neutralising antibodies

  Vanham, G. & Janssens, N.

  1/02/08 → 31/07/12

  Project: Research 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

• 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

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

  Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  1/01/16 → 31/12/18

  Project: Research Project

• HAT-PolyB VL: Polyclonal B-cell activation in human African tryponosomiasis (HAT): impact on acquired immunity and on rapid diagnostic tests.

  Büscher, P., van Griensven, J., Boelaert, M., Lejon, V., Jacobs, J., Kestens, L., Fransen, C., Bottieau, E., OKENGE, A., Atua, B., MUMBA, D., Muyembe, J., MABIALA, M., Lutumba, P. & Kande, V.

  1/09/09 → 31/12/12

  Project: Research Project

• Technical assistance and support by the Supranational Reference Laboratory at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (SRL) to the National Reference Laboratory (NRLs) of Georgia and Bangladesh and Proficiency testing for Drug-susceptibility testing (Round 25)

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  World Health Organisation

  15/05/19 → 31/05/20

  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

• Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of recently sexually transmitted HIV

  Vanham, G., Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/11 → 31/12/14

  Project: Research Project

• HIV semen: Better understanding HIV transmission through isolation and characteriszation of HIV from semen

  Ariën, K. & Janssens, N.

  Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

  1/01/13 → 31/12/15

  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

• WANETAM PLUS: Towards strenghtening of the West African Node of excellence for TB, AIDS & Malaria

  de Jong, B., Kestens, L., Ravinetto, R. & Janssens, N.

  European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

  27/10/11 → 31/08/14

  Project: Research Project

• HIV Control: Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication

  Vanham, G., VERHASSELT, B., MOUTSCHEN, M., BERNEMAN, Z., VANDAMME, A. & BERKHOUT, B.

  1/01/07 → 31/03/12

  Project: Research Project

• TB-IRIS: Pathogenesis and identification of predictive factors of TB-IRIS in HIV patients under HAART

  Kestens, L., Daneau, G. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission

  1/07/07 → 30/06/11

  Project: Research Project

• Novel immmunization strategy, using non-viral carriers for mRNA, encoding HIV protein variants.

  Vanham, G., Grooten, J., De Smedt, S. & Janssens, N.

  Flemish Government - Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

  1/07/09 → 31/08/13

  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

• TB PAN NET: Pan-European network for the study and clinical management of drug resistant tuberculosis

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

  European Commission

  1/01/09 → 30/06/14

  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

• Treatment of Rifampin-resistsant Tuberculosis with an All-Oral Regimen containing new drugs in Zhytomyr Ukraine

  de Jong, B., Ardizzoni, E. & Janssens, N.

  MSF Belgium

  1/03/19 → 31/07/21

  Project: Research Project

• INTERRUPT TB: Estimating the effective reproductive rate of M. Tuberculosis from changes in molecular clustering rates, to measure the impact of public health interventions on TB transmission

  de Jong, B., Gehre, F., Meehan, C., Rigouts, L. & Janssens, N.

  European Commission - European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC)

  1/01/13 → 31/07/18

  Project: Research Project

• EMPRO: European Microbicides Project

  Vanham, G. & Buvé, A.

  European Commission

  1/01/04 → 31/12/09

  Project: Research Project

• 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

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

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

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/07/21

  Project: Research 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

• 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

• Document false rifampicin resistance of Xpert MTB/RIF in Bangladesh and of LPA or MGIT DST in Pakistan, for selected samples

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  Damien Foundation Belgium

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research Project

• Data integration to close the gap on Prediction of MTB Drug Resistance Mutations

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

  DIVERSE KLANTEN

  20/10/20 → 20/10/21

  Project: Research Project

• RAFA: A randomised controlled trial of 3 strategies for the treatment of ARV-naive HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis

  de Jong, B., Merle, C., Gninafon, M., Sow, O. B., Lo, D., McIlleron, H., Furco, A. & Galperine, T.

  20/01/11 → 20/01/14

  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

• Service

  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

• Determination of the ideal concentration of BVL-GSK098 required to boost ETH activity

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  15/08/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Service

• End TB Clinical Trial - Output 2

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  MSF France

  1/06/16 → 30/09/21

  Project: Service

• End TB Clinical Trial - Output 1

  de Jong, B. & Janssens, N.

  MSF France

  1/03/16 → 29/02/20

  Project: Service