Rocio Canovas Martinez expert Research Rocio Canovas Martinez Research team Antwerp Electrochemical and Analytical Sciences Lab (A-Sense Lab) Expertise Biotechnologist with a Master in Health Biotechnology. PhD in Nanoscience, Materials and Chemical Engineering. Expertise in the development of elect…

Sarah Ahannach senior researcher Research Sarah Ahannach Research team Environmental Ecology & Applied Microbiology (ENdEMIC) Encouraging grant 2021 'Rosa Blanckaert' for young researchers: Exact and Applied Sciences. 01/12/2021 - 31/12/2023 Abstract Violence against women is an urgent global proble…

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…

Julie De Meyer doctoral scholarship holder Publications Julie De Meyer Evaluation of saliva as a matrix for RT-PCR analysis and two rapid antigen tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 Source Viruses - ISSN 1999-4915-14:9 (2022) p. 1-9 Author(s) Julie De Meyer, Hanne Goris, Olivier Mortelé, An Spies…

Proteinchemistry, proteomics and epigenetic signalling search menu search content Teams Our research group PPES integrates 4 research lines: Proteomics – Xaveer Van Ostade Biomarkers The cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) contains a wealth of information on the physiological status of the organs of the fe…

Hanne Goris doctoral scholarship holder Publications Hanne Goris Evaluation of saliva as a matrix for RT-PCR analysis and two rapid antigen tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 Source Viruses - ISSN 1999-4915-14:9 (2022) p. 1-9 Author(s) Julie De Meyer, Hanne Goris, Olivier Mortelé, An Spiessens, …

Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Publications Christophe Casteleyn Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Sciences, 2024,194 p. Author(s) Sara Prims,…

Chris Van Ginneken full professor - vice-dean Publications Chris Van Ginneken Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Sciences, 2024,194 p. Author(s) Sara…

CoPeD search menu search content Publications Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Sciences, 2024,194 p. Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa van Ginneken, Xa…

Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network search menu search content Biomarker research IPPON established an important core to study multiple biological factors as possible biomarkers for cancer therapy. Our biomarker research includes - but is not limited to - the study of Prognostic b…

Sara Prims Publications Sara Prims Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Sciences, 2024,194 p. Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa van Ginneken, Xaveer van Os…

Wiebren Tjalma 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: thermo…

Xaveer Van Ostade professor Publications Xaveer Van Ostade Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Veterinary Sciences, 2024,194 p. Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa van…

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…

University Fund search menu search content Vaginal microbiome (isala) Help mapping the female microbiome Get to know Isala 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 …

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…

CoPeD search menu search content PhD theses Sara Prims (2024) Saliva as a biological matrix to assess piglet’s welfare (pdf - 6Mb) Kevin Van Tichelen (2024) The impact of drenching on the pre-weaning resilience of low birth weight piglets (pdf - 3Mb) Allan Valenzuela (2023) Juvenile Göttingen Min…

Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Lebeer sarah Microbial enrichment and storage for metagenomics of vaginal, skin, and saliva samples Ahannach, Sarah; Delanghe, Lize; Spacova, Irina; Wittouck, Stijn; Van Beeck, Wannes; De Boeck, Ilke; Lebeer, Sarah iScience - ISSN 2589-0042 - 2…

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 with 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 investigate h…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The hippocampus as key to study sex differences in the neurodevelopment of IUGR piglets. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) describes a pathological condition in which the fetus fails to grow to its biolo…

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…

Wim Vanden Berghe full professor Research Wim Vanden Berghe Research team 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 restriction sites, large qu…