Department of - Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

of Brussels), M.T. Silva (Institute for Molecular and Cell
Biology, Portugal) and J. Pedrosa (University of Minho,
Portugal)
Support: Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Reference number 424201
Mycolactone expression in Mycobacterium ulcerans
ITM promoter: F. Portaels
ITM collaborators: P. Stragier
Support: Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
Reference numbers 100166
Buruli ulcer: multidisciplinary research for
improvement of control in Africa
ITM promoter: F. Portaels
ITM collaborators: A. Ablordey, L. Durnez, M. Eddyani, P.
Stragier, P. Suykerbuyk
External promoters: B. Fleischer (Bernhard Nocht
Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany - coordinator),
C. Johnson (Programme National de Lutte contre l’Ulcère
de Buruli, Benin), D. Phanzu (Institut Médical Evangélique
Kimpese, D.R. Congo), TS van der Werf (University Medical
Centre Groningen, The Netherlands), O. Adjei (Kwame
Nkruma University of Science and Technology, Ghana), G.
Bretzel (Munich University, Germany)
Support: European Commission
Reference number 100111
Public culture collection of Diatoms, Polar
Cyanobacteria and Mycobacteria in Belgium
ITM promoter: F. Portaels
ITM collaborators: L. Rigouts, M. Eddyani, C. Van
Schaeverbeek
External promoters: P. De Vos, W. Vijverman (University
of Ghent), A. Wilmotte (University of Liège)
Support: Belgian Federal Science Policy (BELSPO)
Reference number 514204
Proficiency Testing network of Supranational
Reference Laboratories of the WHO/IUATLD Global
Project on TB Drug Resistance Surveillance
ITM promoter: F. Portaels
ITM collaborators: A. Van Deun, E. Nduwamahoro
External promoters: A. Wright (WHO, Geneva,
Switzerland), H. Rieder (International Union Against
Tuberculosis and Lung Disease IUATLD)
Support: WHO, IUATLD
Ongoing PhD-projects
BLOMMAERT Ellen. A qualitative, ethnographic study on
Livelihood and sexual behaviour among out-of-school
youth in Asembo, Nyanza Province, Kenya. Promoters: A.
Buvé (ITM), A. Hardon (University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands), M. De Bruijn (University of Leiden, the
Netherlands)
DELVAUX Thérèse. Sexual and reproductive health: lessons
learnt from operations research on linkages with HIV.
Promoters: A. Buvé (ITM), P. Van der Stuyft (University of
Ghent)
CAMARA Makhtar. Study of the correlates of protection
from HIV transmission in HIV-discordant couples in Dakar,
Senegal. Promoters: L. Kestens (ITM), Souleymane Mboup
(CHU Dakar, Senegal)
BEELS Dominique. Development of new tools to define
immune markers of disease progression and immune
reconstitution in HIV infected persons. Promoter: L. Kestens
(ITM, University of Antwerp)
VON GROLL Andrea. Determination of the biological cost
of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing and
non-Beijing genotypes: correlation with different levels
of rifampicin and/or isoniazid resistance. Promoters: J.C.
Palomino (ITM), F. Portaels (ITM), P. Vandamme (University
of Ghent), P.E. Almeida da Silva (Fundação Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil)
STRAGIER Pieter. Genotyping Mycobacterium ulcerans and
related species. Promoter: F. Portaels (ITM)
KIBADI KAPAY Anatole. Contribution à l’amélioration
des traitements de l’infection à Mycobacterium ulcerans
(ulcère de Burulu) en République Démocratique du Congo.
Promoters: F. Portaels (ITM), M. Boelaert (University of
Antwerp), J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum (National Institute of
Biomedical Research, Kinshasa, DR Congo)
AFFOLABI Dissou. Developement of microbiological tools
for the control of two mycobacterial infections (Buruli ulcer
and tuberculosis) in a low-resource country. Promoters:
F. Portaels (ITM), L. Kestens (University of Antwerp), S.
Anagonou (Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries,
Cotonou, Bénin)
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