Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations ORCHESTRA Researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Antwerp, 9 February 2023 - "Host immunological responses facilitate development of SARS-CoV-2 mutations i…

A-PECS search menu search content Blackening of the red pigment vermillion For centuries on end, vermillion red remained one of the most popular pigments and was used by our greatest painters. It is a widely known fact, however, that over time the red degrades and turns black. Researchers at the Uni…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ilan SCHWARTZ Emergomyces africanus: a new cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts Abstract Emergomyces africanus is a dimorphic fungus reported from South Africa in 2013 (as Emmonsia sp.) as a cause of invasive fungal disease (…

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Monoclonal antibodies Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations - researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Study published as pre-print preview in The Journal of Clinical Investigation "Host i…

Leen Jacobs predoc researcher FWO Research Leen Jacobs Research team Toxicological Centre Forensic thanatometabolomics of the vitreous humour: characterizing an alternative matrix in forensic science to investigate the cause of death (FORTHAVIT). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Forensic science and…

Martin Lammens emeritus occasional assignment Research Martin Lammens Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Minimal Invasive Autopsy to Study Cause of Death, Contributing Conditions and Pathophysiology in Deceased COVID-19 patients; 22/05/2020 - 31/05/2021 Abstract Currently we do not…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Study of pigment degradation processes Why van Gogh's Sunflowers are wilting The colour of Vincent van Gogh's famous Sunflowers is changing over time, because of the mixture of pigments used by the Dutch master in his paint…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content When the pressure is high... 12/05/2021 - Marieke (ESR #11) In this image, you can see a blood vessel segment mounted on two glass micro-cannulae. In this set-up, the environment of the vessel is maintained under physiologically relevant conditi…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Janneke COX HIV and Mortality, Autopsy Studies from Uganda Abstract HIV can be treated nowadays; with antiretroviral medication HIV‐infected patients can live a healthy life. Nevertheless, 1.2 million people died of HIV in sub‐Saharan Africa in …

University Fund search menu search content Alzheimer's research Support our research into dementia and Alzheimer's Support Alzheimer research Dementia has an enormous impact on our aging society. Estimates say that 50 million people suffer from dementia and that, in the next decade, this number will…

Celine Gys assistant professor - senior researcher Research Celine Gys Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise 2016-2020 Celine graduated as a pharmacist from the Uantwerpen in 2016. Subsequently, she performed her PhD research in the Toxicological Center, working on human exposure to BPA and o…

Global Health Institute search menu search content South Sudan Nodding Syndrome: a trans-disciplinary approach to identify the cause and decrease the incidence of river epilepsy (NSETHIO) Abstract: Nodding syndrome (NS) is a neurological, incurable syndrome, currently affecting mainly children betwe…

Karel Neels full professor Research Karel Neels Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Research in the broad domain of demography and population studies, characterized by the application of demographic and actuarial methods in the fields of social demography (e.g. union for…

Stef Espeel postdoc researcher FWO Research Stef Espeel Research team Centre for Urban History Expertise In my recently defended doctoral thesis, I studied the evolution of grain prices, the outbreak of famines and the position of large ecclesiastical landlords on the grain market in 14th-century Fl…

Josephina Meester assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Research Josephina Meester Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I am currently doing research in the field of skeletal dysplasia and thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. These two groups of diseases are related in the co…

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Cardio-Oncology Discovering the role of titin (TTN) in anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer. Discovering the role of titin (TTN) in anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction in cancer patients. Anthracyclines are the mainstay o…

Charlotte Goethals doctoral scholarship holder Research Charlotte Goethals Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Molecular, cellular and functional characterisation of VZV and HSV-1 neuro-immune pathology using human iPSC-derived immunocompetent neurospheroids. 01/11/2025 - 31/1…

Jonathan De Winter unpaid staff Publications Jonathan De Winter A heterozygous 9q34 deletion encompassing SPTAN1 as a cause of distal myopathy Source European journal of human genetics - ISSN 1018-4813- (2025) p. Author(s) Liedewei Van de Vondel, Jonathan De Winter, Alice Monticelli, Natacha Camacho…

Anne Wienand postdoc researcher FWO Research Anne Wienand Research team Microglia-factories: iPSC-microglia as a platform to deliver biologicals in the brain for the treatment of frontotemporal dementia. 01/11/2025 - 30/10/2028 Abstract Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the second most common cause o…

Alice Monticelli Publications Alice Monticelli A heterozygous 9q34 deletion encompassing SPTAN1 as a cause of distal myopathy Source European journal of human genetics - ISSN 1018-4813- (2025) p. Author(s) Liedewei Van de Vondel, Jonathan De Winter, Alice Monticelli, Natacha Camacho Elizondo, Tine D…

Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy search menu search content Scientific research on Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy (OAE) - Global Health Institute Scientific research on OAE and Nodding syndrome There is a high prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in many onchocerciasis endemic regions where on…

Biljana Ermanoska postdoctoral scholarship hold. Publications Biljana Ermanoska A heterozygous 9q34 deletion encompassing SPTAN1 as a cause of distal myopathy Source European journal of human genetics - ISSN 1018-4813- (2025) p. Author(s) Liedewei Van de Vondel, Jonathan De Winter, Alice Monticelli,…

Info for companies search menu search content New lashing tool improves health and safety of dockworkers in Port of Antwerp Together with CEPA, a new tool and training course was created and is now improving the work of container lashers. Container lashers are responsible for fastening and unfasteni…

Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene search menu search content Respiratory viruses Respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and variable disease severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide. Respiratory viru…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Zerihun Zerdo Zeleke Perceptions and impact of malaria health education in school children; Challenges in malaria control & elimination in Arba Minch, SNNPR, Ethiopia PhD summary Introduction Malaria remains a public health problem in economically d…