Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Research Christophe Casteleyn Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise My research aims to investigate the influences of different weaning and rearing strategies on the development of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in the pigle…

Hanne Goris doctoral scholarship holder Publications Hanne Goris Crucial parameters for precise copy number variation detection in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded solid cancer samples Source Molecular Oncology - ISSN 1574-7891-20:5 (2026) p. 1270-1283 Author(s) Hanne Goris, Vasiliki Siozopoulou, LÃ…

Sara Prims project coordinator Publications Sara Prims Thriving or striving : comparing intra-uterine growth restricted, low birth weight and normal birth weight piglets within the first 24 hours Source Animals - ISSN 2076-2615-14:17 (2024) p. 1-18 Author(s) Marlotte Loyens, Lieselotte Van Bockstal,…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Teams Our Cell Death Signaling research group integrates following research lines: Ferroptosis Signaling - Tom Vanden Berghe The lab investigates mechanisms, diagnostics, and intervention strategies related to critical illnesses, brain injuries, kidney…

Yasmine Gridda predoc researcher FWO Research Yasmine Gridda Research team Toxicological Centre Gabapentinoid use in Belgium: public health insights through triangulation of wastewater-based epidemiology, bioanalysis and sales data (GABA-INSIGHT). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The misuse of prega…

University Fund search menu search content Vaginal microbiome (isala) Support Isala Help map the female microbiome What is Isala? Isala (named after the first female Belgian doctor Isala Van Diest) is the brand new citizenship project of the University of Antwerp. Until now, little is known about va…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) CEV is a strong multidisciplinary research group, participating regularly in national and international vaccine research. CEV holds a platform for conducting vaccine trials…

Xaveer Van Ostade professor Publications Xaveer Van Ostade Enhanced yields and purity : a robust optimization framework for the production of multifunctional elastin-like proteins Source Biomaterials Science - ISSN 2047-4830- (2026) p. Author(s) Niels Geysmans, Lotte Vastmans, Ruben Verstraete, Xave…

Wiebren Tjalma full professor Research Wiebren Tjalma Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Breast cancer: clinical and translational research - Breast cancer related lymphedema - Axillary surgery - Breast surgery - Mammary gland - Lobular carcinoma - Secondary prevention: t…

CoPeD search menu search content PhD theses Marina Stroe (2024) Integrated Approaches in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy: The Neonatal Göttingen Minipig Model for Drug Disposition in Perinatal Asphyxia and Therapeutic Hypothermia - (pdf - 10Mb) Chloé Bars (2024) Bioactivation of human proteratogens in t…

Jona Verstraelen doctoral scholarship holder Research Jona Verstraelen Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) The prevalence and the pathophysiological role of non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacters in well-defined gastric diseases and (pre-) malignancies. 01/10/2024 - 3…

University Fund search menu search content Testimonial researcher Isala: take charge of your own health as a woman Sarah Ahannach, researcher at Isala, is participating in research into the female microbiome in Flanders within the citizen science project 'Isala'. Isala is a thriving project named af…

University Fund search menu search content Testimonial participant Care today about tomorrow, support Isala Vaginal health in Flanders remains a difficult (conversational) topic. Also according to Marjan De Roeck, an enthusiastic thirty-something who participates and donates to Isala, the taboo must…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content LMM featured as a biobank success story in the VACCELERATE project The Laboratory of Medical Microbiology is proud to be featured as a biobank success story within the European vaccine research initiative VACCELERATE. The story, published…

Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene search menu search content LMPH Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene Welcome The Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) is an interdepartmental research group at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and V…

Celine Gys assistant professor - senior researcher Research Celine Gys Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise Celine obtained her master's degree in Drug Development (University of Antwerp), is a pharmacist and is currently a postdoctoral researcher and assistant professor at Prof. Adrian Cova…

Sarah Ahannach research manager Research Sarah Ahannach Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise Sarah Ahannach investigates how the human microbiome influences health, with a particular focus on women’s health and health equity. She studies how microbial…

Orange Your University UAntwerp shows its colours in the fight against sexual assault On 25 November 2021, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our Middelheim Campus will be coloured orange. By doing so, our university shows its solidarity for the worldwide campaign a…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Electroencephalographic characterization of comorbidities in neurodegenerative diseases: from epilepsy to insomnia - Jan Van Erum (18/12/2019) Jan Van Er…

Greta Schoeters emeritus occasional assignment Research Greta Schoeters Research team Toxicological Centre Human biomonitoring study in the vicinity of 3M (Jongerenstudie HBM-3M) 01/12/2021 - 31/03/2023 Abstract This scientific study uses human biomonitoring and environmental measurements to investi…

Heiko De Schepper assistant professor Research Heiko De Schepper Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise 1. During my medical training, I participated in several experiments focusing on the characterization of neurotransmitters in motility of the mouse small in…

Hugo Neels emeritus occasional assignment Research Hugo Neels Research team Toxicological Centre Bisphenol A alternatives: transfer from food contact materials, fate and human exposure. 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 Abstract Bisphenol-A (BPA) is again at the forefront of research because its restriction h…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Impact of maternal metabolic status and environmental chemical exposure on placental development 01/07/2026 - 30/06/2030 Abstract The central objective of this project is to elucidate how maternal metabolic status and environmental chemical …

Wim Vanden Berghe full professor Research Wim Vanden Berghe Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Pyrosequencing is a fast, simple and quantitative method for analysis of CpG methylation, mutation analysis, SNP analysis in multiple sites in a single assay and eliminates the reliance on …

Karolien De Wael full professor Research Karolien De Wael Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise photo-electrocatalysis, (bio)sensor development, electrochemical sensors,fundamental electrochemical studies,material degradation studies,organic electroche…