Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 2004 2026

• 18 Not started
• 129 Active
• 256 Finished

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  ELITHE: ELIcitor synTHEtic biology

  Renzi, F.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/25

  Project: Research

  • elicitors 100%
  • synthetic biology 90%
  • wheat 15%

• Kinetic Monte Carlo modelling of interlocked catenane formation

  Datta, A., Das, A. & LEHERTE, L.

  19/03/21 → …

  Project: Research

• NITROPOL-BE: Impacts of nitrogen deposition in the natural environment on pollen allergy and respiratory infection outcomes in Belgium

  Linard, C., DENDONCKER, N., Bruffaerts, N., Aerts, R., Devleesschauwer , B., Honnay, O., Schrijvers, R. & Speybroeck, N.

  1/03/21 → 28/02/25

  Project: Research

  • Nitrogen 100%
  • Pollen 98%
  • Belgium 32%
  • Respiratory Tract Infections 25%
  • Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis 22%

• Impacts of nitrogen deposition in the natural environment on pollen allergy and respiratory infection outcomes in Belgium

  Aerts, R., Bruffaerts, N., Hoebeke, L., Honnay, O., Schrijvers, R., Devleesschauwer , B., Speybroeck, N., Linard, C. & DENDONCKER, N.

  15/01/21 → 15/04/25

  Project: Research

  • allergy 100%
  • infection 72%
  • natural environment 72%
  • pollen 70%
  • green space 59%

• Understanding the redox biology of manganese-based antioxidants in bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

  Arora, R., Van Doninck, K. & NICOLAS, E.

  1/01/21 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Adineta vaga 100%
  • Rotifera 57%
  • manganese 48%
  • Biological Sciences 37%
  • antioxidants 33%

• REPTAM: Reprogramming of macrophages toward M1 phenotype through gold nanoparticle and proton exposure

  Heuskin, A.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Reactive Oxygen Metabolite 100%
  • Gold Nanoparticle 88%
  • Proton 69%
  • Phagocytic 47%
  • Mannose 38%

• ARIAC by DigitalWallonia4.AI: Applications and Research for Trusted Artificial Intelligence (TRAIL-Foundations)

  Frenay, B., JACQUET, J. & Dumas, B.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/26

  Project: Research

  • Artificial intelligence 100%

• SoGerSpe: Soma-Germline specification during embryogenesis in C. elegans

  Hermand, D.

  1/01/21 → 1/12/24

  Project: Research

  • Caenorhabditis elegans 100%
  • Carisoprodol 99%
  • Germ Cells 89%
  • Embryonic Development 83%
  • RNA Polymerase II 26%

• Design and Synthesis of Hybrid Microcapsules for Mammal Cell Encapsulation devoted to Cell Therapy

  NEUMANN, M., SU, B. L. & ARNOULD, T.

  1/01/21 → 30/09/22

  Project: PHD

  • Microcapsule 100%
  • Encapsulation 78%
  • Immunosuppressive Agent 40%
  • Insulin Derivative 31%
  • Sol Gel Process 24%

• Scaling Up Variability

  SCHOBBENS, P. & Cordy, M.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

  • Scalability 100%
  • Risk assessment 60%
  • Testing 32%

• BAR domain proteins in endocytosis: a missing link between membrane curvature, cargo sorting, and signaling?

  Renard, H.

  1/01/21 → 1/12/22

  Project: Research

  • amphiphysin 100%
  • Protein Domains 62%
  • Endocytosis 62%
  • Clathrin 46%
  • Vesicular Transport Adaptor Proteins 38%

• MP-ANIBRU: REGIONAL COORDINATING MISSION FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

  Diederich, C.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

  • animal welfare 100%

• MAPnSEE: Pathogen Monitoring - Environmental Epidemiological Surveillance

  Linard, C. & Marescaux, J.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • environmental monitoring 100%
  • monitoring 56%
  • pathogens 52%

• RISE-2021: Bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga: a new eukaryotic extremophile model organism to study the impact of radiation and micro-gravity on biological processes

  Hespeels, B., Lucas, S., Heuskin, A., Van Doninck, K. & Baatout, S.

  1/01/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• BEWARE-DRAW-IT: Design of Red and White coatings by Innovative Technology

  Lucas, S.

  1/11/20 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research

  • Coatings 100%
  • Color 95%
  • Physical vapor deposition 65%
  • Atomic layer deposition 40%
  • Magnetron sputtering 35%

• Structural study of Lactate Dehydrogenase, a target for the design of new anticancer agents

  VAN GYSEL, M. & Wouters, J.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Lactate 100%
  • Antineoplastic Agent 87%
  • Metabolic 80%
  • Plastic Property 57%
  • Pyruvate 51%

• EPT: Emerging Proton Therapies

  Lucas, S.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Proton 100%

• Studying the impact of ploidy variation on the evolution of the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii

  Quinet, T. & Van Doninck, K.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Acanthamoeba castellanii 100%
  • Amoeba 78%
  • ploidy 72%
  • polyploidy 55%
  • mutation accumulation 38%

• REPTAM: Reprograming of macrophages toward M1 phenotype through gold nanoparticle and proton exposure

  Heuskin, A.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Gold Nanoparticle 100%
  • Proton 78%
  • Dioxygen 58%
  • Phagocytic 54%
  • Mannose 43%

• LEVERAge: Mobile phone data for transformative urban adaptation pathways

  Dujardin, S. & Linard, C.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • mobile phone 100%
  • planning system 48%
  • disaster risk 40%
  • urban climate 39%
  • climate change adaptation 34%

• Development of new compounds targeting coagulation factor XIIausing innovative microfluidic assays in the context of fragment-based drug discovery

  DAVOINE, C. & POCHET, L.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Capillary Affinity Electrophoresis 100%
  • Blood Clotting Factor 90%
  • factor XIIa inhibitor 81%
  • Coagulation 68%
  • Factor XII 63%

• Study of the mechanisms leading to mitochondrial fragmentation in Brucella-infected cells and analysis of its functional consequences

  VERBEKE, J., ARNOULD, T. & De Bolle, X.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Brucella 100%
  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 65%
  • cells 26%
  • mitochondria 23%
  • inflammasomes 17%

• Envelope stress responses system in Brucella abortus

  Lannoy, A. & De Bolle, X.

  1/10/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 100%
  • stress response 63%
  • Brucella 38%
  • bacteria 25%
  • bovine brucellosis 23%

• PGCspecification: Specification of precursor germ cells (PGC) from somatic cells during early embryogenesis in C. elegans

  PONSARD, P. & Hermand, D.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Terminal Repeat Sequences 100%
  • Germ Cells 81%
  • Embryonic Development 76%
  • Positive Transcriptional Elongation Factor B 45%
  • Phosphotransferases 42%

• PhD-SCK.CEN: Coatings enabling robotic systems in liquid metal for a new generation of nuclear reactors

  Lucas, S.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Liquid metals 100%
  • Nuclear reactors 99%
  • Robotics 68%
  • Coatings 67%

• Structural study of the regulatory ACT domains of M.tuberculosis and B.melitensis phosphoserinephosphatases towards the design of selective inhibitors

  PIERSON, E. & Wouters, J.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Crystallography 100%
  • Tuberculosis 85%
  • Ligands 73%
  • phosphoserine phosphatase 64%
  • Enzymes 56%

• EXO-Sugar-MAP: Mapping exo-glycals reactivity and biological applications

  VINCENT, S., Berionni, G. & Robiette, R.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/25

  Project: Research

  • Glycal 100%
  • Double Bond 57%
  • Chemical Transformation 46%
  • Carbohydrate 40%
  • Borylation 32%

• Design of biocontrolled pesticides based on detrimental insects trehalase inhibiton

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

  1/10/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • trehalase 100%
  • Acyrthosiphon pisum 92%
  • pesticides 59%
  • insects 45%
  • Aphidoidea 33%

• Reprogramming tumour-associated macrophages with proton irradiation to boost the effects of immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer

  HUART, C. & MICHIELS, C.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Protons 100%
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms 92%
  • Immunotherapy 86%
  • Macrophages 68%
  • Neoplasms 31%

• nvestigation of small nucleolar RNA in ageing and osteoarthritis, in an ovine model: bringing fundamentals to a large animal model

  Hontoir, F. & Vandeweerd, J.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

  • osteoarthritis 100%
  • animal models 63%
  • sheep 50%
  • RNA 47%
  • therapeutics 21%

• P&I: Parchments & inks: a combined approach of analytical methods for investigating parchment degradation and ink composition

  HOUSSIAU, L., DEPARIS, O. & Tumanov, N.

  1/10/20 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Improve the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer by identifying circulating tumour DNA and characterizing genome alterations leading to treatment failure.

  Gillet, J., Laes, J. F. & LEFEVRE, S.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• The COVILAB project - clinical laboratory investigations related to COVID-19

  Douxfils, J., DOGNE, J., FAVRESSE, J., Tre-Hardy, M., MULLIER, F., Haguet, H., Hardy, M., Melchionda, S., BOUVY, C., Morimont, L., Alpan, L., Devel, P. & Modaffari, E.

  13/03/20 → …

  Project: Research

  • SARS Virus 100%
  • Antibodies 28%
  • Hemostasis 23%
  • Coronavirus 21%
  • Immunoglobulin G 20%

• Multiresolution topological and non-covalent interaction analyses of electron density maps

  LEHERTE, L.

  1/03/20 → …

  Project: Research

  • phosphoserine phosphatase 100%
  • Electron Density 97%
  • Phosphoserine 77%
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation 60%
  • ligands 54%

• Interactions between outer-membrane and peptidoglycan in Brucella abortus

  Godessart, P. & De Bolle, X.

  1/01/20 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 100%
  • peptidoglycans 87%
  • lipoproteins 31%
  • mass spectrometry 26%
  • proteins 26%

• Study of the role of heme synthesis and peroxisomal metabolism in the exit from naive pluripotency

  Detraux, D., Renard, P. & ARNOULD, T.

  1/01/20 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Heme 100%
  • Pharmacological Metabolism 83%
  • Nitric Oxide 68%
  • Hemoprotein 45%
  • Metabolic 29%

• Nano4Life: Innovative multidrug nanomedicines for myocardial ischemia reperfusion injuries treatment

  DOGNE, J. & Couvreur, P.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Nanomedicine 100%
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury 75%
  • Nanoparticles 69%
  • Reperfusion Injury 66%
  • Adenosine 57%

• PEBIOTRA: Design of biocontrolled pesticides through the inhibition of trehalases of insect pests

  Perpete, E. & Michaux, C.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

• Use of immunohistochemistry imaging in cancer studies (CANCER for "Cancer imAging immuNohistoChEmistRy")

  Cataldo, D., Jerusalem, G. H. M., Kridelka, F. J., Gilles, C., Noël, A., GILLET, N. & Delvenne, P.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • scanners 100%
  • funding 91%
  • fluorescent dyes 87%
  • immunohistochemistry 83%
  • image analysis 67%

• MycEpi: Développement et validation d’un modèle multivalent de dermatophytose in vitro, en vue de son exploitation analytique, diagnostique et pharmacologique

  Poumay, Y. & Faway, E.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Tinea 100%
  • Mycoses 77%
  • Theoretical Models 62%
  • Arthrodermataceae 50%
  • Health 18%

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

  Marchand, E. & Hallez, R.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Melilotus 100%
  • starvation 62%
  • Proteobacteria 50%
  • carbon 45%
  • cell cycle 41%

• EpiD: Epitranscriptomic of dihydrouridine

  Hermand, D.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • DNA-like RNA 100%
  • Chaperonins 85%
  • Transfer RNA 63%
  • Tubulin 61%
  • Immunoprecipitation 55%

• Can viral infection of the lower respiratory tract promote lung cancer via the dysregulation of the innate immune effector APOBEC3?

  Lejeune, N. & GILLET, N.

  1/01/20 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Respiratory System 100%
  • Lung Neoplasms 83%
  • Virus Diseases 77%
  • Transgenic Mice 37%
  • Mutation 35%

• ROMICAR: Unravelling the role of mitophagy in cancer radioresistance

  Heuskin, A.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Mitophagy 100%
  • Linear Energy Transfer 69%
  • Radiation 36%
  • Protons 24%
  • Neoplasms 23%

• Preparation and physico-chemical characterization of (ionic) cocrystals of aryl hydantoins based on hydrogen, halogen, and chalcogen bonds

  Wouters, J. & Leyssens, T.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • halogens 100%
  • hydrogen bonds 92%
  • preparation 65%
  • characterization 49%
  • nuclear magnetic resonance 47%

• MITOCHONBRU: Study of the Brucella interactions with mitochondria of the host cells and characterization of mitochondrial fragmentation consequences

  ARNOULD, T.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Brucella 100%
  • mitochondria 62%
  • inflammasomes 28%
  • bacteria 27%
  • cells 26%

• Single cell analysis of Brucella growth

  De Bolle, X.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Brucella abortus 100%
  • Proteobacteria 95%
  • Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 89%
  • Brucella 85%
  • Peptidoglycan 84%

• Study of lipoprotein export to the surface of Bacteroidetes

  Renzi, F.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Bacteroidetes 100%
  • lipoproteins 83%
  • Sus 40%
  • animal pathogens 30%
  • bacteria 23%

• TINALTA: Product/process combination for the coating of machining tools with an optimized trimetallic nitride

  Lucas, S. & Haye, E.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Machining 100%
  • Nitride 74%
  • Coating Agent 45%
  • Torque 32%

• ARES-CCD Project: PRD - Establishment of a support platform for training and awareness-raising, diagnosis and development of a control strategy for Brucellosis and Trypanosomiasis in Ecuador

  De Bolle, X.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • trypanosomiasis 100%
  • Ecuador 98%
  • brucellosis 97%
  • public health 49%
  • disease control 46%