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Ghent University (UGent)
Institution
Section overview
Description
Ghent University, abbreviated to UGent, is one of the major universities in the Dutch-speaking region. Over 130 faculty departments, divided over 11 faculties, offer high-quality courses in every one of their scientific disciplines, each inspired by innovative research. Ghent University distinguishes itself as a socially committed and pluralistic university in a broad international perspective.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
Coordinated projects
- Analysis, documentation and evaluation of best practice solutions implemented in enterprises with certain quality visibility
- FLUPIG - Pathogenesis and transmission of influenza virus in pigs
- Mobilising the enzymatic potential of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria and the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to create a powerful cellular production platform for lipid-derived industrial materials (LIPOYEASTS)
- New tools and approaches to control Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in the EU and Asia (PORRSCON)
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
Involved in research projects
- Advanced Carbon Materials from Biowaste: Sustainable Pathways to Drive Innovative Green Technologies
- Ciliate DNA metabarcoding as a tool for environmental impact assessment (EIA) using salmon aquaculture as a test case
- Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world. Coordination
- EuropeaN energy balance research to prevent excessive weight gain among youth
- High quality and nutrient rich food through crop waste-derived biostimulant and biopesticide
- Induction of early flowering in poplar
- Innovative and practical management approaches to reduce nitrogen excretion by ruminants (REDNEX)
- Salmonella-free broilers by live-vaccine-induced innate resistance to colonisation and invasion and novel methods to eleminate vaccine and field strains
- SOLID - Sustainable Organic and Low-Input Dairying, Subproject ZALF
- Targeted delivery of dietary flavanols for optimal human cell function: Effect on cardiovascular health (FLAVIOLA)
- Toward a sustainable viticulture: Improved grapevine productivity and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses by combining resistant cultivars and beneficial microorganisms
- Training requirements and careers for knowledge-based food science and technology in Europe (TRACK_FAST)
- Transparent Food: Exploiting and Dissemination of Results
Contact
Ghent University
(UGent)
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25
9000 Gent
Belgium
Belgium
Phone: +32 9 264 31 11
Email: aoc(@)UGent.be