Antwerp Centre of Evolutionary Demography search menu search content Best Paper Award for Loren Pauwels Best Paper Award for Loren Pauwels Nov. 2015, 25th: Loren Pauwels won the best paper award of the Doctoral Day of the Faculty of Applied Economics of the University of Antwerp. Title of the Paper:…

Gerda Van de Vijver Publications Gerda Van de Vijver The contribution of Kv2.2‐mediated currents decreases during the postnatal development of mouse dorsal root ganglion neurons Source Physiological Reports - ISSN 2051-817X-4:6 (2016) p. Author(s) Glenn Regnier, Elke Bocksteins, Gerda Van de Vijve…

Melissa Van Praet predoc researcher FWO Publications Melissa Van Praet The olive polyphenol hydroxytyrosol enhances autophagy and heme oxygenase-1 expression in aortic endothelial cells and reduces arterial stiffness ex vivo Source Planta medica: natural products and medicinal plant research - ISSN …

Dorien Leenaerts guest professor Publications Dorien Leenaerts COVID-19 vaccination protects infected pregnant women from developing SARS-CoV-2 placentitis and decreases the risk for stillbirth Source Placenta - ISSN 0143-4004-148 (2024) p. 38-43 Author(s) Gitte Zels, Cecile Colpaert, Dorien Leenaer…

Celine Civati predoc researcher FWO Publications Celine Civati Fluoroquinolones and the risk of aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection : evidence from a nationwide nested case-control study paralleled with matched experimental models Source European heart journal open - ISSN 2752-4191-5:3 (2025) p. 1-…

Francesca De Ridder unpaid staff Research Francesca De Ridder Research team The impact of a patient-tailored multi-biomarker device to improve glucose control for people with type 1 diabetes. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract In type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), insulin-producing beta-cells of the pan…

Wim Verlinden unpaid guest prof. Publications Wim Verlinden Awareness of chronic hepatitis B and C in men who have sex with men in Belgium : epidemiological survey and on-site screening Source Sexually transmitted infections - ISSN 1368-4973-100:5 (2024) p. 321-324 Author(s) Marie Coessens, Jeoffrey…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 5 Home schooling and work appear to be a difficult combination April 14th 2020 The fifth wave of the UAntwerp corona study enquired about experiences with home schooling The fifth wave of the Great Corona Study shows that home schoolin…

Women in Science & Engineering search menu search content Women at the Faculty of Science 2021 On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021, we would like to present an overview of the gender balance at the Faculty of Science of the University of Antwerp. The Universit…

Baptiste Oosterlinck senior researcher Research Baptiste Oosterlinck Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise Unraveling the interaction between the microbiome and humans with specific interest in the mucus barrier in various gastrointestinal diseases. This invo…

Media, Movements and Politics search menu search content Project findings The criteria politciians use to evaluate public opinion We study which public opinion signals politicians deem worthy of their attention and consideration when deciding how (not) to act. Concretely, we assess the relative impo…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Sero-epidemiology COVID-19 in Belgium 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospective cross-sectional study of residual samples June 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospe…

Christophe De Block full professor Research Christophe De Block Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise type 1 diabetes continue glucose monitoring autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes Elucidating the contribution of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Socratic method: questions and answers A teaching and learning talk (i.e. the Socratic method) is a highly directive, structured dialogue in which the teacher uses targeted questions in the attempt to lead students to a particular i…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Tanzania Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children: from research into policy Abstract Malaria remains a major public health threat despite considerable progress on control in the past decade. We, and others, demonstrated that …

HPV Prevention and Control Board search menu search content Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening, Treatment and Vaccination November 2020 - Online Technical Meeting Meeting objectives: Update on Covid-19 pandemic: What’s the new normal? Discuss the impact of Covid-19 on WHO cervical eli…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Daniel KYABAYINZE Strategies to optimise parasitological diagnosis and treatment of malaria in Uganda Thesis summary Background and rationale Malaria is one of the leading causes of fever and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 655,000…

Integrated Training in Dry Eye Disease Drug Development search menu search content Publications 2024 Greta Klejborowska, Camilla Scarpellini, Caroline Lanthier, and Koen Augustyns. Recent advances in the development of synthetic ferroptosis inhibitors. 2024 Medicinal Chemistry Reviews, Chapter 14, p…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content Publications 2025 Cherubin M, Delaunois A, Valentin JP, Alaerts M, Guns PJ, Gryshkova V. Bridging the gaps in detection of structural cardiotoxicity in stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: promise of miR-133b, miR-184 and miR-208b-3p. Front Pharmac…

Global Health Institute search menu search content DR Congo Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in school children: from research into policy Abstract Malaria remains a major public health threat despite considerable progress on control in the past decade. We, and others, demonstrated that …

Reducing Early School Leaving in Europe search menu search content Who is concerned? The impact of EarlySchool Leaving on EU citizens, European societies and the European economy Early school leaving hampers economic and social development, on the level of the individual but also on the level of soc…

Sustainable Pavements and Asphalt Research (SUPAR) search menu search content Research Research projects Asfalt voor zwaarbelaste wegen De Oorzaak Hybrid AI for predictive Road maintenance Digital Information Management in Infrastructure Investigating of Crack resistance and Healing in BITuminous ma…

Global Health Institute search menu search content MaRch - Malaria Research Group About MaRch Vision Malaria remains a global health challenge and threat that needs sustained attention whatever its endemicity globally. Mission MaRch will contribute to invent, develop and optimize malaria control too…

Marie-Jose Tassignon emeritus occasional assignment Research Marie-Jose Tassignon Research team Expertise Lens and lens capsule Biometry Epidemiology of refraction and biometry Physiological optics Keratoconus IOL exchange Glaucoma Densitometry Quality of vision Artificial iris Floaters Macular edem…

Carolyn Declerck full professor Research Carolyn Declerck Research team Management Expertise Cooperation and conflict in social dilemmas, neuroeconomics OBIDE - The Oxytocin Brain Imaging Data Exchange Consortium for fMRI Data Sharing. 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 Abstract The overarching goal of the OBI…