Performing biopredictive dissolution tests in in vitro models that are frequently used in pharmaceutical and academic institutions and using these in vitro dissolution data as input for PBPK models to predict the systemic exposure of the drug in humans/patients.

Last updated on: 08-04-2020 - 17:29

Contact: Bart Hens
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Most of the current rigid-body models of the complete thoracolumbar spine do not properly model the intervertebral joint as the highly nonlinear stiffness is not incorporated comprehensively and the effects of compressive load on stiffness are commonly being neglected. Based on published in vitro

Last updated on: 19-03-2020 - 11:07

Contact: Wei Wang
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Partners: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
This white-box model uses energy partitioning throughout the lifetime of dairy animals (growth, lactation, gestation, ...) to simulate reproduction performance, lifetime length, production performance etc. The method is developed by dr. Olivier Martin at INRAE, MoSAR, Paris.

Last updated on: 04-03-2020 - 14:23

Contact: Cannot be disclosed
Organisation: Cannot be disclosed
Status: History of use, Published in peer reviewed journal
Identifying drug-target interactions is a crucial step in drug repositioning, the process of suggesting new indications for known drugs. There are about 9000 FDA-approved and experimental small molecule drugs and more than 500.000 protein records available. Performing in vitro experiments would be

Last updated on: 06-01-2020 - 17:04

Contact: Daniele Parisi
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Partners: Biotech/TU-Dresden, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik Saarbrucken
Status: Still in development
Aortic aneurysms consist of a localized dilatation of the aorta resulting from compromised structural integrity and are characterized by a diameter increase of at least 50% compared to a reference diameter. When left untreated, aneurysms tend to progressively enlarge, with an increased risk of

Last updated on: 08-11-2019 - 14:11

Contact: Nele Famaey
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Partners: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Still in development, Published in peer reviewed journal
This work will be based on data describing the rat hindlimb kinematics obtained by X-Ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology (XROMM) and ground reaction forces following destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM) and running. These data will be analyzed with multi-body dynamics to estimate the

Last updated on: 08-11-2019 - 14:02

Contact: Judith Piet
Organisation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL)
Status: Still in development
Biomechanical modelling used to simulate functional performance of skeleton and muscle systems in vertebrates. For studying how tissues respond to mechanical loading during movement, we apply finite element modelling. For studying how muscles interact with skeletal elements, and how they make them

Last updated on: 08-11-2019 - 11:05

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Partners: Hull University
Status: History of use
The scope of our research ranges from the study of flow and transport processes in blood and biological fluids in the cardiovascular system and artificial organs to biomechanical aspects of the cardiovascular and the skeleto-muscular system and medical devices. All research tracks explored by our

Last updated on: 08-11-2019 - 11:02

Contact: Patrick Segers
Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)