Tim Heupink senior researcher Research Tim Heupink Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Mycobacterium Tuberculosis transmission dynamics among university students in Ethiopia: a whole genome sequencing study. 01/01/2019 - 28/01/2022 Abstract Where TB occurs in high incidence settings like Eth…

Science Synthesis and characterisation of materials Synthesis and characterisation of materials Developing new synthesis methods for the efficient creation of new and known organic and inorganic matter. The main lines of research encompassed by this spearhead involve the development of new synthesis…

Kathleen Deiteren guest professor Research Kathleen Deiteren Research team Medical Biochemistry Molecular characterisation of carboxypeptidase M, an extracellular membrane-bound peptidase involved in the tissue-specific response toward biologically active peptides. 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2008 Abstract C…

Michaël Meeus doctoral scholarship holder Research Michaël Meeus Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Into the wild: the role of virus exchange as a driver of adaptive genetic introgression between the European wildcat, Felis silvestris, and the domestic cat, Felis catus. 01/11/2025 - …

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content European Lacquers in Context Perfecting the European lacquering recipes for copying Eastern lacquer was complex and led to many trials and errors. Hundreds of the recipes were written down and can be found in historical sources such as re…

X-Celerate search menu search content Objectives X-CELERATE’s work plan is structured around 3 technical WPs: Advanced imaging of emerging materials (WP1) Design and fabrication of advanced materials demos (WP2) Advanced materials characterisation (WP3) X-CELERATE targets the development of dedica…

Laura Cuypers unpaid staff Research Laura Cuypers Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Mastomys natalensis hybrid zones as natural laboratories to investigate the limits of arenavirus spread. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract The Natal multimammate mouse is probably the most widespread Af…

Marcel Jansen unpaid staff Research Marcel Jansen Research team Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES) The role of plant hormones in UV-B induced morphogenesis. 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2007 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: Guisez Yves Co-promoter: Jansen Marcel Co-promoter: Prinsen Els F…

QTOX Doctoral Network search menu search content QTOX Doctoral Network Quantitative Extrapolation in Ecotoxicology QTOX Blog QTOX scope and aim Chemical risk assessment typically involves extrapolation of effects observed in-vitro and in-vivo under laboratory conditions to predictions of effects at …

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content INSPIRE Doctoral Theses 27 June 2025 Title: Cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity: A quest for early marker Author: Dustin Krüger, University of Antwerp Supervisors: Prof. Pieter-Jan Guns and Prof. Constantijn Franssen (University of A…

Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry search menu search content Depth profiling: ultra low angle microtomy Molecular depth profiling by ion beam erosion still deals with some bottlenecks such as the depth dependence of the SI yield, sputter induced topography, anisotropic erosion, limited dep…

Apurva Bhatkhande doctoral scholarship holder Research Apurva Bhatkhande Research team Ecosphere Quantitative extrapolation in ecotoxicology (QTOX). 01/02/2023 - 31/01/2027 Abstract Reliable assessment of the ecological risks posed by chemicals is a fundamental component of European policies concern…

Sebastiaan Maes tenure track asst. professor Research Sebastiaan Maes Research team Economics Expertise My primary research interests are public economics and (applied) microeconometrics. I am also interested in economic history. Nonparametric Analysis of Microeconomic Models with Social Interaction…

UAntwerp Style Guide search menu search content Images Visual material plays a crucial part in characterising the University of Antwerp. With photos and videos, we make our story and our core values visible: connection, innovation, impact and quality. The following tips & tricks can serve as a guide…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Pilot cases FASS-Food is aware of the importance of learning from existing examples and mixing academic research with real market and regulatory experiences. Thus, the research team has engaged with three concrete cases of alternative food networks that aim at…

Wilson Sawasawa unpaid staff Research Wilson Sawasawa Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The molecular basis of human-induced life history adaptation. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract We currently lack a detailed understanding of how organisms rapidly adapt to environmental changes. Ho…

TransportNET search menu search content Shipbuilding Economics An intensive immersion into the shipbuilding related economic issues Program The course will be formed by a series of pre-recorded lectures (online from the afternoon of Monday 22th) and a series of live seminars aiming at critically dis…

Maby Johns researcher Research Maby Johns Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Wireless self-sufficient implantable sensor system design and characterisation. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract This BOF Docpro project aims to design and …

WAKA HPV Africa search menu search content Symposium Pretoria 2014 First WAKA HPV Africa Symposium Pretoria, South Africa 22-23 May 2014 Kick-off start of the WAKA project This two-day symposium was co-hosted by the University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus (Prof Jeffrey Mphahlele and Dr Lisbeth Lebelo)…

Werner Jacobs associate professor Research Werner Jacobs Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Functional research towards the role of glycoconjugates in the pathobiology of schistosomiasis. 01/01/2001 - 31/12/2003 Abstract Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disea…

Science Gold nanoparticle research and... Versace Gold nanoparticle research and... Versace Antwerp electron microscope images featured in Versace campaign Fashion brand links new collection to gold nanoparticle research by Prof. Sara Bals (UAntwerp) Most people wouldn't suspect there's a link betwe…

Tim Van De Looverbosch senior researcher Research Tim Van De Looverbosch Research team Laboratory of cell biology and histology Expertise - (Biomedical) image analysis, machine learning and deep learning on 2D and 3D images - High-throughput image analysis - Fluorescence microscopy - Developing meth…

Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Steatosis and portal hypertension – role of autophagy and ER stress Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly recognized as an important source of liver-related morbidity and mortality, taking epid…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Frank Chacky Malaria transmission, burden and control measures in school-aged children and adolescents: An experience of school-based surveillance in mainland Tanzania PhD summary Global progress for reducing malaria incidence by at least 90% and ac…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Dangerous Salmonella variants ‘Extremely deadly Salmonella variants in Africa are still barely treatable with antibiotics’ University of Antwerp researchers unravel genetic code of new and more dangerous salmonella variants in Africa …