Emmanuel Audenaert unpaid staff Research Emmanuel Audenaert Research team Industrial Vision Lab (InViLab) Mechanical pathways in the onset and progression of cartilage lesions of the hip joint. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract The hip functions as a ball and socket joint, with cartilage layers that …

Krik Heusdens assistant professor - guest professor Research Krik Heusdens Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Expertise Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Knee Joint, Knee, Knee Injuries, Knee Surgery, Arthroplasty, Knee Arthroplasty, Sports Injuries, Fracture, Ar…

Pauline De Kinderen predoc researcher FWO Research Pauline De Kinderen Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) The study and therapeutic targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in hereditary chondrodysplasias. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Chondrodysplasias refer to a large and heterogeneous gr…

Wim Stevens emeritus occasional assignment Research Wim Stevens Research team Becton Dickinson FACSAria II: highspeed, fixed alignment benchtop cell sorter platform. 19/12/2008 - 18/12/2013 Abstract Current project concerns a new generation, user-friendly, high-speed and compact flow cytometric cell…

Gunther Steenackers professor Research Gunther Steenackers Research team Industrial Vision Lab (InViLab) Expertise Focus on industrial knowledge in: Advanced mechanical design and CAE Industrial 3D-vision technology Optimization techniques Op3Mech stands for Optical Metrology, 3D design and Mechanic…

Luc De Clerck emeritus occasional assignment Research Luc De Clerck Research team Expertise Immune evaluation. Functional tests : basophil activation test, phagocytosis, chemotaxis, cytotoxicity. IgE-independent drug-induced anaphylaxis, MRGPRX2, basophils and mast cells: connecting the dots. 01/10/…

3-Dimensional DYnamic MOrphology using X-rays (3D2YMOX) search menu search content Results and publications 2023 Conference presentation: Mielke, M. & Van Wassenbergh, S. (2023) XROMM analysis reveals complex movements of beak and tongue during seed processing in canaries. DOI:10.48448/qn4e-5g91 Aer…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Expertise - ASTARC De Neubourg Diane Tailored management of subfertile patients will lead to an increased number of couples fulfilling their wish to have a child. Background Infertility is defined as the failure to bec…

Industrial Vision Lab search menu search content Projects & Publications Ongoing projects Optimizing dynamic infrared thermography in breast reconstructions using finite element simulations. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Breast reconstruction using autologous tissue, specifically with Deep Inferi…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content Same Diagnosis ≠ Same Treatment SAME DIAGNOSIS ≠ SAME TREATMENT “Oh,… but I heard from someone else with the same diagnosis that she was helped the most with mobilisation exercises and deep massage techniques? Couldn’t you treat me the same?” D…

Aline Verstraeten associate research professor Research Aline Verstraeten Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I commit to doing (functional) genomics research in the field of connective tissue disorders, most prominently thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection as well as skeletal dyspl…

Silke Peeters postdoc researcher FWO Research Silke Peeters Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Our research is focused on the elucidation of the genetic mechanisms causing congenital anomalies and heritable connective tissue disorders with focus on cardiovascular -and growth disorders…

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…

Wim Wuyts associate professor Research Wim Wuyts Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise The research activities are mainly situated in the field of human genomics. The main goal of our research is to increase the knowledge of human genetic disorders, including their cause, disease mechani…

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…

Josephina Meester assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Research Josephina Meester Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I am currently doing research in the field of skeletal dysplasia and thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. These two groups of diseases are related in the co…

Nathalie Roussel professor Research Nathalie Roussel Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Expertise My research focusses on examining musculosketal pain from a broad biopsychosocial perspective in several groups of patients suffering from pain and on performing artists at high risk to develop mus…

Benjamin Vervaet assistant professor - senior researcher Research Benjamin Vervaet Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Molecular approach to unravel etiology and mechanism in chronic interstitial nephritis in agricultural communities. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract In the last 30 years, a wor…

Medical Genetics search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Elucidating the TGFß paradox in aortic aneurysmal disease: unveiling the role of endothelial cells and nitric oxide. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Impaired TGFß signaling is a defining feature of thoracic aortic aneurysm and …

Maaike Alaerts assistant professor - senior researcher Research Maaike Alaerts Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise My research aims to further elucidate the genetics and molecular pathomechanisms underlying inherited cardiac arrhythmias and cardiomyopathies, discover new therapeutic ta…

Tom Vanden Berghe associate research professor Research Tom Vanden Berghe Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Experimental focus 'Role of ferroptosis and inflammation in disease': Study role of cell death in organ failure and septic shock Study role of ferroptosis in multiple sclerosi…

Anja Verhulst assistant professor - project coordinator Research Anja Verhulst Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Cardiovascular disease and renal failure are strongly linked since patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) are more likely to die from cardiovascular co-morbidity than …

Filip Lardon full professor - dean Research Filip Lardon Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise The Center for Oncological Research (CORE) has research expertise in personalized cancer medicine, with emphasis on 1) developing novel and more effective therapeutic strategies; 2…

Peter Ponsaerts Research Peter Ponsaerts Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Primary cell culture from mouse and human, including immune cells (dendritic cells, macrophages, T-cells) and stem cells (embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, neural stem ce…

Laboratory of Experimental Hematology search menu search content Our projects LEH's projects on Flanders Research Information Space (FRIS) research portal Ongoing projects Applying Logic gating and a novel source of T cells to formulate the next generation of CAR-T cells for leukemia (CCR+CAR-BM-TIL…