Nine collaborative research projects have been selected for the 2022-2024 funding period (one between ULB and the University of Cambridge and eight between ULB and the University of Oxford). Click on each project to read the presentation.

The list of projects supported until 2020 is avalaible here.

Role of the epigenetic regulator Prdm12 in nociception

A collaborative research project led by Ewan St. John Smith (Sensory Neurophysiology and Pain Laboratory, University of Cambridge) and Eric Bellefroid (Developmental Genetics Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles).

Symbolism and Decadence as World Literature

A collaborative research project led by Stefano Maria Evangelista (Faculty of English, University of Oxford), Patrick McGuinness (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford) and Clément Dessy (Faculty of Letters, Translation and Communication, ULB).

The Magmatic Evolution of Geothermally Active Volcanoes in Ethiopia

A collaborative research project led by Tamsin Mather (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford) and Karen Fontijn (Department of Geosciences Environment and Society, Laboratoire G-Time, ULB).

When Rural Meets Urban: Towards A Cultural History of Modernisms in Bohemia 1895-1925

A collaborativce research project led by Rajendra Anand Chitnis (Sub-Faculty of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Oxford) and Petra James (Literary, Philological and Textual Studies – Philixte, ULB)

Electrochemical model identification including aging for a digital twin of lithium-ion batterie

A collaborative research project led by David Howey (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford) and Michel Kinnaert (Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis, ULB).

A mathematical framework for the study of active rods: theory and applications

A collaborative research project led by Alain Goriely (Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, University of Oxford) and Thomas Lessinnes (Transfers, Interfaces & Processes Laboratory, ULB).

Crete and Euboea in an interconnecting world (from the 12th to 6th century BC): The role of coastal settlements in short and long-distance networks of exchange

A collaborative research project led by Irene Lemos (School of Archaeology, University of Oxford) and Athena Tsingarida (Research Centre in in Archaeology and Heritage – CReA-Patrimoine, ULB).

Selective and controllable transmembrane transporters for ions

A collaborative research project led by Matthew J. Langton (Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford) and Hennie Valkenier-van Dijk (Engineering of Molecular NanoSystems – EMNS, ULB).

A phylogenomic framework to evaluate horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers

A collaborative research project led by Timothy Giles Barraclough (Department of Zoology, University of Oxford) and Karine Van Doninck (Research Unit in Molecular Biology and Evolution, ULB).