In the skillslab, dummy models and simulators are used for teaching various clinical skills. The veterinarians in training need to learn how to handle horses in a correct and safe way. Although training on living animals is indispensable, a part of the training process can be performed on equine

Last updated on: 10-02-2023 - 16:16

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Still in development, History of use, Internally validated
In the skillslab, dummy models and simulators are used for teaching various clinical skills. The veterinarians in training need to learn how to perform a basis clinical examination of a dog. Although training on living animals is indispensable, a part of the training proces can be performed on

Last updated on: 10-02-2023 - 16:14

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Still in development, History of use, Internally validated
In the skillslab, dummy models and simulators are used for teaching various clinical skills. The veterinarians in training need to learn how to perform different bandaging techniques in small and large animals. Although training on living animals is important, a part of the training proces can be

Last updated on: 10-02-2023 - 16:12

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: History of use, Internally validated
In the skillslab, dummy models and simulators are used for teaching various clinical skills such as sutures, injections, … The veterinarians in training start with practising basic skills such as handling animals, and progress over the years to perform more complex procedures on simulators such as

Last updated on: 08-02-2023 - 14:18

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: History of use, Internally validated
An artificial dog with real skeleton to excercise positioning for radiographic examination and palpation.

Last updated on: 25-07-2022 - 09:53

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Internally validated
Spheroids are three-dimensional cellular models with widespread basic and translational application across academia and industry. However, methodological transparency and guidelines for spheroid research have not yet been established. The MISpheroID Consortium developed a crowdsourcing knowledgebase

Last updated on: 11-02-2022 - 10:29

Contact: Olivier De Wever
Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
This is a mathematical compartmental formulation of dose-effect synergy modelling for multiple therapies in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): antiangiogenic, immuno- and radiotherapy. The model formulates the dose-effect relationship in a unified context, with tumor proliferating rates and

Last updated on: 01-02-2021 - 14:32

Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal
Epigenetics have taken centre stage in the study of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. A new field is emerging that targets epigenetic modifications for therapeutic intervention: pharmacoepigenetics. Particularly in oncology, inhibitors of epigenetic-modifying proteins, i.e.

Last updated on: 12-11-2019 - 11:34

Contact: Maarten Dhaenens
Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Still in development, Internally validated, Published in peer reviewed journal
The Galleria mellonella assay makes use of larvae of the Greater Wax Moth. G. mellonella larvae are injected with a small amount of microorganisms, and survival can easily be followed for up to 1 week. This allows to compare virulence between different organisms. Alternatively, after injection of

Last updated on: 08-11-2019 - 13:58

Contact: Tom Coenye
Organisation: Ghent University (UGent)
Status: Published in peer reviewed journal