Doctoral project Jonas Van Belleghem

Doctoral project Liselotte Hardy

Doctoral project Pieter Deschaght

Doctoral project Simon Chengo Masha

Antisense Erna silencing of the quorum sensing process of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis patients and research into biofilm formation by Alloiococcus otitidis as a cause of chronic middle ear infections.

Development of an ex vivo sputum model to evaluate antibacterial strategies for the eradiction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa chronic airway infection in cystic fibriosis patients.

Elucidation of the role of the PSeudomonas aeruginosa OprD porine in the internationalisation of this bacterium into CFTR airway epithelial cells as the determinative factor for the colonisation of cystic fibrosis patients

From Omics to Patient: Improving Diagnostics of Pathogenic Yeasts

Immunomodulation by bacteriophages

Omics for PATHogenic Yeasts: Host pathogen interactions in Candida vaginitis as established with dual RNA sequencing

The Fempro-project: formulation, delivery and assessment of efficacy of vaginal probiotics

The gut-renal axis: link between plasma levels of intestinally generated uraemic toxins and gut microbiome profiles in consecutive stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Vaginal microflora and bacterial vaginosis in relation to preterm birth

Visualisation and moleculair monitoring of the biofilm formation process, and of the impact of different biofilm inhibitation methods

Assessment of safety and colonization potential of well characterized probiotic strains in South African women with healthy and disturbed vaginal microflora by molecular methods

Characterisation of novel microbicide safety biomarkers in East and South Africa

Development of MALDI-TOF MS based discrimination of bacterial strains within species for fast prediction of antibiotic resistance and for efficient prevention of nosocomial transmission.