Looking for an academic partner for your discovery projects?
Looking for an academic partner for your discovery projects?
Ghent University offers a unique proposal: the collaboration between veterinarians, physicians and scientists from different disciplines present at Ghent University takes the research to a higher level and creates many opportunities for innovation. At our Faculty of Veterinary Medicine these innovations can be tested in our own facilities and on the target species.
Check what we can offer in these fields
Ghent University offers a unique proposal: the collaboration between veterinarians, physicians and scientists from different disciplines present at Ghent University takes the research to a higher level and creates many opportunities for innovation. At our Faculty of Veterinary Medicine these innovations can be tested in our own facilities and on the target species.
Check what we can offer in these fields
Food

Food structure and function relationships: Koen Dewettinck, Filip Van Bockstaele
Emulsions and dispersions: Paul Van der Meeren
Food Microbiology & Preservation: Frank Devlieghere, Andreja Rajkovic
Food chemistry and chemical aspects of food safety: Bruno De Meulenaer
Food safety management systems & risk assessment: Liesbeth Jacxsens
Food packaging: Peter Raggaert, Bruno De Meulenaar (chemical aspects), Frank Devlieghere (microbial aspects)
Fermentation-based food processing: Katleen Raes, Jessica De Clippeleer, Dana Vandeputten, Korneel Rabaey
Flour and baking: Mia Eeckhout, Filip Van Bockstaele, Pieter Vermeir, Evelien Van Bavegem
Meat science and carcass quality: Stefaan De Smet and Thomas Van Hecke
Pilot-scale food processing @ VEG-i-TEC: Imca Sampers
Sustainability of food production: Jo Dewulf
Stable isotope and trace element analysis: Pascal Boeckx, Pieter Vermeir, Gijs Du Laing
Trace organic compound analysis: Kristof Demeestere, Christophe Walgraeve, Lynn Vanhaecke
Mycotoxin analysis, toxicology, exposure & risk assessment: Sarah De Saeger, Marthe De Boevre, Siska Croubels, Annemieke Madder
Agrifood marketing and consumer behavior: Xavier Gellynck, Hans De Steur, Joachim Schouteten, Christine Yung Hung, Wendy Van Lippevelde
Bacterial strain collection StrainInSight: Peter Vandamme
Publications
Towards guidelines for microbial air quality in the food industry
Associations between dietary mycotoxins exposures & liver cancer
Aflatoxin & fumonisin co-contamination in laying hens & use of mycotoxin detoxifiers
Biofilm detection in the food industry: challenges and analytical techniques
Meat products in human nutrition & health: about hazards & risks
Combined fertilizers on composition, structure and physicochemical properties of buckwheat starch