Advancing Point-of-Care Diagnostic Strategies for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Kenya: Evaluation, Validation, and Operational Implementation

Development and clinical validation of (molecular) diagnostic assays for bacterial vaginosis and vaginal candidiasis

Doctoral project Nick Versmessen

Doctoral project Tsegaye Kebede

Insights into SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Dynamics & Immune Correlates of Protection: Two-year follow-up of nursing home residents & staff in Belgium after Covid-19 vaccination

Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Thermophilic Bacteria from Selected Hot Springs of Ethiopia for Production of Hydrolytic Enzymes

The role of the maternal microbiome during pregnancy in pregnancy outcomes in Eastern Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

Whole-Genome Surveillance, Antimicrobial Resistance Profiling, and Novel Treatment Strategies for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ethiopia

Delineation of a functional definition of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis.

BOF-TT-professorship in Medical Microbiology

Development and clinical validation of a self-/point-of-care test for the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis

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.

Improved diagnostics and treatment for vaginitis

Improved diagnostics and treatment for vaginitis

Improving maternal health outcomes in Ethiopia by integrating of point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections in antenatal care

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2-specific immunity upon COVID-19 vaccination in nursing home residents and staff

The cystic fibrosis lung in the era of modulator therapy: a longitudinal study of the lung bacterial and fungal microbiome and improving personalized phage therapy to treat multi-drug resistant infections

The performance of saliva specimens for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 and a saliva pooling strategy as a diagnostic tool for epidemiological studies in current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

The role of variations in the maternal microbiome during pregnancy in pregnancy outcomes in Eastern Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

The vaginal microbiome in relation to perinatal health

Automated system for high-pure extraction of RNA and DNA from samples of limited quantity.

BOF-TT-professorship in Medical Microbiology