Accelerating Wound Healing with Nitric Oxide: Advancing Therapeutic Exogenous NO Delivery Using Nitrosothiols

Acrylate-endcapped urethane-based polyethylene glycol macromers for chronic rhinosinusitis treatment: Development of a nasal stent.

Design, development and validation of tubular constructs for regenerative medicine

Design of Hydrogel Precursors for Advanced Burn Wound Dressing Matrices

Development and characterisation of cationic polymers for the delivery of RNA

Development of 3D printed biopolymeric scaffolds for beta cells: towards improving the quality of life of diabetics

Development of 3D printed hydrogels as meniscal substitute

Development of cell-interactive and biodegradable AUP-based hydrogel materials for the fabrication of three-dimensional liver tissue engineering scaffolds

Doctoral project Agnieszka Gierej

Doctoral project Annemie Houben

Doctoral project Arne Goes

Doctoral project Aysu Arslan

Doctoral project Birgit Stubbe

Doctoral project Elena Diana Giol

Doctoral project Elke Van De Walle

Doctoral project Geert-Jan Graulus

Doctoral project Geert Van Royen

Doctoral project Ine Van Nieuwenhove

Doctoral project Jasper Van Hoorick

Doctoral project Jens De Pelsmaeker

Doctoral project Jorg Schelfhout

Doctoral project Karolina Morawska

Doctoral project Liesbeth Tytgat

Doctoral project Lobke De Vos

Doctoral project Martina Meazzo

Doctoral project Mieke Vandenhaute

Doctoral project Oscar Kreps

Doctoral project Shraavya Shastry Kallaje

Doctoral project Stephanie Alleyn

Doctoral project Stijn Steuperaert

Doctoral project Thomas Billiet

Doctoral project Tim Desmet

Doctoral project Valérie Kodeck

Novel hydrogels for biomedical applications

The integration of photo-crosslinkable hydrogel building block development and additive manufacturing as a promising strategy for meniscus tissue engineering

Unlocking the potential of poly(alkylene terephthalate)s in our quest to treat cardiovascular diseases

Biopolymer-based hydrogel inks serving liver tissue engineering.

Doctoral project Annelore Podevyn

Doctoral project David Weinberger

Doctoral project Diana-Elena Mogosanu

Doctoral project Elien Gevaert

Doctoral project Elke Berneel

Doctoral project Esma Islamaj

Doctoral project Gilke De Middeleer

Doctoral project Karolien Gellynck

Doctoral project Lotte Vermeulen

Doctoral project Nic Debusschere

Doctoral project Pankaj Joshi

Doctoral project Sam Werquin

Exploring Collagen and Alginate from Fish Skin and Seaweed as Potential Blue Materials for Equine Wound Dressings

Intelligent textiles for improved comfort

Polymers, cell penetrating peptides and hybrid carrier systems to enhance RNAi in plants

Responsive Polymers for corneal endothelial regeneration

ADIPINJECT: Development for injectable temperature-responsive hydrogels for adipose tissue engineering

autologous stem cell enriched scaffolds for soft tissue regeneration

Bilateral REsearch Cooperation with Quebec: Developing an in vitro model of the vascular wall alternative to in vivo tests by promoting elastin production in cellularised-collagen-based nanofibrous scaffolds

Bio-based latex for textile and paper applications

Biodegradable fluidics microsystems for cell cultures and tissue engineering

Biodegradable polymer membranes for non-viral gene therapy.

Biomolecules of the sea for environmental remediation and healthcare

Biopolymers immobilized on polyester membranes via ‘Photo-grafting’. A new vision towards ovular treatments

Biopolymers photografted on polyester membranes: the PBM-BPHOT vision on how to treat the eye

Co-extrusion electrospinning as novel tool for the next generation wound dressings: taking ultimate control over the dressing mechanical and release properties.

Cofunding core facility - NMR Expertise Centre

DEBRIEF: dsRNA delivery systems to boost RNAi efficacy - DEBRIEF

Design and fabrication of clinically relevant polymer-based stents for chronic rhinosinusitis

Design of Enabling Regenerative Materials

Developing the ideal support structure for tissue regeneration by combining state-of-the-art design techniques

Development of 3D printed biopolymeric scaffolds for beta cells: towards improving the quality of life of diabetics.

Development of 3D printed biopolymeric scaffolds for beta cells: towards improving the quality of life of diabetics.

Development of a smart diagnostic antimicrobial hydrogel-based wound dressing.

Development of a wound dressing with antibacterial properties based on biopolymers

Development of cell-interactive and biodegradable AUP-based hydrogel materials for the fabrication of three-dimensional liver tissue engineering scaffolds

Development of hybrid nanofibrous silk sericin-based wound dressings enabling sustained release of antimicrobial agents

Development of Polymer-Based Systems for Wound treatment

Development of polymeric hybrid scaffolds for corneal tissue engineering

Development of porous polymer materials using the BioplotterTM technology for cardiovascular diseases

Development of porous polymer scaffolds using the Bioplotter technology for liver regeneration

Development of Rapid Point-of-care test Platforms for Infectious Diseases

Ellipsometer coupled electrochemical 'Quatrz crystal microbalance' for the characterisation of material surfaces.

Evaluation of the building blocks and concept demonstration of easily installable physical contact connectors for future fiber optic networks

Functional Human HEPatocytes, stellate cells and sinusoidal endothelial cells from STEM cells

Injectable hydrogel with multimode therapy for wound healing application

Innovative polymer scaffold for artificial meniscus replacement: from ‘zero-design’ to premium functional implantable device.

Introducing smart polymers in the field of corneal endothelial tissue engineering: solving a blinding disease

Micro Plastics processing

Microsystem integration based on electroactive polymer gels for cardiovascular applications

Miniaturized disposable lab-on-a-chip sensor for drinking

Molecular technology for nuclear imaging and radionucleide therapy

Nano3Bio – NanoBioEngingeering of Bioinspired Biopolymers

Natural functional plasticizers for controlled protein folding and extrusion into biomaterials

Natural functional plasticizers for controlled protein folding and extrustion into biomaterials

Novel urethane based precursors for hydrogels in biomedical applications

PolymAct: Smart actuation systems based on electroactive polymeric gels

Polymers for biomedical applications: innovation on demand

'Quartz Crystal Microbalance'' for studying and optimising cell-interactive coatings on biomaterials

SBO - SECEMIN

Shape memory polymers based on poly(alkylene terephthalate)s for an improved cardiovascular stent

Stimuli responsive textile materials

Stimulu-responsive textiles II

study of liquid crystals dispersed in micro-tructured elastic host materials

Super absorbing polymers for very flexible radiation shielding of human tissues

Turning skeletal tissue regeneration bottlenecks into chemistry and engineering challenges

Versatile Easy installable Connector incorporating new Technologies for accelerated fiber Optic network Roll outs in Europe

VUB - Human stem cells-on-a-chip: a new 3D platform for research in steatosis induced by drugs.

3D Biomimetic model of the host-microbiome small intestinal ecosystem

A Cuban-Flemish formation and research program in Biomechanics and Biomaterials

Advanced cell-instructive photo-hydrogels for laser-based high resolution 3D printing

Bioprinting of soft and complex tissues

Capturing the biophysical cues of bone to stimulate bone regeneration in critical bone defects

Construction of a bio-active meniscus via bio-plotting.

Corneal endothelial tissue engineering using biodegradable shape-memory polymers and novel gelatin derivatives.

Development and application of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) in mycotoxin diagnostics

Development of a superior in vitro model for drug hepatoxicity screening through 3D printing of crosslinkable biopolymers.

development of camsules with evolving brittleness and topmization of healing agents to realize self-healing concrete with extended service life

Development of innovative detection methods for ergot alkaloids in grain and grain products

Enabling Technologies for Continuous Glucose Monitoring using Implantable Single-Chip Optical Sensors (GlucoSens)

Engineering sustainable marine ecosystems for environmental and human health

FAOS: Flexible Artifical Optical Skin

Free-form beam shaping optics for biodegradable burn wound dressings 

High-affinity, capacitive-based sensor, using natural and synthetic recognition elements for trace detection of small toxic compounds in liquid matrices.

Magnetic resonance equipment for advanced materials research: molecular characterization of solid, soft, homogeneous and heterogeneous matter in the development of advanced functional materials and chemical catalysis

Monitoring the reduction in shrinkage cracking and improvement in self-sealing and self-healing of concrete through the inclusion of superabsorbent polymers and nano-reinforcement

Nasal stent : development of novel post-surgical frontal sinus wound care solutions

Routine NMR Analysis Equipment for Small Molecule Characterisation.

Self-healing concrete to create durable and sustainable concrete structures

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

Volumetric 3D-printing: a marriage between fast and scalable to create complex multi-material constructs

White light laser-based confocal fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope for multi-parameter 3D live imaging