Global Change Ecology search menu search content Clancy wins communication price Crab communication is catching on The INTERREG project Clancy has won awards for its communication efforts. In Clancy, the innovative trap concept developed by VMM and the University of Antwerp for managing invasive Chi…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Available Master Thesis Topics Topics in the field of Physiological and molecular mechanisms of stress and toxicity: acclimatisation and homeostasis Understanding the endocrine disruptive effects of PFAS, present in complex environmental mixtures, on zebrafish em…

MONDO search menu search content Potluck 21 March 2024 Since we couldn't get enough of all the delicious food at our last potluck, we organised another one! We had the chance to taste the international cuisine while catching up with each other. Pictures by Jonathan Ramael potluck1 potluck2 potluck3 …

MONDO search menu search content Walking in small groups Walking in small groups - 7 March 2021 Walking, catching up with friends or meeting new people and soaking up the sun... What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! This was a popular activity, the event was fully booked in no time... Be qui…

MONDO search menu search content Potluck 27 April 2023 This month we organised a potluck for our MONDO members. Everyone brought a typical dish from their home country and we feasted on it together. We also had a good time catching up and meeting new people ... a great evening! Check out all the tas…

Science News News Faculty of Science News Crab communication in project Clancy is catching on: two prices won Publication date 27 June 2025 Three scientists receive prestigious ERC Advanced Grants European funding enables scholars to carry out ambitious projects Publication date 17 June 2025 Scienti…

Department of Biology search menu search content News Crab communication in project Clancy is catching on: two prices won Publication date 27 June 2025 Scientists launch unique research drone From the drone, seven advanced instruments for climate research will simultaneously conduct measurements —…

Integrated Molecular Plant physiology Research search menu search content News Crab communication in project Clancy is catching on: two prices won Publication date 27 June 2025 Scientists launch unique research drone From the drone, seven advanced instruments for climate research will simultaneously…

Campus Drie Eiken The life sciences campus Download the detailed map Find your way to campus Travel info Find the right room Parcel lockers Go on a virtual campus tour Explore Campus Drie Eiken 360. Explore your future study base Campus Drie Eiken is surrounded by greenery. Demonstration barn De Ark…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content News and Highlights LIFE PFASTER project ECOSPHERE is part of the European LIFE-project PFASTER (PFAS systemic regional approach to Assess Spatial distribution, Transfer, Exposure and Remediation of widespread pollution) together with 10 other Flemish partners (V…

Web information search menu search content Images Make your webpage pop with eye-catching photos of students, staff, campuses, buildings and themes. Image sources Image editing Copyright Responsive design Responsive design allows us to show the same image in different formats on our website. No matt…

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Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World search menu search content Kick-off event in Kortenberg, Belgium Back in May 2024, the Scientific Research Network had its very first face-to-face meeting in the beautiful setting of the Old Abbey in Kortenberg, Belgium. Included in the programme wa…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content CPD Training Continued professional development Use of wild and domestic birds in field and lab experiments - best practices and new methodologies Birds are frequently used in research but their use has not been as well characterized a…

UAntwerp Style Guide search menu search content Colours Main colours Our basic colours are UAntwerp red and UAntwerp blue. Pantone: 1795 CMYK: 0/96/82/1 RGB: 234/44/56 RAL: 3028 HEX: #ea2c38 Pantone: 534 CMYK: 100/71/0/51 RGB: 0/46/101 RAL: 5003 HEX: #002e65 Faculty colours Each faculty has its own …

Functional Morphology search menu search content Fish that are thrown back ingest less food Holes in fishes’ jaws caused by fishing hooks reduces their suction power, making it more difficult for them to ingest food. This is the outcome of a new international study in which researcher Sam Van Wass…

Jan Van Eemeren unpaid staff Research Jan Van Eemeren Research team Perceiving affordances in natural, social and moral environments. A study of the concept of affordance, and its explanatory value. 01/10/2014 - 30/09/2017 Abstract When a person stretches out her hand to me, I see it as an invitatio…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ebola-mission - EVECO Scientists head to Congo in search of Ebola source of infection Antwerp scientists from EVECO head to remote province in Congo with an international team in search of the source of the recent Ebola infection. Wednesd…

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Nele Wynants TT. asst. research professor Nele Wynants Research team Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) Expertise As an art and cultural historian, I focus on the interactions between theatre, science and media, and their overlapping histories in the period 1800-1914. How was science vul…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Activate as many students as possible If you want to create a culture of activation, it is important to try to activate as many students as possible. The following suggestions are based on three important barriers that students ofte…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Doctoral thesis work (2002-2006) As PhD-student at the University of Antwerp starting in 2002, I studied the consequences of the drastically increased size of the jaw muscles in different species of African air-breathing catfish (C…

Raoul Van Damme full professor Research Raoul Van Damme Research team Functional Morphology Expertise The study of adaptation of 'complex' systems in animals, specifically reptiles and amphibians. 'Complex' should be read as: consisting of several bodily parts, employed to perform several tasks, and…

Jamie Maclaren postdoc researcher FWO Research Jamie Maclaren Research team Functional Morphology Illustrated atlas of the tapir: a state-of-the-art comparative dissection, quantifying the functional morphology in an enigmatic ungulate. 01/04/2025 - 30/03/2026 Abstract Illustrated anatomy texts are …

Kurt Vanhoutte professor Research Kurt Vanhoutte Research team Research Centre for Visual Poetics Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) Performance and Immersive Technology Lab for Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities. 01/06/2025 - 31/05/2027 Abstract The objective of this project a…