Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content Political Chronicles 2017 Continuing the tradition of L’Afrique des grands lacs. Annuaire, this companion volume to Conjonctures de l’Afrique Centrale offers a survey of political developments in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, R…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content How deep is the sleep of tree buds in winter? How deep is the sleep of tree buds in winter? A more erratic sleep for deciduous trees than previously thought is discovered. A new study by Romain Garrigues and co-authors showed that while absence of win…

TURQUOISE search menu search content Research The research project The past four years have made it clear that we are insufficiently prepared for droughts and water scarcity. A proactive, ecosystem-based approach is needed to increase water availability. The role of blue-green measures in preventing…

Luc Moens emeritus occasional assignment Research Luc Moens Research team Expertise - in vitro expression of hemo-proteins in E. coli - protein purification and characterisation - protein sequencing - molecular biological techniques (PCR, cloning, hybridisation, celculture etc). Ion mobility high re…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Visiting researchers Visiting researchers after Research Completion Calls At Ugandan universities high quality research is being performed that leads to dissertations, master theses, doctoral thesis, etc. However, many data remain unexplored, result…

Jan Staes guest prof. external funds - associate professor - senior researcher Research Jan Staes Research team Ecosphere Expertise Dr. Staes Jan has been working at the Ecosystem Management Research Group since 2002. In 2002-2004 he developed (and applied) a concept and methodology for the elaborat…

Kristel Sleegers professor Research Kristel Sleegers Research team VIB CMN - Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Expertise Kristel Sleegers, MD PhD, is an expert in the complex genetics of Alzheimer's disease. With a background in medicine and genetic epidemiology she combines state-of-the-art molecul…

Annemie Van Der Linden emeritus occasional assignment Research Annemie Van Der Linden Research team Bio-Imaging lab Expertise Instrumentation (MRI + anaesthesia + physiological monitoring) and data processing software for in vivo molecular, functional, physiological and anatomical neuro MRI of small…

Institute of Development Policy Working Papers Working Papers The IOB Working Paper Series (ISSN 2294-8643) seeks to stimulate the timely exchange of ideas about development issues, by offering a forum to get findings out quickly, even in a less than fully polished form. The IOB Working Papers are v…

Bio-Imaging Lab search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Temporal profiling of neuroplasticity in the brain following spinal cord injury towards improved functional recovery. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by sensory, motor and autono…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The consequences of nitrogen-induced shifts in fungal and bacterial communities for carbon cycling in temperate forests. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Forests constitute a large and persistent carbon stock, which has increased over th…