Light-activated anticancer compounds

Chemotherapy is, after surgery, the second most efficient therapy against cancer. However, it has many side effects for cancer patients because anticancer drugs kill cancer cells but...

Optimisation of a pseudo-3D model observer for emerging 2D mammography applications

Present project focuses on signals that have to be detected in x-ray images of the breast. Two types of lesions are important: tiny microcalcifications and cancers. This is a project...

Modulation of bacterial adherence in infective endocarditis: impact of bacterial surface molecules and underlying tissues used in right ventricular outflow tract valve replacement

Patients after valve replacement are susceptible for infective endocarditis (IE) which is characterized as a multistep event involving bacterial surface-bound adhesive molecules that...

Ethical aspects of human genetics

The project will be supervised by Pascal Borry, who is an associate professor of bioethics at the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (University of Leuven, Belgium). His research i...

Design, synthesis and application of activity-based probes for imaging and detection of proteases

Proteases are enzymes responsible for the cleavage of peptide bonds. They are not only involved in digestive processes and protein turnover, but also play a crucial role in regulator...

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