Jana Goyens unpaid staff Research Jana Goyens Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Balance control is essential for animals that walk or run. Sensing the position and movement of the own body is crucial in this regard. The inner ear houses a small organ, the vestibular system, that senses r…

Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace search menu search content The vestibular apparatus Summary To understand why some people suffer from vertigo and other dizziness complaints, we study the working mechanisms of the vestibular organ, as well as the effects of drugs on vestibular functi…

Labo voor evenwichtsonderzoek en aerospace zoeken menu zoek inhoud Het vestibulair systeem Samenvatting Om te begrijpen waarom mensen last hebben van duizeligheid, bestuderen we de werkingsmechanismen van het vestibulair orgaan, het effect van medicatie op vestibulaire functie en methodes voor klini…

Júlia Faura Llorens postdoctoraal bursaal Publicaties Júlia Faura Llorens Stroke-associated pneumonia according to mCDC criteria : impact on prognosis and antibiotic therapy Bron Frontiers in neurology - ISSN 1664-2295-15 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Neus Rabaneda-Lombarte, Júlia Faura Llorens, GarbiÅ

Biophysics and Biomedical Physics search menu search content Rabbit (New Zealand White) Rabbit middle and inner ear models The middle and inner ear data and models available on this website are free for non-commercial scientific use, under the explicit condition that in any derivative works, either …

Functional Morphology search menu search content Publications in press Goyens, J., 2020. Modelling shows that stimulation of the semicircular canals depends on the rotation centre. Hear. Res. 396, 108071. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2020.108071 Jorissen, C., Paillet, E., Scholliers, J., Aerts, P., Goyens, …

Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings search menu search content Sustainability assessment Research Assessing the sustainability of a building, product or service over its entire life cycle requires fundamental understanding of both LCA and LCCA methodology and the subject of the stud…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Publications 2019 Baeckens, S., De Meester, W., Tadić, Z. & Van Damme, R. (2019) Where to do number two: Lizards prefer to defecate on the largest rock in the territory. Behavioural Processes, 167, 103937. Baeckens, S., Llusia, D., Garcia-Roa, R., Ma…

European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry search menu search content Social programme Wednesday afternoon (June 29): Boat trip on the City Canals Wednesday afternoon (June 29): Guided tour in the city Thursday evening (June 30): Conference diner at the 'Halve Maan' Brewery Visit the City Museums Coo…

MONDO search menu search content De Ruien 25 May 2022 Let's discover the darkest corners of the underground water system of Antwerp and immerse ourselves in a piece of Antwerp's subterranean history! We will visit De Ruien, with its old vaults from the Middle Ages, canals, bridges, sewers and drains…

TURQUOISE search menu search content Activities Seminar: Water level management: monitoring, modeling, and management (November 10, 2022) Water management in Flanders faces major challenges to better adapt society to increasingly frequent weather extremes. The Flemish landscape is drained on a large…

Christa Sys professor Research Christa Sys Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise My research focuses on business economics in the maritime sector and, by extension, the maritime chain (incl. Hinterland connections). Further research interest: transport economics, innovation in the…

Hic Sunt Dracones search menu search content Toponyms Place names or toponyms are used to name particular features of the landscape. The word 'toponym' can be etymologically explained by the ancient Greek words for place (topos) and name (onyma) (1,2). From a linguistic point of view, they are empty…

Wouter Verheyen associate professor Research Wouter Verheyen Research team Business and Law Expertise In 2019 Verheyen became research professor at Antwerp University with a research agenda on sustainable platform economy, aimed at reconciling social, economic and environmental sustainability. Verhe…

Jacques Tempere professor Research Jacques Tempere Research team Theory of quantum systems and complex systems Expertise Theoretical physics, in particular quantum mechanics and many-body physics. The main areas of application are quantum gases, superfluidity and superconductivity, the quantum theor…

Dirk Snyders emeritus with assignment Research Dirk Snyders Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Expertise Electrophysiological analysis and Patch clamp. Elucidating the pathogenicity of genetic variants of uncertain significance in Brugada syndrome patients by functional modelling in …

Functional Morphology search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects "The 'land-to-water' transition by herbivorous mammals: exploring locomotor functional morphology and performance. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Almost all terrestrial mammals have an innate ability to swim, yet o…

Theory of quantum systems and complex systems search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Stability and dynamics of quantum droplets from 3D to 1D. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Self-bound states in free space such as droplets can exist when attractive forces (collapsing the system) and …

Peter Aerts emeritus with assignment Research Peter Aerts Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Kinesiological analyses. The evolutionary shift of Meat-EATing mammals to life in water: a deep time, multi-proxy investigation of the LOcomotion And Feeding adaptions of aquatic carnivorans (MEAT…

Business and Law search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Code of Conduct tax audits 02/05/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract In this project we will identifiy best practices to enhance collaboration between the taxpayer and the tax authorities during tax audits. Subsequently we will survey a re…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The consequences of nitrogen-induced shifts in fungal and bacterial communities for carbon cycling in temperate forests. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Forests constitute a large and persistent carbon stock, which has increased over th…

Lieven Bervoets full professor Research Lieven Bervoets Research team Ecosphere Expertise For more than 30 years, I have mainly been carrying out field ecotoxicological research on the bioavailability and effects of micropollutants on both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. We mainly look at the eff…

Medicine and Health Sciences Public defences 2021 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2021 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research The role of the primary health care system in prevention, control and elimination of …

Wetenschappen Doctoraten 2020 Woon een doctoraat bij of raadpleeg de voorbije verdedigingen Doctoraten 2020 Woon een doctoraat bij of raadpleeg de voorbije verdedigingen First-Principle Studies of Plasma-Catalyst Interactions for Greenhouse Gas Conversion - Amin Jafarzadeh (18/12/2020) Amin Jafarzad…

Ronny Blust full professor Research Ronny Blust Research team Ecosphere Expertise - Molecular, cellular and organismal toxicity tests - Characterisation of mode of action of microcontaminants - Analysis of inorganic and organic contaminants - Chemical and biological monitoring and diagnostics - Deve…