Metabolomics and 13C tracer analysis are state-of-the-art techniques that allow determining the concentration of metabolites and the activity of metabolic pathways, respectively. Three dimensional (3D) cultures of cancer cells constitute an enriched in vitro environment that can be used to assay

Last updated on: 31-08-2023 - 17:12

Contact: Dorien Broekaert
Organisation: VIB - KU Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Generally, our research group aims to study the influence of food parameters (food design, food processing, food composition) on the digestive kinetics of diverse nutrients throughout the upper gastrointestinal tract. For this, we use in vitro digestion protocols. The current method is a semi

Last updated on: 15-02-2023 - 16:08

Contact: Tara Grauwet
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Ex-vivo tissue explants (precision cut tissue slices) prepared with the Krumdieck Tissue Slicer are living, three-dimensional tissue slices closely resemble the organ from which it is prepared, with all the cell types present in their original tissue-matrix configuration where physiological and

Last updated on: 31-01-2023 - 15:52

Contact: Bella Manshian
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Human Intestinal Organoids (HIOs) are in vitro 3D cell cultures arranged in a crypt-villus structure that incorporate many physiological features of the intestinal epithelium, including the presence of different cell populations (enterocytes, goblet cells, enteroendocrine and Paneth cells). HIOs can

Last updated on: 27-01-2023 - 13:29

Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Intestinal organoids are cultured from intestinal biopsies obtained during routine endoscopy. The stem cell containing crypts are isolated and cultured in a 3D ECM (Matrigel) in the presence of the desired growth factors. The present stem cells will expand and give rise to all epithelial cells of

Last updated on: 11-01-2023 - 16:43

Contact: Bram Verstockt
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Myeloid progenitor cells derived from the bone marrow of mice are stimulated using a cytokine mixture to become myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC) like cells. These are co-cultured with activated CD8+ T-cells derived from a mouse spleen. The MDSC like cells will suppress the proliferation of the

Last updated on: 10-01-2023 - 16:48

Contact: Yani Berckmans
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Oncology - KU Leuven
Status: History of use, Published in peer reviewed journal
This study aimed to create a versatile and reproducible in vitro model of a human motor unit with functional neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). Therefore, human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived motor neurons and human primary mesoangioblast (MAB)-derived myotubes were co-cultured in

Last updated on: 09-01-2023 - 15:13

Organisation: Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Neurosciences - KU Leuven
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
DARTpaths is an an integrative app to support the prioritisation of chemicals. The Open Source R shiny application allows for the prediction of compound-induced molecular mechanisms of action. The tool integrates phenotypic endpoints of different species induced by compounds and genetic variants, in

Last updated on: 13-06-2022 - 16:04

Contact: Vera van Noort
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Partners: Open Analytics, Hogeschool Utrecht , Vivaltes
Status: Internally validated
In vitro differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) or inducible pluripotent stem cells (IPS) to megakaryocytes and platelets using specific differentiation conditions (liquid and 3D media). CRISPR/cas mutagenesis of HSC or IPS to study the effect of gene depletion or specific mutants on

Last updated on: 26-05-2022 - 10:41

Contact: Kathleen Freson
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Still in development, Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
Quantum Dots (QDs) have been hypothesized as potential probes for the optical monitoring of electrogenic cell activity given their high optical absorption cross-sections compared to organic fluorophores, high brightness and low photobleaching. Despite the theoretical predictions, less than a handful

Last updated on: 04-08-2021 - 16:50

Contact: Stijn Jooken
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal