Rocio Canovas Martinez expert Research Rocio Canovas Martinez Research team Expertise Biotechnologist with a Master in Health Biotechnology. PhD in Nanoscience, Materials and Chemical Engineering. Expertise in the development of electrochemical sensors for the detection of relevant ions (such as pot…

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…

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…

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, …

Sarah Ahannach senior researcher Research Sarah Ahannach Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Award of the Research Board 2025 - Award Verbeure: Applied and Exact Sciences. 01/12/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract The Isala citizen science initiative is the world's large…

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,…

Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Publications Christophe Casteleyn Anatomy of the joints in the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) : part 1: thoracic limb Source Animals - ISSN 2076-2615-15:19 (2025) p. 1-35 Author(s) Jolien Horemans, Arthur Fets, Hedwig Donga, Jaco Bakker, Christophe Casteleyn …

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…

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…

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 …

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 Welfare assessment in pigs using the salivary proteome Source Animals - ISSN 2076-2615-14:11 (2024) p. 1-13 Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa Van Ginneken, Xaveer van Ostade, Christophe Casteleyn Citation link Saliva as a biological matrix to as…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Celine Gys assistant professor - senior researcher Research Celine Gys Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise 2016-2020 Celine graduated as a pharmacist from the Uantwerpen in 2016. Subsequently, she performed her PhD research in the Toxicological Center, working on human exposure to BPA and o…

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 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 has resulted in the us…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Functional Anatomy using Classical and Cutting-Edge Techniques (FAC²ET). 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 Abstract To maximise collaboration between departments and institutes within the field of functional anatomy, we set-up the research network "F…