Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content VERDI prioritizes women and children in the research on new coronavirus variants The University of Padua and Penta Foundation are leaders of VERDI, a new European research consortium on coronavirus in children and pregnant women. The Univ…

Marijne Vandebergh external postdoc researcher Research Marijne Vandebergh Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise Genetic research in frontotemporal dementia World-wide systematic characterization of TMEM106B and ATXN2 genetic status towards implementation of genet…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Coronavirus RECOVER Rapid European SARS-CoV-2 Emergency research Response The overall goal of RECOVER is to understand the COVID-19 pandemic through clinical research in order to transform patient care and public health responses. Visit t…

Tair Kasztan unpaid staff Research Tair Kasztan Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Labour Migration and Population Ageing: anlyzing the effectiveness of current labour market integration and job councelling trajectories for newly arrived immigrants and individuals with a migratio…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content Prof. Dr. Andreas Zwergal Andreas Zwergal is the Director of the German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders (DSGZ) and Professor for Neurootology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany. Since 2014, he is the scientific coordinator …

Ludovic Terren postdoctoral scholarship hold. Publications Ludovic Terren A qualitative examination of (political) media diets across age cohorts in five countries Source Communications : the European journal of communication research - ISSN 0341-2059-50:2 (2025) p. 236-256 Author(s) David Nicolas H…

Jasper Segerink senior researcher Publications Jasper Segerink Een nacht in de stad. Stedelijke ruimte en de hotelsector voor trans-Atlantische migranten in Antwerpen, 1850-1914 Source Historiant. Jaarboek voor Antwerpse geschiedenis-13 () p. 95-120 Author(s) Jasper Segerink Citation link Living wit…

Frank Kooy emeritus with assignment Research Frank Kooy Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise We have decades of expertise in the discovery of novel genetic intellectual disability and autism . disorders. For some of these disorders, we have performed deep-phenotyping in large patient co…

HPV Prevention and Control Board search menu search content Videos (EN) Introduction HPV Prevention & Control Board Meeting Antwerp, Belgium - Alex Vorsters Immunogenicity and tolerability of HPV vaccine in women aged 15-55 years; study findings and way forward - Tino F. Schwarz Potential Benefits o…

OncoProTools search menu search content DC6 Alberto Bigogno Characterization of the p38 MAPK pathway in the expression of TME proteases Organisation: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain Supervisors: Dr. Ana Cuenda and Dr. Juan José Sanz Hi, my name is Albe…

Svenn D'Hert Publications Svenn D'Hert Methylmap : visualization of modified nucleotides for large cohort sizes Source BMC bioinformatics - ISSN 1471-2105-26:1 (2025) p. 1-7 Author(s) Elise Coopman, Svenn D' Hert, Rosa Rademakers, Wouter De Coster Citation link Visualization and analysis of medicall…

Charlotte Theuns doctoral scholarship holder Research Charlotte Theuns Research team Social Epidemiology & Health Policy (SEHPO) Targeting high risk (ex-)smokers in Flanders (BE) for lung cancer screenng with low-dose CT-scan. 01/10/2022 - 01/10/2026 Abstract Lung cancer is the leading cause of canc…

Ewan Pols predoc researcher FWO Research Ewan Pols Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Differentials in later-life career trajectories between second-generation and native women: bridging the gap. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract A sizeable amount of research has been focussing on…

Julie van der Zee guest prof. external funds - associate professor - guest professor Research Julie van der Zee Research team VIB CMN - Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Expertise Julie van der Zee is an expert in the neurogenetics of frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and early-onset de…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content ESCMID Global 2024 Recap ESCMID Global 2024, the 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, has come to an end. LMM colleagues were present to share the findings of their research, represent different project c…

Josiane Kenfack Zanguim doctoral scholarship holder Research Josiane Kenfack Zanguim Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) The vaginal microbiome of Cameroonian women: integration of citizen science with microbiota research and analysis of the benefits of vaginal …

Berten Ceulemans emeritus occasional assignment Publications Berten Ceulemans KCNQ2 Loss-of-Function variants disrupt neuronal maturation via early hyperexcitability followed by maladaptive network remodeling Source - () p. Author(s) Nina Dirkx, Mark Kaji, Els De Vriendt, G. Carleo, F. Miceli, B. As…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content ECCMID 2023 recap ECCMID 2023, the 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, has come to an end and what a success it has been! 12 of our LMM colleagues were present to share the findings of their research en …

Calson Ambomatei doctoral scholarship holder Research Calson Ambomatei Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Investigating the materno-foetal consequences of filarial infection. 01/08/2025 - 31/07/2029 Abstract Filarial parasites cause over 200 million infections globally. Filarial morbidity w…

Matilda Berkell unpaid staff Publications Matilda Berkell Quasi-species prevalence and clinical impact of evolving SARS-CoV-2 lineages in European COVID-19 cohorts, January 2020 to February 2022 Source Eurosurveillance : European communicable disease bulletin - ISSN 1560-7917-30:10 (2025) p. 1-18 Au…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Suzette JORDAAN Cervical cancer in South Africa: screening status and policy pitfalls Summary High quality cervical cancer screening can reduce the incidence of and the mortality from cervical carcinoma. This because the natural evolution of cervica…

YUFE Activities search menu search content YUFE4Postdocs YUFE4Postdocs is an ambitious postdoctoral program launched by the University of Antwerp in a partnership with eight other universities of the YUFE alliance. It is co-funded by Horizon Europe’s Marie Sklodowska Curie program (GA 101081327). …

ERC Singleton project search menu search content ERC Singleton project The dynamics and consequences of singleness during emerging adulthood About the project From "mount marriage" to "mount cohabitation" to "mount single" In most modern societies, research on relationship formation has noted a mark…

Samir Kumar-Singh professor Publications Samir Kumar-Singh Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG in a chewable colonizes the nose and facilitates local immune benefits in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis patients Source Microbiology spectrum - ISSN 2165-0497-13:10 (2025) p. 1-16 Author(s) Ilke De Boeck, Irina…

Mathias Smet unpaid staff Publications Mathias Smet Quasi-species prevalence and clinical impact of evolving SARS-CoV-2 lineages in European COVID-19 cohorts, January 2020 to February 2022 Source Eurosurveillance : European communicable disease bulletin - ISSN 1560-7917-30:10 (2025) p. 1-18 Author(s…