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
Vaccines
Superior Th1 polarizing adjuvant
Novel class of superior Th1 polarizing glycolipids valuable as vaccine adjuvant or adjuvant therapy in oncology
Potent alfa galactosyl ceramide analogues targeting invariant natural killer T-cells (iNKT) for selective boosting of cellular immunity.
Best-in-class when benchmarked to other Th1-skewing Galcer analogues (IL-12/IFNg/IL-4 profiles). Less IL-4 production compared to aGalCer. No acute toxicity. Druggable profile and optimized for easy synthesis.
Proof of concept
Enhanced primary and boosted CD8+ Tcell responses in immunised mice.
Partnering
We are actively seeking partners to develop or co-develop the Ghent University GalCer molecules to applications in the vaccine and/or oncology field.