Search results - 131 results

Brussels region finances VUB research into alternatives to animal experiments

-to-animal-experiments Keywords: 3Rs alternative methods to animal testing new approach methodologies RE-Place Abstract: The Brussels regional government has approved a grant of €110,000 for research into alternatives to ...

Evaluating Diagnostic Accuracy of Saliva Sampling Methods for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Reveals Differential Sensitivity and Association with Viral Load.

collection method for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostics. Less invasive and simpler alternative sampling procedures, such as saliva collection, are desirable. We compared ...

Development of vibrational spectroscopic methods combined with chemometrics for the detection and quantification of nicotine in e-liquids.

spectroscopy Nicotine RAMAN Abstract: E-cigarette have become a popular alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. They are sold in vapeshops and online. However, in Belgium, it is prohibited to import or to buy ...

Intra- and inter-laboratory comparison of mDixon and FastFung broths for Malassezia antifungal susceptibility testing.

Malassezia spp. Fluconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole and terbinafine MIC s against a 19 Malassezia strains, including 6 M furfur, 4 M pachydermatis, 5 M sympodialis and 4 M slooffiae. METHODS: The essential ...

Towards Real-Time and Affordable Strain-Level Metagenomics-Based Foodborne Outbreak Investigations Using Oxford Nanopore Sequencing Technologies

concept using Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli spiked food samples for a strain-level metagenomics foodborne outbreak investigation method using the MinION and Flongle flow cells from Oxford Nanopore ...

4DEMON: Integrating 40 Years of Data on PCB and Metal Contamination in Marine Sediments of the Belgian Part of the North Sea

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB s) and metals in the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS). Multiple challenges were encountered: sampling locations changed over time, different analytical methods were applied, ...

Whole Genome Sequencing Provides an Added Value to the Investigation of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Outbreaks

electrophoresis, Staphylococcus protein A gene typing and other methods, but these are shown to lack resolution. We evaluated how whole genome sequencing (WGS) can offer a solution to these shortcomings. By WGS analysis of a selection ...

Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins as targets for antibody detection in severe and mild COVID-19 cases using a Luminex bead-based assay.

Duysburgh; I Desombere; Hilde Jansens; Van Esbroeck, Marjan; Ariën, Kevin K Source: J Virol Methods, Volume 288 (2021) Keywords: Antibodies, Neutralizing Antibodies, Viral COVID-19 Humans Immunoassay ...

QR code

QR code for this page URL