Aminopeptidase N-driven activation of the small intestinal epithelium as a cornerstone of gut immunity

Merging immunology with synthetic biology to improve animal health: strain engineering for the production of structurally defined carbohydrates with immunomodulating properties

Aminopeptidase N-mediated delivery of vaccines to intestinal epithelium to promote gut immunity

Doctoral project Victor Vaernewyck

Nanobody-assisted precision delivery of lactoferrin to the gut epithelium to combat infections with pathogenic bacteria.

Optimisation of diagnostics for bovine leptospirosis

Research into an improved Q fever surveillance in small ruminants

Unraveling the immunomodulating properties of structurally defined glycans to improve animal health

Characterization of immune responses upon Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination and infection

Control of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections by vaccination and management of breeding gilts

Design of smart lactoferrin by nanobody mediated targeting of lactoferrin to intestinal Chlamydia suis and its virulence factors

Design of smart ovotransferrins and a mRNA combination vaccine for controlling avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) and Chlamydia psittaci in chicken broilers

Doctoral project Chloë Deelkens

Doctoral project Dorien Mertens

Doctoral project Emma Heyman

Doctoral project Hans Van Der Weken

Doctoral project Lenny De Staercke

Doctoral project Linglong Chen

Doctoral project Mizanur Rahman

Doctoral project Raquel Sanz García

Doctoral project Ruben Ongena

Functions of porcine gamma-delta T lymphocytes

HARNESSING NATURE’S ARSENAL: Exploring the potential of the host defense protein lactoferrin to prevent ETEC-induced diarrhoea in postweaning pigs

HIDING AND RESIDING – Pseudorabies virus-induced downregulation of ligands for the activating NK cell receptor NKG2D and comparison of porcine blood with liver NK cells

Influence of strain -dependent characteristics on the Stx2e secretion by porcine Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Microbial strain engineering for the production of structurally defined carbohydrates with immunomodulating properties

Nanobody-mediated targetting of the host defence protein lactoferrin to Chlamydia suis

SETTING THE STAGE : Impact of beta-glucans and the liver environment on porcine natural killer cells

Spontaneous B cell lymphoma in dogs: state-of-the-art immunophenotyping and proof-of-concept on immunotherapeutic targets to benefit canine patients

Tick-borne diseases and the microbiome

Unraveling the effects of enterotoxins produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on porcine innate immune cells

Unravelling the interplay between <i>Coxiella burnetii </i>field strains and their hosts: insights into genomics, host immune responses and protective immunity

Adjuvanting aminopeptidase N-targeted oral vaccines to protect against gut pathogens

Aminopeptidase N-driven small intestinal epithelial transcytosis as a cornerstone of secretory IgA immunity upon oral vaccination

A versatile high-throughput multimode microplate reader to assess immune cell activation

BOF-TT-professorship in mucosal immunology

Cofunding core facility - Flow cytometry

Cultured stem cells for customized meat design

Development of a buccal self-amplifying mRNA vaccine for periodontal disease prophylaxis in dogs.

MucoVac - An oral vaccination platform based on APN targeting

Nanobody-assisted precision delivery of the moonlighting host defense protein lactoferrin to combat infections with pathogenic bacteria.

Porcine lactoferrin interferes with mucosal colonization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

PROVAXS

RIP: Receptors Imitators to prevent infections with enteric Pathogens

Targeting of vaccine antigens to aminopeptidase N to elicit protective intestinal immunity

Unraveling host-ETEC interactions in the gut and development of oral subunit vaccins

COS4AnimalHealth - Chitooligosaccharides platform for animal health applications

Identification of pathogen receptors and signal transduction pathways

Robust, user-friendly and state-of-the-art fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS)

SpatialConnect: linking tissue biology to the new era of single-cell spatial transcriptomics

Spontaneous B-cell lymphoma in dogs: state-of-the-art immunophenotyping and proof of concept on immunotherapeutic targets to benefit canine patients

Spontaneous B cell lymphoma in dogs: state-of-the-art immunophenotyping and proof-of-concept on immunotherapeutic targets to benefit canine patients

The capacity of lactoferrin to prevent diarrhoea and antibiotic use in postweaning pigs.

Upgrade of confocal FLIM microscope with two-photon excitation and detection modules

BOF-TT-professorship in mucosal immunology

Targeting epithelial receptors to switch the cross talk between enterocytes and antigen-presenting cells from tolerance to immunity.