Faculty of Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 1971 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2031

• 1 Curtailed
• 43 Not started
• 321 Active
• 1658 Finished

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  Etude des choix programmatiques des enseignants de sciences face à une réduction du temps d'enseignement-apprentissage

  Dehon, J., Vervoort, A. & Plumat, J.

  1/03/22 → …

  Project: Research Axis

• NHNAI: Nouvel humanisme au temps des neurosciences et de l'intelligence artificielle

  Laurent, N., Tilman, V., Hespel, B. & Poullet, Y.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research

• Characterization of envelope stress responses in Bacteroidetes

  Renzi, F.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Bacteroidetes 100%
  • stress response 68%
  • homeostasis 48%
  • bacteria 46%
  • Sus 40%

• BtripCHAct: Csp2- and Csp3-H activation mediated by Lewis superacids derived from 9-boratriptycene

  OSI, A. & Berionni, G.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Superacid 100%
  • Methane 61%
  • Alkane 43%
  • Lewis Base 28%
  • Autoclave 28%

• Role of a TonB-dependent receptor and an oxygenase in bacterial copper tolerance

  Matroule, J.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • oxygenases 100%
  • copper 77%
  • receptors 65%
  • metabolomics 33%
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa group 31%

• Spatio-temporal regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis by the actin-like protein MreB in bacteria

  Hallez, R.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Peptidoglycan 100%
  • Actins 70%
  • Bacteria 56%
  • Proteins 30%
  • Alphaproteobacteria 8%

• Observing life in 4D and high resolution for the characterization of novel dynamic biological mechanisms

  Renard, H., Declèves, A. E., Hermand, D. & Poumay, Y.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Biological Phenomena 100%
  • Nobel Prize 77%
  • Phototoxic Dermatitis 72%
  • Technology 67%
  • Belgium 59%

• PHOSPORE: Mastering metal-PHOSphonate properties in PORE-size engineered catalysts for bio-refinery processes

  MARCHAL, W., APRILE, C., Fusaro, L., Hermans, S., Ameloot, R., MEYNEN , V. & Hauffman, T.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research

  • Phosphonate 100%
  • Porosity 57%
  • Metal 44%
  • Catalyst 40%
  • Metal Organic Framework 34%

• Equipment renewal for the Consortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif (CECI)

  Bontempi, G., CHAMPAGNE, B., Geuzaine , C., RIGNANESE, G. M. & Lazzaroni, R.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Heterojunctions 100%
  • Carrier concentration 90%
  • Xanthenes 86%
  • Cycloaddition 77%
  • Polyoxometalates 75%

• Envelope stress response in Brucella

  De Bolle, X.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 100%
  • Brucella 95%
  • sensors (equipment) 74%
  • stress response 63%
  • bovine brucellosis 38%

• Building of a hydrogeological center at the University of Bujumbura

  Hallet, V.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • project 100%

• Ultrahigh resolution crystal structures: chirality and non-covalent bonding in multicomponent crystal systems and pyramidal Lewis acids

  Wouters, J., Berionni, G. & Leyssens, T.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • chirality 100%
  • acids 84%
  • crystal structure 73%
  • crystals 45%
  • acquisition 41%

• Unveiling the molecular mode of action of general anaesthesia on the cell membrane: a study by surface-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy

  Cecchet, F.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • anesthetics 100%
  • anesthesia 98%
  • lipids 48%
  • spectroscopy 36%
  • membranes 25%

• Characterization of mechanisms activating (p)ppGpp production upon carbon starvation in alpha-proteobacteria

  Marchand, E. & Hallez, R.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • alpha-Proteobacteria 100%
  • Ensifer meliloti 99%
  • starvation 74%
  • carbon 53%
  • nitrogen 47%

• Transcriptional control of a developmenal transition in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Stubbe, F. & Hermand, D.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • RNA Polymerase II 100%
  • Caenorhabditis elegans 94%
  • Gene Expression Regulation 46%
  • Cues 37%
  • Cell Differentiation 34%

• APOBEC3 dysregulation by the beta-papillomaviruses, a key step for non-melanoma skin carcinogenesis?

  Poulain, F. & Gillet, N.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Carcinogenesis 100%
  • Skin 71%
  • Genome 70%
  • Mutation 58%
  • Keratinocytes 50%

• Malaria risk mapping in Senegal: combining environmental and human factors

  Linard, C.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research

  • Human engineering 100%
  • Malaria control 46%
  • Machine learning 17%

• Dihydrouridine: Epitranscriptomic of dihydrouridine in pro- and eukarya

  Hermand, D. & Hallez, R.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • tubulin 100%
  • transcriptome 87%
  • chaperonins 66%
  • uridine 54%
  • cytoskeleton 52%

• PromiGold: Potentiation of protontherapy through mitophagy inhibition and gold nanoparticle induced oxidative stress

  Heuskin, A., Arnould, T. & Lopopolo, G.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Mitophagy 100%
  • Gold 74%
  • Nanoparticles 65%
  • Mitochondria 60%
  • Oxidative Stress 53%

• HydrogenActive: Hydrogenation of unactivated alkenes, amides and carbon dioxide mediated by frustrated Lewis pairs

  Mahaut, D., Berionni, G. & CHAMPAGNE, B.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Hydrogenation 94%
  • Alkene 91%
  • Amide 91%
  • Chemical Transformation 48%
  • Phosphine 46%

• BAR domain proteins in unconventional endocytic mechanisms: Roles in cancer and intracellular bacterial infections

  Renard, H. & De Bolle, X.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • amphiphysin 100%
  • Protein Domains 62%
  • Bacterial Infections 57%
  • Clathrin 57%
  • Membranes 36%

• Identification by Transposon Sequencing of essential bacterial genes for chronic Brucella infection in mice and cattle

  Barbieux, E., De Bolle, X. & Van Melderen, L.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Brucella 100%
  • brucellosis 80%
  • transposons 75%
  • vaccines 56%
  • essential genes 54%

• RISE: RISE-LARN 2022 2023: Bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga: a new eukaryotic extremophile model organism to study the impact of radiation and microgravity on biological processes

  Heuskin, A., Lucas, S. & Coos, R.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Meiosis 100%
  • Rotifera 95%
  • DNA Repair 79%
  • Adineta vaga 74%
  • Genome 58%

• Synchronization of multiple time scale dynamical systems on networks: chimera states and ‘canard’-phenomena

  Muolo, R. & Carletti, T.

  1/01/22 → 23/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Synchronization 100%
  • synchronism 87%
  • Long-range Interactions 80%
  • Nonlocal Interactions 79%
  • Dynamical systems 68%

• KORNET: Modular Koopman-operator based representations for nonlinear network identification

  Mauroy, A. & Hendrickx, J.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Nonlinear networks 100%
  • Mathematical operators 64%
  • Dynamical systems 57%
  • Inverse problems 25%
  • Identification (control systems) 20%

• ipanema: Interuniversity Platform for the Analysis of the Nanoscale properties of Emerging Materials and their Applications

  Leclère, P., Nysten, B., Maes, B., Cecchet, F., USTARROZ, J., Voué, M., NGUYEN Ngoc, D., Deparis, O. & VISART DE BOCARME, T.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • emerging 100%
  • platforms 93%
  • microscopy 52%
  • failure analysis 50%
  • nanotechnology 42%

• CRITICAL: deCiphering bacterial peRsIsTence of Individual Cells down to Atomic Level

  MICHIELS, J., VERSÉES, W., BALLET, S., Van Bambeke, F., Hallez, R. & VOGEL , J.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/25

  Project: Research

  • Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 100%
  • Urinary Tract Infections 90%
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents 46%
  • RNA-Seq 27%
  • Global Health 23%

• Design of biocontrolled pesticides based on detrimental insects trehalase inhibition

  Neyman, V., Michaux, C. & Francis, F.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Insecticide 100%
  • Pesticide 81%
  • Trehalose 54%
  • Environmental Friendliness 41%
  • Industry 32%

• The evolutionary enigma of a mixed-mating system in a selffertilizing vertebrate, Kryptolebias marmoratus

  BLANCO-ALVAREZ, Y. & SILVESTRE, F.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Kryptolebias marmoratus 100%
  • mating systems 64%
  • vertebrates 46%
  • heterozygosity 26%
  • outcrossing 22%

• Hollow silica nanotubes and nanospheres: toward catalytic and therapeutic applications

  Soumoy, L., APRILE, C. & Debecker, D. P.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Nanotube 81%
  • Micelle 79%
  • Silicon Atom 60%
  • Heterogeneous Catalyst 48%
  • Lewis Acid 45%

• NMR COMPASS: NMR characterisation of COMplex PhAses in Solid-State

  Fusaro, L.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • nuclear magnetic resonance 100%
  • solid state 94%
  • cations 79%
  • characterization 69%
  • anions 59%

• Study of the mechanisms leading to HIF-1alpha stabilisation and BNIP3L expression in Brucella abortus-infected cells: role in mitophagy and tropism of the bacteria for the mitochondria

  Arnould, T.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • mitophagy 100%
  • tropisms 84%
  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 79%
  • Brucella 75%
  • mitochondria 47%

• Radiation-induced immune-modulation in head and neck cancer

  SCHIFFLERS, C. & MICHIELS, C.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Head and Neck Neoplasms 100%
  • Radiation 74%
  • Radiotherapy 68%
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck 37%
  • Neoplasms 32%

• Functional oligomeric helices as versatile chiral molecular materials for second-order nonlinear optics and chiroptics

  CHAMPAGNE, B.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Hyper Rayleigh Scattering 100%
  • Hyperpolarizability 76%
  • Nonlinear Optical Property 75%
  • Quantum Chemistry 72%
  • Field Effect 66%

• Characterization of innovative materials by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

  Idrissi, H., Jonas, A., Simar, A., Jean-Christophe, C., Raskin, J., JACQUES, P., Hermans, S., Godet, S., Lucas, S. & Pardoen, T.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • transmission electron microscopy 100%
  • high resolution 92%
  • characterization 84%
  • federations 47%
  • research and development 34%

• Ecotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles to aquatic organisms: immunomodulation and oxidative stress responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

  Beghin, M. & Kestemont, P.

  1/01/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • rainbows 100%
  • organisms 86%
  • metal oxides 76%
  • mucus 61%
  • nanoparticles 53%

• Metabolic control of different responses of human cancer cells to X-ray and proton radiotherapy

  Hardy, E., Heuskin, A. & Sterpin, E.

  2/11/21 → …

  Project: PHD

• LoDeGaN: Development of a low noise detection prototype for gamma rays spectroscopy

  Stasser, C. & Terwagne, G.

  1/11/21 → 31/10/25

  Project: Research

• DNMSTC: Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of taxpropellane and canataxpropellane

  Delmée, P. & Lanners, S.

  1/10/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Pauson-Khand Annulation 100%
  • Total Synthesis 91%
  • Diterpenoid 81%
  • Michael Addition 72%
  • Intramolecular Michael Addition 50%

• Targeting the splicing factor TFIP11 in cancer by an intrinsically disordered protein-based drug design strategy

  JUNIKU, B., Michaux, C. & Mottet, D.

  1/10/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • tuftelin 100%
  • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins 83%
  • RNA Splicing Factors 75%
  • Drug Design 65%
  • Proteins 20%

• MetaRad: Metabolic control of different responses of human cancer cells to X-ray and proton radiotherapy

  Sonveaux, P., Sterpin, E., Heuskin, A., Gallez, B. & Hardy, E.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/25

  Project: Research

  • cancer 100%
  • radiation therapy 83%
  • tumors 72%
  • protons 57%
  • x rays 34%

• Role of the (p)ppGpp alarmone in the virulence and stress response of the multi-drug resistant opportunistic nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

  Perrier, A. & Hallez, R.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Acinetobacter baumannii 100%
  • stress response 59%
  • virulence 59%
  • drugs 48%
  • pathogens 43%

• Deciphering the RNA-mediated allosteric regulation of the bifunctional (p)ppGpp synthetase/hydrolase enzyme in α- proteobacteria

  Soares Maio, J. P. & Hallez, R.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • guanosine 3',5'-polyphosphate synthetases 100%
  • Allosteric Regulation 80%
  • Proteobacteria 73%
  • Hydrolases 64%
  • Transfer RNA 59%

• ACTOP-NOMENA: Active tuning of the optical properties of non-metallic nanoparticles

  HONET, A. & Henrard, L.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • Nanosystems 100%
  • Light absorption 92%
  • Optical properties 76%
  • Nanostructures 75%
  • Hubbard model 62%

• WALSAT: WALlonia Space Awareness Technology

  Romano, M., Daquin, J., Carletti, T. & Lemaitre, A.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Study of the biogenesis of the VirB type IV secretion system in Brucella abortus

  Focant, C. & De Bolle, X.

  1/10/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • type IV secretion system 100%
  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 83%
  • biogenesis 66%
  • copper 51%
  • vacuoles 29%

• MOUSSEaION: Uncovering the growth mechanisms of coatings deposited by Physical Vapour Deposition on complex 3D substrates

  CHAVEE, L., Lucas, S. & Haye, E.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • foams 100%
  • vapor deposition 77%
  • coatings 68%
  • nickel 61%
  • characterization 42%

• Deciphering of the mitochondrial co-translational import mechanism in mammals, identification of the main actors and characterization of their physiological relevance

  MEURANT, S., Renard, P. & Arnould, T.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • imports 100%
  • mitochondria 78%
  • mammals 75%
  • ribosomes 65%
  • RNA-binding proteins 43%

• Molecular characterization of the cellular processes targeted by the second messenger (p)ppGpp in free-living and pathogenic bacteria

  Hallez, R.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • second messengers 100%
  • bacteria 46%
  • virulence 41%
  • microbial physiology 25%
  • antibiotics 25%

• Drosha homolog Pac1 functions in microRNA-like biogenesis and cellular differentiation control in fission yeast S. pombe

  Yague-Sanz, C. & Hermand, D.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Schizosaccharomyces 100%
  • MicroRNAs 69%
  • RNA 38%
  • Eukaryota 28%
  • Saccharomycetales 16%