Emerging Frontline Research Domains

Multi-level governance is a very broad topic which addresses both the multi-layered nature of policy and management of and between national and international levels of governance and the relations between levels of government within one state. Research topics include, for example, the distribution of power at local, provincial, regional and federal level, with an emphasis on specific policy themes. 

Read more about the emerging frontline research domain Multi-level Governance, Globalisation & Federalism.

The University of Antwerp is home to various research teams which are actively involved in multidisciplinary cancer research. The topics for research range from molecular studies to etiology and the factors that influence cancer, including the development and evaluation of new treatments and large-scale epidemiological screening studies.

Read more about the emerging frontline research domain Oncology.

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Current biosciences research is characterised by the integration and systematic analysis of large datasets acquired during high-throughput analyses. A swift succession of technological innovations meant that a range of new techniques became available which enable researchers to map the genome and/or transcriptome in a reliable and cost-effective manner, and these techniques were quickly integrated in bioscientific research.

The so-called-"omics" technologies have been used in various research domains at the University of Antwerp, often as part of an integrated approach. 

Read more about the emerging frontline research domain Proteomics, Genomics & Metabolomics.

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