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...

Cutural Memory and Transmediality: the Representation of Trauma in Comics, Graphic Novels, Film and Documentaries

This project is offered at Campus Sint-Andries (Antwerp). This project focuses on the representation of Italy’s recent history in transmedial narratives, such as comics, graphic no...

The multimodal representation of criminal syndicates in documentaries

This project is offered at the Campus Sint-Andries (Antwerp). The present project focuses on the multimodal representation of (Italian) crime syndicates. It will investigate the iden...