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

Study of endocytosis, transcytosis and nuclear location of porcine lactoferrin in enteroids and design of smart lactoferrin by nanobody mediated targeting of lactoferrin to intestinal Chlamydia suis and its virulence factors

A combinational approach for Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in shrimp: diagnostic monitoring and use of transferrins as natural antimicrobial and immunomodulating compounds.

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 Anne De Meyst

Doctoral project Aura Lion

Doctoral project Ibe Van de Casteele

Doctoral project Julie Geldhof

Doctoral project Kim Mignon

Doctoral project Leentje De Puysseleyr

Doctoral project Lenny De Staercke

Doctoral project Lizi Yin

Doctoral project Marieke Vandeputte

Doctoral project Sarah Van Lent

Doctoral project Veerle Dickx

Doctoral project Zlatan Hodzic

Epidemiology and diagnostics of avian chlamydiae and mRNA vaccination against <i>Chlamydia psittaci</i> in pet birds.

<i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> vaccine development: from antigen design to mucosal delivery in porcine models.

Mitigation of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in shrimp (<i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>) culture.

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

Doctoral project Eamy Nursaliza Binti Yaacob

Doctoral project Kateřina Řeháková

Doctoral project Ruben Ongena

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

Improvement of shrimp culture by transgenerational conditioning in Cuba

Mitigation of Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in shrimp (<i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>) culture.

Biological characterisation of novel plasmid-carrying avian Chlamydia abortus strain 84/2334, a vaccine candidate for enzootic abortion in sheep

BOF ZAP in Vaccinology

Chlamydia infecties bij varkens

Chlamydia psittaci DNA vaccination and alternatives

Chlamydophila psittaci vaccine development

Design of a Chlamydia vaccine

Development and implementation of a Chlamydophila psittaci molecular diagnostic platform to study the epidemiology of the infection and for tracing zoonotic transmission from birds to man

Development of a mucosal Chlamydia trachomatis candidate recombinant vaccin

Development of diagnostics and innovative preventieve measures against Chlamydiaceae in the Belgian porc industry

Epidemiology of Chlamydia psittaci infections on chicken farms

Examining the role of type III secretion in the immune response elicited by Chlamydophila psittaci infections

Expert laboratory: Chlamydiaceae diagnostics and vaccine development

Functional characterization of the polymophic membrane proteins of chlamydia psittaci.

Gnotobiotic Artemia brine shrimp as a model for studying the transcriptional, translational and epigenetic mechanisms responsible for immune 'imprinting' against infectious diseases in invertebrates

Host microbial interactions in aquatic production

Lytic bacteriophages and probiotic Bacillus spp. as novel biocontrol agents of Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia (MAS) in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): A holistic approach to disease management.

MINSPEC-PRO

Optima L-100XP ultracentrifuge with two rotos for the purification of European avian and human Chlamydophila psittaci strains for genome pyrosequencing.

Research on immunology and human and animal biotechnology

Research towards the molecular pathogenesis of chlamydophila psittaci in human macrophages and epithelial cells: genomics, proteomics and methylomics of highly and less virulent strains.

RNA synthetic biology for genetic engineering of the first vaccine for companion birds against the underestimated respiratory zoonotic pathogen Chlamydia psittaci

Shelter for a researcher in need in Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology

Study of the innate immune respons against a genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection or immunization

Study of the phylogenetic diversity of Chlamydia suis and of the role of their polymorphic membrane proteins in the molecular pathogenesis in pigs and in zoonotic transfer from pigs to humans

Study of the prevalence and zoonotic transmissions of three bacterial zoonotic infections in ruminants: Chlamydophila abortus, Coxiella burnetti and leptospira spp

Use of a novel compound against respiratory diseases in poultry

A basic whole-body bioluminescent and fluorescent in vivo imaging system for small laboratory animals

EHEC CLEARANCE: Checking the excretion of enterohemorrhagic E. coli by treating cattle and sheep lactoferrin and prevention of infection by vaccination of these animals with a view to reduced human infection

Live cell analysis equipment for the study of biosafety level BSL3 pathogens

Lytic bacteriophages and probiotic Bacillus spp. as novel biocontrol agents of Motile Aeromonad Septicaemia (MAS) in farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): A holistic approach to disease management.

Modular Confocal Raman Microscope

PigHealth: control of weaning diarrhea in piglets and reduction of antibiotic use

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

BOF ZAP in Vaccinology