VLIR-IUC Limpopo search menu search content Project 6: Food security Key focus Research and research capacity building in area of chicken and crop production and building proteinics and molecular genetics Objectives The School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is an internationally recogniz…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Cell culture Expertise Cell assays including cell death, immune stimulation, immune killing Flow cytometry Patient-derived 2D primary cultures and 3D organoid cultures Cell line-derived 2D cultures and 3D spheroid cultures Immunoassays Real-…

Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network search menu search content Expertise ASTARC Isolated lung perfusion CORE Cell culture including primary patient-derived 2D and 3D (organoid) cell cultures Cell culture assays including cell death, immune stimulation and immune killing Cancer mou…

Luc Van Nassauw technological manager Research Luc Van Nassauw Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Role of purinergic signaling in the pathophysiology of human chronic upper airway inflammation. 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013 Abstract In this project we aim to char…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Human Anatomy and Embryology Human Anatomy and Embryology The laboratory of Human Anatomy and Embryology was founded with the RUCA (Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen) in 1965 by prof. dr. Luc Vakaet. For 40 years the…

Robin Lasters unpaid staff Research Robin Lasters Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Development of a biomonitoring tool to estimate risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) through consumption of self-cultivated food products. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Perfluoroalkyl ac…

COMPOST Collective search menu search content Let us introduce you to our team members! To find out more about a researcher, click on their picture to open their University of Antwerp researcher page. Kristien Hens Kristien Hens is professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. She loves micr…

About komida Mission With the student restaurants of komida you’re in the right place for tasty, healthy meals with a sustainable twist at student-friendly prices. During weeks of classes we offer hot meals at our service counters or you can choose your favorites from our Shop & go. During exam pe…

Gustavo Gomes De Sousa unpaid staff Research Gustavo Gomes De Sousa Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Overcoming global food-chain stress by using microbial protein as feed ingredient on aquaculture. 01/12/2019 - 31/12/2020 Abstract World population will reach 9 billion in …

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Expertise Bang Seunghwan My research activities focus on experimental and numerical investigations on gas phase plasma chemistry, plasma-surface interaction, plasma-based gas conversion, liquid fuel refor…

Chris Van Ginneken full professor - vice-rector Research Chris Van Ginneken Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise Histological techniques, anatomical preparations and raising neonatal/juvenile piglets – feed research. Functional Anatomy using Classical and Cutting-Edge …

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content Studying statehood in DR Congo Study of the state, public services and public administration in the Democratic Republic of Congo has featured prominently in the research carried out at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB) of the University…

Natalia Ortega Saez tenure track asst. professor Research Natalia Ortega Saez Research team Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences (ARCHES) Expertise Natalia Ortega Saez has expertise in materials science and materials research, degradation and conservation of organic materials such as; interior textile…

Thimo Groffen postdoc researcher FWO Research Thimo Groffen Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Expertise I am an environmental scientist with background in biology and environmental toxicology. My research interests focus on biomonitoring of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) in te…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Invited presentations Annemie Bogaerts 175 Computational fluid dynamics simulations of plasma reactor design, for gas conversion applications. Invited plenary lecture at the “21st International Conferen…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Functional Anatomy using Classical and Cutting-Edge Techniques (FAC²ET). 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 Abstract To maximise collaboration between departments and institutes within the field of functional anatomy, we set-up the research network "F…

Lieven Bervoets full professor Research Lieven Bervoets Research team Ecosphere Expertise For more than 30 years, I have mainly been carrying out field ecotoxicological research on the bioavailability and effects of micropollutants on both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. We mainly look at the eff…

Institute of Development Policy search menu search content Discussion Papers The IOB Discussion Papers (ISSN 2294-8651) are peer reviewed. Publication as an IOB Discussion Paper does not constitute prior publication and does not preclude publication elsewhere. The findings and views expressed in the…

Bio-Imaging Lab search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Assessing the impact of somatic instability modulation on the functional integrity of the dopaminergic system in Huntington's disease. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable hereditary neurodegen…

Science Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Dry, bi- and oxidative CO2 reforming of CH4 in an atmospheric pressure glow discharge reactor: an expe…

Joris Dirckx emeritus with assignment Research Joris Dirckx Research team Expertise dedicated optical measuring techniques for biomechanics, such as digital image correllation, digital holography, laser doppler interferometry modeling of biomechanical systems using finite elements functioning of the…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects AQuatic Urban ecosystems Alive (AQUAlive). 01/01/2026 - 31/12/2028 Abstract Cities face challenges from climate change (like floods and droughts) and urban sprawl (such as the Urban Heat Island effect and pollution). These issues threate…

Peter Aerts emeritus with assignment Research Peter Aerts Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Kinesiological analyses. Belgian Alliance for Biomechanics. 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 Abstract The Belgian Alliance for Biomechanics (BAB) originates from the fundamental belief that the science of …

Marcel Eens full professor Research Marcel Eens Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise Evolutionary biological and Molecular ecological research. Field ecotoxicological and behavioural research in birds. PFAS systemic regional approach to Assess Spatial distribution, Transfer, E…

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content Projects - Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences Ongoing projects Reviving Historic Water Infrastructures: Integrating Historical Water Systems for Sustainable Urban Water Management and Climate Resilience. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract C…