Antwerp Doctoral School search menu search content Speed Reading Competence Category E: Communication Skills Content Brain-friendly speed-reading method, allowing the reader to improve reading speed, comprehension and recall by at least factor 3 by the end of the workshop. Further improvement is pos…

Management search menu search content Innovative Port Ecosystems (Project SPEED) Project name: Smart Port Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development Project Type: Interreg 2 Seas* Project partners: Antwerp Management School (lead partner), Universiteit Antwerpen, Université de Lille, Stichting Katholiek…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Climate change and leaf fall Climate change does not delay the start of autumn leaf coloration, but its speed With the start of autumn, as temperatures drop and days get shorter, leaf senescence takes place in deciduous trees. The process of leaf sene…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Equipment High-speed videography systems High-speed cameras are used for kinematical analyses. We have two systems with four cameras to record synchronised videos for 3D-motion analyses: Four Fastec IL5-S cameras (pdf - 738kb), each with 8GB of image …

Jarno Wuijts doctoral scholarship holder Research Jarno Wuijts Research team Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies (TricS) OPTIMA I: Optimising the processing of Audio Description – The impact of narration speed on cognitive load in AD 01/08/2024 - 31/07/2028 Abstract The overarching…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Ships will sail greener but slower in the future Researchers at UAntwerp and TU Delft studied alternative fuels for shipping Today’s ships mainly run on fossil fuels. Scientists from UAntwerp and TU Delft researched which alternative fuel…

Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research search menu search content Completed PhD project September 2016 - 2023 Setting the pace of internationalization in SME’s: A configurational analysis of SME’s internationalization intentions and speed, based on an entrepreneur’s personality, and firm…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Epigenetic clock rejuvenation towards healthy aging A deeper understanding of this can be used for therapeutic nutritional or pharmaceutical rejuvenating interventions to promote healthy aging, or to prevent cancer and cardiometabolic and neurodegenera…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Mechanisms of mouth opening and hyoid depression In a detailed analysis of the movements by the complexly interconnected skeletal elements of the feeding system, we try to gain some insight in the mechanics of prey capture in this …

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh A model of mouth closing movements in Clariidae: the role of enlarged jaw adductors Faster accelerations of the lower jaw can be expected from fishes that have large and forceful jaw muscles. Therefore, the observed jaw adductor hy…

Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research search menu search content Completed granted project January 2019 - June 2022 Smart Port Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development Project type INTERREG 2 SEAS SPEED project Focus of project As part of the larger project’s focus, our team focused on the sup…

Ultracentrifugation search menu search content Biosafe OPTIMA XPN-100 ultracentrifuge - ultracentrifuge equipment Biosafe OPTIMA XPN-100 ultracentrifuge Optima L series HEPA filter kit Maximum speed: 100.000 rpm Maximum g-force: 802.400 x g Set speed: 1.000 to 100.000 rpm in 100rpm increments Set ti…

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 …

Bieke Vanhooydonck unpaid staff Research Bieke Vanhooydonck Research team Functional Morphology The Anolis dewlap: evolution of intraspecific signal diversity in a complex communication system. 01/10/2011 - 30/09/2013 Abstract This project aims to identify the causes of intraspecific variation in a …

Functional Morphology search menu search content Dynamics of cranial rotations in woodpeckers Promoter: Sam Van Wassenbergh Subject: A recent study using high-speed video data of woodpeckers pecking showed that the head's translational deceleration during impact is high but remains below levels that…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content Comprehensive renewal of urban villages in Shenzhen, China “城中村”(urban villages) describes an urban area which is village landscape inside the urban scope. After Economy reform in 1980, China pursues Chinese Neoliberalism. Und…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Feeding kinematics in the Small and Medium Ground Finches of Galapagos Promoter: Sam Van Wassenbergh Supervisor: Irene Montañez Rivera Subject: The evolution of Darwin's finches (Galapagos finches) is one of the most compelling scientific examples of…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Dynamics of cranial rotations in woodpeckers Promoter: Sam Van Wassenbergh Subject: A recent study using high-speed video data of woodpeckers pecking showed that the head's translational deceleration during impact is high but remains below levels that…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Doctoral thesis work (2002-2006) As PhD-student at the University of Antwerp starting in 2002, I studied the consequences of the drastically increased size of the jaw muscles in different species of African air-breathing catfish (C…

Anthony Herrel unpaid staff Research Anthony Herrel Research team Functional Morphology Analysis of shape-function relations in complex muscular-sceletal systems using computer modeling and measurement of mechanical stress and strain distributions. 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2012 Abstract Darwin's finches (…

Ablenya Barros academic interim staff postdoc Publications Ablenya Barros From place to perception : the influence of geospatial context on soundscape assessment Source Building and environment - ISSN 0360-1323-295 (2026) p. 1-16 Author(s) Ablenya Barros, Timothy Van Renterghem, Jonas Lembrechts, Yo…

3-Dimensional DYnamic MOrphology using X-rays (3D2YMOX) search menu search content Technical Information Hardware components x-ray generator: Philips Super CP80 x-ray tubes: SRM 0511 ROT 500 x collimators: Philips XD6028 image intensifiers: Philips Imagica HC 36 cm monitoring camera: XTV11 high-spee…

Maggy Goossens Publications Maggy Goossens Intramuscular oxygenation and muscle activity of extensor carpi radialis brevis during piano performance : an observational study Source Medical problems of performing artists - ISSN 0885-1158-38:4 (2023) p. 214-223 Author(s) Ron Clijsen, Jean-Pierre Baeyen…

Centre for Health and Technology (ChaT) search menu search content Development of biomechanical algorithms for cyclists' assessment using the 4D full body dynamic scanner 2024-now Abstract: Over the years, Belgium has experienced a significant surge in cycling, driven by active policies implemented …

Functional Morphology search menu search content Fish that are thrown back ingest less food Holes in fishes’ jaws caused by fishing hooks reduces their suction power, making it more difficult for them to ingest food. This is the outcome of a new international study in which researcher Sam Van Wass…