Global Change Ecology search menu search content How deep is the sleep of tree buds in winter? How deep is the sleep of tree buds in winter? A more erratic sleep for deciduous trees than previously thought is discovered. A new study by Romain Garrigues and co-authors showed that while absence of win…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 2 Three out of four work from home Second wave of UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study also enquired about mental well-being On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Belgians filled in the UAntwerp corona questionnaire again. An initial analysi…

Inge Glazemakers associate professor Research Inge Glazemakers Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Expertise Studies about child and adolescent mental health. -Cross-sectoral collaboration for children and adolescents with multiple and complex needs/multiple pr…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Patrick MITASHI Novel diagnostic tests for human African trypanosomiasis: what is their role in primary health care services? Thesis summary Introduction The control of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is mainly based on active case detection (i.…

Annick Gilles assistant professor Research Annick Gilles Research team Expertise Randomized- controlled trials, statistics, imaging on topics: tinnitus, hearing, cogniton, vestibular RAPID-TREAT: Research on Acute Psycho-educational Interventions for Distress in Tinnitus - Targeting Early Acute Trea…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Uganda Research Platform Welcome to the Uganda 'HEFS' Platform The Health, Environment and Food Security ('HEFS') platform is a research platform sponsored by the Belgian Development Cooperation through the VLIR-UOS. The Platform comprises of 5 Flem…

Dorien Mabille postdoc researcher FWO Research Dorien Mabille Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) The role of tissue sanctuary niches in naturally transmitted Trypanosoma infections. 01/11/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract African trypanosomiasis is a tsetse fly trans…

Zeng Li unpaid staff Publications Zeng Li Structural basis for the inhibition of Trypanosoma brucei enolase by a camelid single-domain antibody Source Molecular and biochemical parasitology - ISSN 0166-6851-267 (2026) p. Author(s) Zeng Li, Natalia Smiejkowska, Julie Vansevenant, Jimmy Mertens, Piete…

Ilse De Volder unpaid staff Publications Ilse De Volder Impact of type D personality on bilevel positive airway pressure compliance and side-effects in sleep apnoea patients Source ERJ Open Research - ISSN 2312-0541-12:2 (2026) p. 1-10 Author(s) Frederik Veys, An-Marie Schyvens, Ilse de Volder, Ann …

Reuse Lab search menu search content REDOSE Sustainability in the operating room: anaesthesia Immense piles of disposable waste are created daily in the operating room. Practicing anaesthesia is a major contributor to the creation of this waste. How can anaesthesiologists perform their duties in an …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of 20 conditions* that are mainly prevalent in tropical areas, where they mostly affect impoverished communities and disproportionately affect women and children. The…

Robert Tholen unpaid staff Research Robert Tholen Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health For better health in university and college students: pin-pointing the interplay between social support, study stress, substance use and mental health across different study programs. 01/10/2017 …

Infla-Med search menu search content News 🚀 Infla-Med Centre of Excellence kicks off its third term! With the start of its third term, the Infla-Med Centre of Excellence enters an exciting new phase. Infla-Med continues to position itself as a strong interdisciplinary consortium in which fundamen…

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content IJS The academic study of Judaism from a variety of cultural disciplines Lecture program spring 2026 Overview lectures 2nd semester year 2025-2026 (PDF, 220kB) Click here to download our newsletter for spring 2026 (PDF, 2.87MB) Upcoming conferen…

Building project Paardenmarkt Historical site is new home base of students Product Development Students of the Product Development programme at UAntwerp started the second semester of academic year 2022-2023 in a different setting. The historical education site of the former Stedelijke Nijverheidssc…

Translational Neurosciences search menu search content Lab Dental Materials Introduction The research at our Lab Dental Materials focuses on (1) Research on dental sleep medicine and obstructive sleep apnea in the hospital, and (2) Development of research equipment for several research projects of o…

Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences search menu search content Expert Meeting 2: The degradation of weighted silk objects in heritage collections Venue: Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, Metelkova ulica 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia This expert meeting is part of the SAFESILK research project, an FWO/ARIS…

Louis Maes emeritus with assignment Research Louis Maes Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise - Antioxidant evaluation of pure compounds and extracts. - Integrated antimicrobial (bacteria, fungi, yeasts and parasites) screening and profiling of pure com…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph OKEBE From control to elimination: reducing residual malaria transmission in The Gambia Summary Malaria endemic countries such as The Gambia, backed by political will and international funding, have significantly reduced the malaria burden. T…

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…

Social Sciences Anne Bergmans Anne Bergmans 1. What was your favourite subject during your student days? It’s hard to choose; I found just about everything interesting, but Alfons Thijs’s Social History (1st year) was quite special. That man could speak with such enthusiasm that you remembered i…

Jean-Claude Dujardin associate professor Research Jean-Claude Dujardin Research team An investigation into the mechanisms of Plasmodium vivax chloroquine resistance (PvCQR): a transcriptomic/transgenic approach. 01/11/2021 - 13/02/2026 Abstract Chloroquine resistance (PvCQR) in Plasmodium vivax, the…

Guy Caljon professor Research Guy Caljon Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise - In vitro and in vivo preclinical models of parasitic infectious diseases - Natural parasite transmission models using insect vectors - Imaging methods to study infection an…

Luc Moens emeritus occasional assignment Research Luc Moens Research team Expertise - in vitro expression of hemo-proteins in E. coli - protein purification and characterisation - protein sequencing - molecular biological techniques (PCR, cloning, hybridisation, celculture etc). Ion mobility high re…

Kris Van den Broeck associate professor Research Kris Van den Broeck Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Expertise Public mental health (prevalence); mental health promotion and selfcare (in primary care professionals); stigma on mental health pathology. Building Bridges…