Prerequisites
- High level (3rd or 4th year) undergraduate student
- Minimum GPA 3.4
Important note:
Students must remain registered as an undergraduate student at their U.S. or Canadian home institution while participating in the program. The student's home institution must complete the Learning Agreement after acceptance into a project, even if credits will not be transferred to that institution. Transfer of credits is decided by the students' home institution.
Submitting an application, does not guarantee that the student will be offered a placement. The research projects are also available to our domestic degree students; therefore, projects may already be full at the time of applying. Final decision on your admission is solely taken by the Research Supervisor at the host institution.
Faculty department
Faculty of Medicine / Department of Cardiovascular Developmental Biology.
The research project is situated in the Department of Cardiovascular Development in cooperation with the Center of Molecular and Vascular Biology (CMVB, KU Leuven). Research on the crosstalk between coagulation and infection is a major subject of interest. Recent work focused on the role of platelet activation and other different pathways of activation of coagulation initiated by S. Aureus
Ongoing investigations state the importance of single fibronectin binding regions of the FnBPA molecule as pathways to evoke inflammation under shear stress. The planned research continues on investigations of bacterial adhesion to different tissues used in valve replacement. The project will be supervised by an experienced Post-Doc. The laboratory has all facilities for cell and bacterial cultures as well as actual microscopy facilities.
