Welcome to the website of research group BIMEF

The Laboratory of Biophysics and BioMedical Physics (BIMEF) is one of the research groups within the Department of Physics at the University of Antwerp. The laboratory specializes in interdisciplinary physics research in the biological and medical field. The group has three main research directions: biomechanics and optical metrology, molecular biophysics and spectroscopy, vestibular research and medical statistics.

Current research topics include:

development of electro-optic metrology systems for shape, deformation and vibration measurements in biomedical applications and biomechanics
finite element modelling in biomechanics, with special focus on human middle ear and cochlear mechanics, and functional biomechanics in animals
spectroscopic and theoretical analysis to dermine structure-function relationships in biomolecules
spectroscopy in environmental sciences / renewable energy
spectroscopy in biosensors and biocatalysis

Organisation: Research mission; Members

Facilities: Dedicated developments; Animal preparation and surgery; Sound Measurement; Vibrometry; Laser equipment; Microtomography; Workshops; EPR Facility; Resonance Raman facility; Flash photolysis; Augmented Reality Zandbak

List of publications: Publications

Dissertations: PhD dissertations; Master dissertations

Downloads: Finite element modeling guide; Fourier-based phase unwrapping using a GPU; Microfilament analyzer; Middle (& inner) ear model; Ossicular motion; Real-time lens distortion correction using a GPU; Real-time microscopic phase shifting profilometry; Real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) using a GPU; Statistical shape model of the human incudomallear complex; Tympanic membrane motion; Suggested Viewers; A real-time structured light-based otoscope for quantitive measurement of eardrum deformation

News and Events: In the media

Location

The lab is located at three sites. At the university’s Groenenborger site, the work on biomechanics, finite element modelling and optical metrology is conducted. The research on spectroscopy for molecular biophysics is concentrated at the university’s Drie Eiken site. The research on vestibular physics and its clinical and aerospace applications is organized as the separate entity AUREA (Antwerp University Research centre for Equilibrium and Aerospace), which is located at the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA) site.

BIMEF events

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Sep Measuring By Light meets Optical Measurement Techniques for Systems and Structures
A 3 day international conference on optical measurement techniques and their applications in both industrial and academic research

Contact

Biophysics and Biomedical Physics (Bimef) Campus Groenenborger
Groenenborgerlaan 171
2020 Antwerp
Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)3 265 34 27
Fax +32 (0)3 265 33 18
joris.dirckx@uantwerp.be