Code
01G03122
Duration
01 January 2022 → 31 December 2026
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Bacteriology
- Infectious diseases
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Medical and health sciences
- Inflammation
Keywords
Microbiome, auto-immune disorder
chronic inflammation
immunoregulation
epithelial barrier integrity: animal models
germfree and gnotobiotic
bacterial cell sorting.
Project description
The high incidence of chronic inflammatory and auto-immune disorders in a Western lifestyle is associated with the microbiome. It’s however extremely difficult to identify the functional microbiota, modulating immunodevelopment and -homeostasis. This project will generate new insights in microbehost interactions using a unique combination of flowcytometric cellsorting, access to clinical samples and an in vitro and in vivo technology platform.