‘This “transfer” shows the impact of our university’ ‘This “transfer” shows the impact of our university’ Prof. Silvia Lenaerts of University of Antwerp becomes new rector in Eindhoven Prof. Silvia Lenaerts, vice-rector of UAntwerp, becomes the new rector magnifica of Eindhoven Unive…

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…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective in newborns, resulting in death UAntwerp research shows that antibiotics fail to save almost 1 in 4 newborns with blood poisoning If you get a bacterial infection, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics. But what …

B-MAGIC search menu search content Magic Lantern in Popular Entertainment Postdoc: JONCKHEERE Evelien (UA) | Supervisor: VANHOUTTE Kurt (UA) Alongside theatre venues and lecture halls, magic lantern projections were also often integrated into spectacular attractions at different kinds of popular cul…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content To infinity and beyond 13/12/2022 - Charles (ESR #9) The image on the flyer shows the distribution of a specific lipid (highlighted in red) in immune cells (macrophages) using Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI). The left image shows the MSI image, …

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content Seminars GLAC online seminar series AY 2026–27 Join the GLAC Online Seminar Series, bringing together researchers working on governance, labour, development, and social change in Africa. All seminars are held online and take place from 12:30 …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Carbon sequestration at risk Carbon sequestration at risk of destabilization in large regions of the world A study led by researchers of the University of Antwerp and the Catalan Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF) shows that …

Arts and Media Archaeology | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Public keynote Annie van den Oever "BOEM! or Experimental media archaeological reflections on re-enactment and “crazy” avant-garde performances as part of media history" Date: 27 Aug. 2024 Time: 4.3…

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…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Panel recordings Panels 1-7 PANEL 1 – Intermedial Aspects of Lantern Practice Chair: Frank Kessler 01:30 Ivo Blom – The Rome of Gerome 15:15 Artemis Willis – Lanternology 29:03 Massimiliano Gaudiosi – Virtual Tours of Pompeii in Magic Lantern Show 48:15 Q&A…

Siemen Herremans predoc researcher FWO Research Siemen Herremans Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Safer model-based reinforcement learning for motion planning in autonomous inland shipping. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Currently, there is much research in the field of autonomous navigatio…

Arts and Media Archaeology | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Public keynote Sofie Lachapelle "Science on and for the Stage: From Street Fairs and Magic Shows to the Theatres and Opera Houses of 19th-Century Paris" Date: 4 Sept. 2023 Time: 4.00 - 5.00 pm Location:…

INSPIRE safety pharmacology search menu search content Numerical simulation 02/06/2021 - Sara (ESR #8) In the poster, you see pressure signals obtained from in silico modelling in different conditions, i.e. in a compliant (healthy) and stiff (aged) blood vessel. The picture shows P0 (blue), which is…

Arts & Media Archaeology search menu search content Wetenschap Centraal: Spectacular Science at the Fair 14 December 2022 - Permeke library Date: Wed. 14 December 2022 Time: 19h30-22h Location: Permeke Library, De Coninckplein 25-26, 2060 Antwerp Free admission. Register via www.permeke.org Watch th…

B-MAGIC search menu search content Magic Lantern in Belgian Public Lectures and Popular Performances WP2 'Magic Lantern in Belgian Public Lectures and Popular Performances' will focus on public lectures and performances and their locations. PhD 2 will use GIS (geographic information system) technolo…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Climate change likely to accelerate Natural climate buffers feeling effects of higher temperatures, UAntwerp biologists find. Ecosystems like forests sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide and therefore help to slow down global warming. These ecosy…

Science at the Fair search menu search content Panorama, Diorama and Cosmorama Performing History and Geography Postdoc: Bart G. Moens This subproject will study how showpeople appropriated images from around the world and in what ways they contributed to a growing visual literacy amongst ordinary p…

Suzanne Roes unpaid staff Research Suzanne Roes Research team Center for Ethics Putting arrogance in its place. Do we need to revalue or reform the concept of arrogance? 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Arrogance has been understood as an attribute of people and sometimes as an attribute of an act. …

B-MAGIC search menu search content B-magic symposium: The Travelling Lantern (25/5/2018) DATE: 18 MAY 2018, 09:30-18:30 (+ evening programme screening film Saving Brinton at 20:30 at Cinema Zuid) VENUE: M HKA, museum of contemporary art Antwerp (auditorium), Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerp Check the entire…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Is leven op de rode planeet binnenkort mogelijk? Persbericht Research group Plasmant finds the way of producing oxygen, fuel and the basis of fertilizer on Mars. A team of chemists discovered that Mars at…

Arts PhD defences Attend a doctoral defence at the Faculty of Arts PhD defences Attend a doctoral defence at the Faculty of Arts From Recipe to Refuse: A culinary archaeobotanical and historical study of plant food consumption in the early modern Dutch cities, 1500-1850 - Merit Hondelink (24/09/2026…

Science at the Fair search menu search content Spectacular Bodies Performing Anatomy, Medicine and Anthropology PhD: Gitte Samoy | Supervisor: Nele Wynants | Co-supervisor: Henk de Smaele; Marjan Doom (UGent) This subproject will focus on the question to what extent ideas about the sane or the ‘no…

Kim Boudiny education supervisor Research Kim Boudiny Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Conceptualisation and operationalisation of 'active ageing'. 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013 Abstract For a long time, older people's limitations were emphasized in the gerontological literature. Fro…

Linguapolis search menu search content Linguapolis students stay with the (group) class December 2025 In times of artificial intelligence and language technology, you might think that language learning would be redundant. Yet in October, a growing number of learners at Linguapolis consciously chose …

Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry search menu search content Depth profiling: Bi/C60-S-SIMS Sustainable development triggers ultimate optimisation of materials on a nanoscale. The components must be localised in the correct place at the correct concentration in order to fulfill their funct…