Benjamin Van Heurck doctoral scholarship holder Research Benjamin Van Heurck Research team Geobiology The impact of macrofauna and microbiota on silicate weathering in coastal sediments. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Enhanced silicate weathering (ESW) is an approach that targets for the deliberat…

Sigri Beckers unpaid staff Research Sigri Beckers Research team The role of the PREPL gene in the development of obesity. 01/02/2013 - 31/12/2013 Abstract Obesity is currently one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide. Genetic research has already identified several genetic variants that contribu…

Marianne Destoop assistant professor Research Marianne Destoop Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) psychomotor symptoms in depression. 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2009 Abstract The first part of this project aims to investigate the relationship between functional outcom…

Research group for Urban Development search menu search content CLIMATEFIT Resilient CLIMATE Financing and Investment Taskforces Urgent accelerated action is required to adapt to unavoidable and ongoing climate change. Climate-resilient investments must be substantially scaled up. Public budgets wil…

NeXED search menu search content DC1 - Clara Kempkens Endocrine disruption of zebrafish brain and sensory organ development DC1 will investigate how thyroid hormone system disruptors (THSDs) (and their mixtures) can interfere with neurodevelopment, namely brain and sensory organs, in zebrafish embry…

Cas Jorissen researcher Research Cas Jorissen Research team Functional Morphology The ecomorphology of balance, from inner ear to locomotion kinematics. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2021 Abstract Balance is crucial during locomotion, and the challenges are largest in fast, agile and/or manoeuvrable animals. T…

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…

Galina Pankratova postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Galina Pankratova Research team Geobiology New conductive biomaterials for urban mining of e-waste. 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026 Abstract E-waste is the world's fastest growing waste stream and much of it is handled unsafely, causing pollution, hu…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Abdullahi Ahmad Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections as Obstacle for Malaria Elimination: A Case Study from The Gambia PhD summary The majority of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in both high and low transmission settings are asymp…

Leen Marynissen postdoc researcher FWO Research Leen Marynissen Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Expertise Research adopting an integrated gender and life course perspective on labour market trajectories and family formation in both general and migrant populations in Belgium an…

Tanmay Dharmadhikari doctoral scholarship holder Research Tanmay Dharmadhikari Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Completing the family: characterizing viruses in rarely sampled vertebrate clades to update evolutionary histories of RNA virus families. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract R…

Tom Sauer Research Tom Sauer Research team International Politics Expertise International peace and security 1. Policy and politics of nuclear weapons/atomic weapons, weapons of mass destruction: - deterrence; nuclear doctrines of nuclear armed states, esp. US and Russia - proliferation: Iran, Saudi…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Christine MANYANDO Options for Treatment and Control of Malaria in Pregnancy in Zambia Thesis summary Malaria is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with pregnant women being among the most severely affected. Sub S…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content The MESI database MESI: a database of (almost) all ‘global change’ experiments on land Scientists who wish to study ecosystem responses to climate- and other environmental changes have multiple tools to their disposal. One such tool are experiment…

Tess De Bruyne guest lecturer - project coordinator Research Tess De Bruyne Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Support maintenance scientific equipment. 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2005 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: De Bruyne Tess Research te…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph Nelson SIEWE FODJO Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy Abstract Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by repeated unprovoked seizures, currently affecting over 50 million individuals globally. …

Tair Kasztan unpaid staff Research Tair Kasztan Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Labour Migration and Population Ageing: anlyzing the effectiveness of current labour market integration and job councelling trajectories for newly arrived immigrants and individuals with a migratio…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Natalie LORENT Early diagnosis and care of tuberculosis through community-based active case-finding in urban slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia Summary In Cambodia the suffering from tuberculosis (TB) remains unacceptably high. WHO estimates that for Cam…

Jonas Eerdekens doctoral scholarship holder Research Jonas Eerdekens Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Physic-Informed Machine Learning for TCAD Modeling of FEOL Reliability Issues. 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2029 Abstract The rapid and aggressive development of modern nano/microelectronics relies on …

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content LMM researchers identify biomarkers predictive of CDI LMM researchers identify biomarkers predictive of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) Berkell M, Mysara M, Xavier BB, Werkhoven CH van, Monsieurs P, Lammens C, Ducher A, Vehreschi…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Edgard Dabira Towards malaria elimination: Innovative tools and interventions to accelerate interruption of transmission in The Gambia Project summary Between 2000 and 2015, the scale-up of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), indoor residual sprayi…

Melissa Grunst unpaid staff Research Melissa Grunst Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Expertise My research involves the affect of natural and anthropogenic disturbance factors on physiology, behavior, and processes of aging. Current projects focus on the effect of anthropogenic ligh…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research projects Hannes Svardal The molecular and phenotypic basis of rapid adaptation to heavy fishing Besides their role as a model system in speciation research, Lake Malawi cichlids are food for millions of people, and subject to a recent and strong i…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Teboho Amelia Tiiti Human Papillomavirus testing using self-collected cervicovaginal samples vs doctor/nurse-collected samples for cervical cancer screening in women attending gynaecology clinics at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa PhD …

Global Health Institute search menu search content Julia MWESIGWA Spatial and temparal dynamics of malaria before and after mass drug administration at the community level in The Gambia The global burden of malaria decreased substantially between 2000 to 2018, including in The Gambia, thanks to the …