Sandra Nauwelaerts unpaid staff Research Sandra Nauwelaerts Research team Functional Morphology Comparative functional and ecological morphology of the perissodactyl limb: insights into the adaptive evolution of the Equidae. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract This project will investigate the evolutio…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Magic Lantern Experience: Mapping Cultural Exchanges between Slide-producing Countries and Belgium Postdoc: WYNANTS Nele (ULB) | Supervisor: VANHAESEBROUCK Karel (ULB) Cultural exchange between European cities in the 18th and 19th centuries contributed greatly …

Ewan Pols predoc researcher FWO Research Ewan Pols Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Differentials in later-life career trajectories between second-generation and native women: bridging the gap. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract A sizeable amount of research has been focussing on…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

Laura Mariën predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Mariën Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Improving diagnostic accuracy and follow-up of neuroendocrine neoplasms through detection of (epi)genetic biomarkers in liquid biopsies using novel technological platforms. 01/11/2022 - 31…

Robert Jan Willem De Keizer unpaid guest prof. Publications Robert Jan Willem De Keizer Optic nerve biopsies in unexplained progressive optic neuropathy in two adults reveal optic nerve gliomas Source Journal of neuro-ophthalmology - ISSN 1070-8022-43:4 (2023) p. e224-e226 Author(s) Michel Van Lint,…

ScreenUrSelf search menu search content From virus to cervical cancer What is HPV? In Flanders, 350 women get cervical cancer every year. This cancer is caused by a virus: human papillomavirus or HPV. The virus is transmitted through sexual contact and is highly contagious. Most women and men have a…

Reuse Lab search menu search content Design for sustainable perception (design research) Over the last decade, designers have become aware of the impact they have in terms of sustainability. The trend to use more sustainable materials in their new designs is slowly becoming a habit. Designers are su…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 42 Non-vaccinated Belgians have more physical interactions August 24th 2021 Large majority of participants in the Great Corona Study spontaneously share vaccination status A large majority of vaccinated Belgians tell family and friends…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 32 36% think the circumstances at their workplace are safer today March 9th 2021 23% of participants in the Great Corona Study still have at least one symptom four months after infection Fatigue and shortness of breath are the most com…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 24 One in three says they will not celebrate Christmas in a restricted social circle November 20th 2020 Eight out of ten participants in the Great Corona Study say they have no travel plans for the end-of-year period December is slowly…

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Sriya Das doctoral scholarship holder Research Sriya Das Research team Novel single-cell technology for detection of regulatory chromatin interactions and network inference of fate trajectories in adult neural stem cells 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Adult neurogenesis plays an essential role in …

B-MAGIC search menu search content LICHTSPOREN Tour at House of Mysteries in Ghent with installations, demonstrations and unique collections (10-14/11/2021) Scientists and illusionists organise an event together during Lichtfestival Gent “Light festivals have existed for centuries, spreading scien…

University and Society: United?! Opening of the Academic Year 2025 - Rector Herwig Leirs All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players… This was the thought expressed by Joost van de Vondel and William Shakespeare in the early 17th century. We play our part as well, and, as y…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Rock dust can remove a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere Scientists from UAntwerp and elsewhere expect a lot from this special technology Will we eventually spray powdered rock from airplanes over certain ecosystems to tackle climate change? It seems qui…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Underground wood Surprising finding: roots keep growing in winter International team of scientists challenge long-held assumption that roots stop growing in winter When temperatures drop, the trunk and woody roots of trees stop growing. That was what …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content WETCOAST project researches carbon sequestration in salt marshes and mangroves New measuring station researches impact of nature restoration on greenhouse gases in Hedwige-Prosperpolder On 27 February 2025, an advanced carbon measuring station was ins…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Students with functional disabilities Written in collaboration with the Study Advice and Student Counselling Service. There are many different categories of functional disabilities, particularly physical disabilities, chronic illnes…

Valeriya Malysheva assistant professor Research Valeriya Malysheva Research team VIB CMN - Computational Neurobiology Expertise Network reconstruction for studying cell fate acquisition and maintenance. Deciphering the role of chromatin organisation in normal and aberrant cell fate acquisition. Brea…

Dirk Snyders emeritus with assignment Research Dirk Snyders Research team Expertise Electrophysiological analysis and Patch clamp. Elucidating the pathogenicity of genetic variants of uncertain significance in Brugada syndrome patients by functional modelling in hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and zebr…

Entrepreneurship bootcamp | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Business cases previous editions Over the past five years, students worked together on the development of 25 different business cases. A selection out of the list of the business cases, including some po…

Marc Deloof full professor Research Marc Deloof Research team Accountancy and Finance Expertise * Corporate finance * Corporate governance * Entrepeneurial and small business finance * Company valuation * Financial history Navigating Big Data: Essential Infrastructure for Business and Economics Fiel…

Nicola Brajato postdoc researcher FWO Research Nicola Brajato Research team Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) Expertise My main expertise can be identified in the critical understanding of the socio-cultural and political relationship between fashion and masculinities. Thus, my academic work d…

Raewyn Town guest prof. external funds Research Raewyn Town Research team Ecosphere Expertise environmental physical chemistry, electrochemistry, nanoparticle reactivity, measurement and modelling of dynamic chemical speciation, bioavailability and bioaccumulation Coulter Counter. 01/06/2025 - 31/05…