Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh 2025: bird beaks and songs National public radio interview with Sam on bird beaks in relation to songs and feeding, including reports on research at FunMorph (link to sound recording - in Dutch). 2023: Superstar seed crackers Our r…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Martin MBONYE Integrated Management of Infectious Diseases; Effect of Capacity Building Interventions on Malaria Case Management in Rural Uganda Thesis summary Infectious diseases continue to be a major public health problem causing nearly 35% of al…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content Egg cels and your diet Your egg cell feels what you eat UAntwerp study shows that high-fat and high-sugar diets lower egg cell quality For some time, fertility centres have been reporting that obese women have a harder time getting pr…

Functional Morphology search menu search content The seadragon's strike: cranial kinematics during feeding Promoter: Sam Van Wassenbergh Subject: Syngnathiform fishes, such as pipefish and seahorses and their relatives, depend on an extremely rapid dorsal rotation of their head to bring their mouth …

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Defences 2020 Attented a phd of find the archive of concluded doctoral research Defences 2020 Attented a phd of find the archive of concluded doctoral research Human exposure to bisphenol A and its alternatives: sources, levels, patterns and determi…

Business Engineering: Financial Engineering Master's Thesis the crowning piece of your academic curriculum Master's Thesis the crowning piece of your academic curriculum Your Master's Thesis demonstrates your in-depth knowledge of the foundations, structures and methodologies underpinning the Busine…

Back to the Future search menu search content Presentations Past Futures I : an Individual Perspective on Temporality and Future Practice(s) Some of our team members presented their research at the European Social Science History Conference in Göteborg on the 14th of April 2023. Jeroen opened the f…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Sara Valckx Maternal Metabolic Disorders and Fertility: insights into the effect of a changed maternal micro-enviroment on follicular growth, the acquisition of oocyte developmental compentece and subsequent embryo quality Sara Va…

Christophe Van Berckelaer unpaid staff Research Christophe Van Berckelaer Research team The role of infiltrating immune cells in the aggresive phenotype of inflammatory breast cancer and possible new (immuno)therapeutic targets. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020 Abstract IBC is characterized by a rapid onset,…

Silke Mortelmans doctoral scholarship holder Research Silke Mortelmans Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Investigating the impact of inflammasome-induced pyroptosis on visceral leishmaniasis in mice. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract The Nlrp3 inflammasome is a protein complex that responds to…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Ellen Jorssen Bovine Gamete and Embryo Research Models: Development of Alternative in vitro Screening Assays for Toxicity Testing Ellen Jorssen, MSc, PhD Download thesis (pdf, 24 MB) Abstract Since the onset of the industrial revo…

Wilhelmus Kwanten unpaid guest prof. Research Wilhelmus Kwanten Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) The role of autophagy and the intrahepatic vascular resistance in the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). 01/10/2014 - 31/07/2016 Abstract In…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Measuring biological surfaces Measuring Biological Surfaces in Three Dimensions Software maps biological surfaces The surfaces of both animals and plants can have three-dimensional features that give them special properties: repelling water from lotus…

Global Health Institute search menu search content George ABONGOMERA Decentralization of antiretroviral therapy services to lower level health facilities in resource limited settings Summary Decentralization of HIV care to get treatment closer to where people live is essential to achieve the UNAIDS …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Junior MATANGILA Intermittent Preventive Treatment an Option to Prevent Malaria in Schoolchildren Living in Endemic Area for Malaria Summary In high endemic areas, malaria infection and its adverse effects in schoolchildren may be prevented by inter…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Karen KERKHOF Serological markers to measure recent changes in malaria transmission: a promising tool towards malaria elimination Abstract Despite large progress in malaria control, malaria remains a public health concern. For countries heading to e…

Peter Michielsen emeritus occasional assignment Research Peter Michielsen Research team The role of autophagy and the intrahepatic vascular resistance in the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). 01/10/2014 - 31/07/2016 Abstract In our study we focus on disturbances in the li…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ermias DIRO Clinical management of Visceral Leishmaniasis in HIV Patients in Ethiopia Thesis summary The research included in this thesis aimed at investigating better management options for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in people with HIV infection. …

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Karolien Desmet Maternal metabolic disorders and fertility: importance of lipotoxicity on oocyte, sperm and embryo Karolien Desmet, DVM, PhD Date: 19th November 2019, at 5 PM Location: Auditorium O8, Campus Drie Eiken Download the…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Tom DECROO Community-based ART in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt from Community ART Groups in Tete province, Mozambique Thesis abstract Globally an estimated 36.7 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV). By June 2016, 18.2 million were enroll…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences PhD defences 2025 PhD defences 2025 Integrated approaches for diagnosis and regional transmission control of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Rwanda - Isabel Cuella Martin (23/10/2025) Isabel Cuella Martin 23 October 2025, 4pm - 6pm Aula Janssen…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Jasna LOOS Know your epidemic, know your response. The case of the HIV epidemic among sub-Saharan African migrants in Flanders, Belgium Summary Sub-Saharan African migrants are an important priority group for HIV-prevention in Europe. Like in the ot…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Technology development Activity-based probes in bioimaging We were the first to report on small, irreversible uPA inhibitors with nanomolar potency and a surprising selectivity against highly related enzymes such as tPA, plasmin, thrombin and fXa. Selec…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Innocent VALEA Malaria in pregnancy in Burkina Faso & new ways of improving current interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa Thesis summary Malaria during pregnancy is a major public health problem, affecting the mother’s and infant’s health. Intra-u…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content How studying chronic pain amongst immigrants highlights their health precarity How studying chronic pain amongst immigrants highlights their health precarity Valérie-Anne Chantrain, PhD student (Faculty of Medecine and Health sciences, University of Antwe…