Centre for Manuscript Genetics search menu search content Track Changes Track Changes: Textual Scholarship and the Challenge of Digital Literary Writing Literary scholars working in textual scholarship study the genetics of literary texts. Up until now, such research has been conducted based on text…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate changes in Alpine flora Heat and drought can trigger persistent changes in Alpine flora UAntwerp researchers study impact of warming and drought in the Alps The summer of 2018 was exceptionally warm and dry in large parts of Europe. Again. Thi…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content BIODIV-AFREID: Biodiversity changes in African forests and Emerging Infectious Diseases: should we worry? Biodiversity in Afrotropical forests is declining dramatically due to deforestation and intensified bushmeat trade. At the same time…

BIODIV-AFREID search menu search content BIODIV-AFREID Biodiversity changes in African forests and emerging infectious diseases BIODIV-AFREID will investigate how biodiversity conditions (dis)favour transmissions of infectious agents from small mammals into human populations in African forests. It w…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Global Change Ecology Research Centre of Excellence Keep in touch Be the first to be informed on events organised by GCE or important news. Global Change Ecology Centre Welcome to the website of the Global Change Ecology Excellence Center. The goal of…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Persistent weather and soil microbes More persistent weather changes soil microbes Climate change is making the weather more persistent in Europe, with longer periods of both rainy weather and dry weather. We have limited knowledge about the impact of…

Stephanie Verlinden researcher Research Stephanie Verlinden Research team Politics & Public Governance Management Are structural changes paradoxically undermining organizational adaptability? A study to the impact of continuous structural changes on decision-making within organizations. 01/10/2019 -…

Global Health Institute search menu search content HIV Ongoing (sandwich) PhDs: Aggrey David Mukose, Uganda Rose Apondi, Uganda Frank Mulindwa, Uganda Finalized PhDs: These academics have obtained their doctoral degree under GHI supervision on an HIV related topic. By clicking on the name, the abstr…

Joke Van den Berge senior researcher Research Joke Van den Berge Research team Geobiology Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise am project manager of the International Training Network 'FutureArctic'. Changes in the stress sensitivity of plants and ecosystems in a future climate. 0…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 18 Two out of three think that society needs fundamental changes August 25th 2020 Many participants in Great Corona Study report having difficulties wearing a mask Reusable masks are not washed enough. Many people report having problem…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Frank Mulindwa Glucose metabolism changes in Ugandan HIV patients on dolutegravir Project summary There has been improved survival of HIV patients in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV incidence and prevalence is notably high. This could be attributed…

Jeroen Aeles unpaid staff Research Jeroen Aeles Research team Functional Morphology Expertise I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Antwerp, working on our EU-funded project I-MUSCLE. We aim to reveal the functional relation between 3D muscle shape changes and muscle force. By c…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Karen KERKHOF Serological markers to measure recent changes in malaria transmission: a promising tool towards malaria elimination Abstract Despite large progress in malaria control, malaria remains a public health concern. For countries heading to e…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 23 April 2024 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CEST) Legacies of Violence, Status Changes, and Perceived Education Quality in Burundian Schools: Implications for Peacebuilding through Education Access after Violence Speaker: Emily Dunlop, Post-Doctoral …

Hanne Hendrickx predoc researcher FWO Research Hanne Hendrickx Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Early effects of air pollution on respiratory function and neurobehavioral abilities in children, and the influence of lifestyle changes to reduce exposure. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Learning trajectories In higher education, a sequence of programme components and subject matter presented in a certain order ensures that students acquire predefined competences by the time they graduate. This requires that the dif…

Henning Bovenkerk unpaid staff Research Henning Bovenkerk Research team Centre for Urban History Consumer revolution and changes in household consumption in probate inventories in Northwestern Germany (16.-19. c.). 01/07/2023 - 31/12/2023 Abstract This project examines the extent to which the thesis…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content PLECO Ecology in a time of change The research group Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO) is affiliated to the Faculty of Science. PLECO was created in 1975 by prof. Ivan Impens. Prof. Reinhart Ceulemans was the head of the group and spokesperson from 2000 u…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Kerlijne Moorkens Maternal Metabolic Health and Fertility: acute and chronic effects on a western-type diet on oviductal and ovarian cells. A multi-omic approach. Dr. Kerlijne Moorkens, MSc Date: 21st June 2024 at 5pm. Location: B…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Research Covering all Levels of Ecological Organization ECOSPHERE covers all levels of ecological organization from molecular markers to the complex situation at the field level. Whereas the ecological relevance increases with increasing level of organization, so…

Mind-Bending Grammars search menu search content Case studies - Mind-Bending Grammars Case studies To examine innovation and clustering in mental grammars, the following eight syntactic structures are studied: Structures such as these are generally acquired in childhood through subconscious learning…

Griet Mertens unpaid guest prof. Research Griet Mertens Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Effect of hearing loss and vestibular decline on cognitive function in older subjects: correlation with cortical auditory evoked potentials and mri brain volume changes. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Ab…

Robbe Pacquée FWO Fellowship fundamental research Research Robbe Pacquée Research team Henry van de Velde Porosity of Building Structures: tracing multilayered changes to converted buildings. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract The harmful effects of the building industry on our environment pose an i…

Walter Weyns emeritus occasional assignment Research Walter Weyns Research team Expertise Cultural analysis; theoretical sociological analysis of societal processes; author studies; history of ideas; late modernity; The elaboration and the implementation of the deontology in big law firms against th…

Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace search menu search content Hindlimb Unloading Pilot Study Summary One rodent model to study the effects of spaceflight on biological systems is the Hindlimb Unloading model (HLU). It mimics the redistribution of fluids in the body, similar to what occ…