Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content Donation after death What can you expect from the diagnostic research and the storage of your body material/data? In most cases, neuropathological examination of your body material leads to a definitive diagnosis, allowing us to identify your condition…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content ALGAR 2018: Content description The second edition of the summer school ALGAR is dedicated to the study of sums of squares in fields. In four lecture series and a few special talks we introduce the audience to the necessary…

Koen Verrycken emeritus occasional assignment Research Koen Verrycken Research team The end of metaphysics and post-metaphysical thought. The concept of metaphysics in post-Hegelian philosophy 01/01/2001 - 31/12/2004 Abstract The proposed research project studies two motifs which play a very importa…

Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology search menu search content CPD Training Continued professional development Use of wild and domestic birds in field and lab experiments - best practices and new methodologies Birds are frequently used in research but their use has not been as well characterized a…

Walter De Mulder emeritus occasional assignment Research Walter De Mulder Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Expertise The central question of my research is how language users can constitute a representation of the world (or other fictive worlds) in and through their use of language, how they can…

Sebastiaan Engelborghs unpaid staff Research Sebastiaan Engelborghs Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Expertise Reference Centre for Biological Markers of Dementia (BIODEM). The effect of Alzheimer's disease on cognitive decline after an ischemic stroke and the role of neurogenesis.…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Pre-course preparation A short description of the tasks and their estimated workload is given below. The topics have been spread over three months. Once selected for the course, you will obtain access to the pre-course material. Before starting the …

Grammar and Pragmatics search menu search content Past GaP-lectures 2025 October 21. Magali Ruet (University of Rijeka): "AI through the prism of anthropology: Exploring AI in Migration Contexts" April 24. Marilize Pretorius & Jennifer Thewissen (University of Antwerp): "AI Meets Academic Writing: C…

Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content FAQs about brain and tissue donation Who can become a donor? Most adults can register as potential donors. You can sign up yourself, or your family can choose to donate after death, if consent is given. In some cases, small tissue samples may also be t…

Margo Hagendorens associate professor Research Margo Hagendorens Research team Study of the skin microbiome and the potential of topical probiotics in atopic dermatitis. 01/01/2021 - 30/04/2025 Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that occurs in about 20% of …

Karl C M Vrancken guest professor Research Karl C M Vrancken Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise Broad experience as a researcher, project and team manager in projects on circular economy, waste management and treatment, waste policty in Flanders and…

Wim Stevens emeritus occasional assignment Research Wim Stevens Research team Becton Dickinson FACSAria II: highspeed, fixed alignment benchtop cell sorter platform. 19/12/2008 - 18/12/2013 Abstract Current project concerns a new generation, user-friendly, high-speed and compact flow cytometric cell…

Grammar and Pragmatics search menu search content Expertise This page provides an overview of the research expertise of all tenure track and tenured GaP members. For an overview of our current PhD students and their expertise, see Current PhD students. Boone Griet My primary research areas include s…

Geert Van Eekert professor Research Geert Van Eekert Research team Center for European Philosophy Expertise Metaphysics: history of metaphysics (Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Hegel), history of the critique of metaphysics, debates about the end of metaphysics (Habermas), history of post-meta…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Malignant hyperthermia Malignant hyperthermia. ‘Malignanthyperthermia’ (MH) is a life-threatening, potentially fatal complication ofgeneral anesthesia triggered by the commonly used inhalational anesthesics andsucc…

Guy Vanheeswijck emeritus occasional assignment Research Guy Vanheeswijck Research team Expertise Evaluation articles and publications for publishers. The Emotion of Pride and the Ethics of Recognition: A Philosophical Analysis. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2021 Abstract We can feel pride about something we a…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Eshetu Lemma Haile Evaluation of cervical cancer screening uptake, HPV genotyping and self-sampling collection techniques in Ethiopia PhD summary Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is the fourth most prevalent malignancy and cause of death in women worl…

Didier Ebo full professor Research Didier Ebo Research team Expertise The overarching focus of my research is to study the complex mechanisms that govern basophil and mast cell activation mainly in drug hypersensitivity but also allergy to food, hymenoptera venom and cannabis sativa. Particular expe…

Center for European Philosophy search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects From Logic to Life: Drive as a Meta-Systematic Concept in Hegel's Philosophy. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract systematicity of his philosophy. This revival has reinforced readings of Hegel's system as inherently org…

Pure Mathematics search menu search content Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory Seminar Monthly seminar The Algebra, Geometry, and Number Theory Seminar takes place on average every two weeks. Each session consists of a single or double talk where experts present their research questions and share …

Science Public defences 2023 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2023 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Machine learning for vibrational circular dichroism: Constructing novel and accelerating established a…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Activity-based probes for profiling IgA1 protease activity in Neisserial infections. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) is the predominant antibody on mucosal surfaces and provides a critical first line o…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Paper Sessions Preliminary Programme Overview Parallel Paper Sessions (pdf - 1618kb) 1. (Dis)Cohesion as sense of urbanity (Dis)cohesion as sense of urbanity PS001 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Peter Dirksmeier – Leibniz Universität Hannov…