Iris Cornet associate professor From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical buil…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Technology development Activity-based probes in bioimaging We were the first to report on small, irreversible uPA inhibitors with nanomolar potency and a surprising selectivity against highly related enzymes such as tPA, plasmin, thrombin and fXa. Selec…

Info for companies search menu search content Services and expertise Service offers Screen Printing & UV Curing Screen printing is the most popular and matured printing technology as it has been practiced in the electronics industry for quite some time. Screen printing uses a screen to transfer ink …

A-PECS search menu search content Screen printing facilities Screen printing consists on a printing technique that uses a screen to transfer ink to a substrate. The screen has a mesh where a pattern was drawn; in this mesh there are parts that allow the passage of ink (mesh image) and others that ar…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Enzymology Prof. Anne-Marie Lambeir is well recognized for her expertise in enzymology. She accepted invitations not only for teaching enzyme kinetics, but also to participate in multidisciplinary projects on protein engineering, enzyme design and drug…

Kathleen Deiteren guest professor Research Kathleen Deiteren Research team Medical Biochemistry Molecular characterisation of carboxypeptidase M, an extracellular membrane-bound peptidase involved in the tissue-specific response toward biologically active peptides. 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2008 Abstract C…

Anne-Marie Lambeir emeritus occasional assignment Research Anne-Marie Lambeir Research team Expertise - Prolyl oligopeptidase in the central nervous system and prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitors: new therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative disease and Carboxypeptidase M: substrates and interaction…

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content Ceramic thin films Ceramic thin films Future technology is clearly thin film technology. (Ceramic) materials with interesting properties (superconductors, CMR, ionic conductors, optical transparent materials) may behave differently…

Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry search menu search content Depth profiling: ultra low angle microtomy Molecular depth profiling by ion beam erosion still deals with some bottlenecks such as the depth dependence of the SI yield, sputter induced topography, anisotropic erosion, limited dep…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, whic…

Engelbert Tijskens senior researcher Publications Engelbert Tijskens Characterization of atrial substrate to predict the success of pulmonary vein isolation : the prospective, multicenter MASH-AF II (Multipolar Atrial Substrate High Density Mapping in Atrial Fibrillation) study Source Journal of the…

A-PECS search menu search content Plasmonics Photocatalysis-based applications that have made it to the market nearly always rely on titanium dioxide (TiO2) as the catalyst. One of the main limitations of this material is its relatively large bandgap energy (ca. 3.2 eV). This implies UV light is req…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers High-Throughput assay for TMPRSS2 inhibitor screening, based on human extracellular vesicles containing active and stable TMPRSS2 (EVZYM) The University of Antwerp has developed and validated a screening assay for TMPRSS2 (tr…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Understanding antibody-VSG interactions and early VSG expression patterns in the context of human African trypanosomiasis diagnosis. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma b…

Kim Van Meel doctoral scholarship holder Research Kim Van Meel Research team Medical Biochemistry Mammalian thymus specific serine protease (TSSP): Development of tools to obtain structure-based insights into its biochemical functions. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Thymus specific serine protease…

Janne Gys unpaid staff Publications Janne Gys How substrate surface area and surface curvature determine kinetics and titanate formation during non-hydrothermal alkali treatment of titanium microspheres Source Surfaces and interfaces - ISSN 2468-0230-53 (2024) p. 1-17 Author(s) Janne Gys, Steven Mul…

Iris Cornet associate professor Research Iris Cornet Research team Biochemical Wastewater Valorization & Engineering (BioWaVE) Expertise I have experience in research into the valorisation of by-products of agriculture, horticulture, food industry and forestry. This biomass is used as a raw material…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Research UAMC is focused on the therapeutic domains of infectious diseases, inflammation and cell death/survival. The UAMC compounds are mostly targeting enzymes, often proteases. For the discovery of these compounds we use medicinal and computational c…

Bert Van den Bogerd senior researcher Research Bert Van den Bogerd Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Expertise The expertise of dr. Bert Van den Bogerd lies within the field of regenerative medicine and developing innovative cell therapies. Specifically, dr. Van den Bogerd has been inv…

Jana Baroen doctoral scholarship holder Publications Jana Baroen Characterization of regulated cancer cell death pathways induced by the different modalities of non-thermal plasma treatment Source Cell Death Discovery - ISSN 2058-7716-10:1 (2024) p. 1-14 Author(s) Eline Biscop, Jana Baroen, Joey De …

Lorena Pires Ramos external predoc researcher Publications Lorena Pires Ramos Substrate specificity controlled by the exit site of human P4-ATPases, revealed by de novo point mutations in neurological disorders Source Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - …

Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez doctoral scholarship holder Publications Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez The effect of ventilation control on thermal comfort in PCM-integrated dwellings Source 16th International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2024, 18-20 September, Santa Cruz, Portugal-1…

Anouk De Bock doctoral scholarship holder Publications Anouk De Bock Preliminary research on moss-based biocomposites as an alternative substrate in moss walls Source Sustainability - ISSN 2071-1050-15:23 (2023) p. 1-18 Author(s) Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez, Johan Blom, Bert Belmans, Anouk De Bock, L…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Catfish strikes on land An important step towards our understanding of the evolution of terrestriality in vertebrates is to identify how the aquatic ancestors of tetrapods were able to exploit terrestrial prey resources. We discove…

Applied Engineering 2025 Attend a PhD defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research 2025 Attend a PhD defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research 'Investigation of Apparent Photocurrents and Stabilization Strategies for Cu2O-based Photoelectrolysis' (14/11/2025) Michele d…