The Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) is an interdepartmental research group at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Antwerp.

LMPH can be divided into two major domains: Parasitology and Respiratory Infections. To know more about these domains you can click on the links below.

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• Kayhan Ilbeigi starred in the podcast "Faculty Focus" from our Faculty during the annual Faculty Research Day ("We aim to provide life-saving drugs while safeguarding the environment, embracing the One Health principle.") and more recently he also explained his research in a video LindIn interview. Interested? Make sure to check it out!
• The annual BSPP meeting was held in Ghent this year on December 16th. Next to numerous posters the parasitology unit was represented by 2 oral talks by Yentl Jacobs and Dorien Mabille on 'Early neutrophil responses upon infection with African trypanosomes´ and ´Evaluating the antitrypanosomal activity and mode of action of pyrazolopyrimidines´.
  
  

On December 3th the virology team visited BELVIR in Brussels where Martina Ceconi held a presentation entitled 'Development of highly selective, non-cross-reactive monoclonal antibodies against West Nile virus and Usutu virus non-structural protein 1 to improve early diagnosis'.

• Kim Stobbelaar obtained her PhD title for her work on RSV ("When Virus meets Host: Exploring determinants of immunopathology and disease severity in pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus infections").
• Kayhan Ilbeigi succesfully defended his PhD, called “One Health drug discovery for animal trypanosomiasis: expanding the focus from efficacy to environmental safety".
  
• Laurence Van Moll obtained her PhD title on the topic: "The black soldier fly as a source of new antimicrobials". (link) ​
• Tatiana Piller defended her PhD publically with the title: "Investigating Mtr and MshC as potential targets in the fight against Mycobacterium abscessus infections". (link)​
• Laura Dirkx celebrated the succesful  completion of her PhD on "Characterizing the bone marrow as a parasitological niche responsible for antileishmanial treatment failure". (link)​
• Marlies Boeren obtained her PhD on "Antiviral immune response dynamics during varicella-zoster virus infection in a human iPSC-derived neuronal model and in herpes zoster patients". (link)​
• Dorien Mabille succesfully completed her PhD, entitled "Towards novel treatment options for human and animal trypanosomiasis: from mechanistic insights in antiparasitic compounds to immunological aspects of early infection".(link)​
• Juliana Aizawa obtained her PhD on the topic "Biofilm-related pneumonia : evaluation of anti-infective devices and in vivo bacterial persistence". (link)
  
• Sarah Hendrickx from our group obtained the academic award Vandendriessche in the field of medicine and biomedical sciences (UAntwerpen), which was granted by our university’s Research Board  for her contribution to the field of parasitology.
  
• Prof. dr. Guy Caljon receives the Merial Award 2017 for his research in parasitology, particularly for his work on insect-transmitted parasitic infections. (link)