Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Cell culture Expertise Cell assays including cell death, immune stimulation, immune killing Flow cytometry Patient-derived 2D primary cultures and 3D organoid cultures Cell line-derived 2D cultures and 3D spheroid cultures Immunoassays Real-…

Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network search menu search content Expertise ASTARC Isolated lung perfusion CORE Cell culture including primary patient-derived 2D and 3D (organoid) cell cultures Cell culture assays including cell death, immune stimulation and immune killing Cancer mou…

Luc Van Nassauw technological manager Research Luc Van Nassauw Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Role of purinergic signaling in the pathophysiology of human chronic upper airway inflammation. 01/01/2010 - 31/12/2013 Abstract In this project we aim to char…

VLIR-IUC Limpopo search menu search content Project 6: Food security Key focus Research and research capacity building in area of chicken and crop production and building proteinics and molecular genetics Objectives The School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is an internationally recogniz…

Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre search menu search content Human Anatomy and Embryology Human Anatomy and Embryology The laboratory of Human Anatomy and Embryology was founded with the RUCA (Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen) in 1965 by prof. dr. Luc Vakaet. For 40 years the…

Gedrag- en neuro-economie zoeken menu zoek inhoud fMRI study on decision-making and oxytocin Study on decision-making and oxytocin We investigate if the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) known to moderate social behaviour, influences strategic decision making in social dilemmas by facilitating the integrat…

Robin Lasters unpaid staff Research Robin Lasters Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Development of a biomonitoring tool to estimate risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) through consumption of self-cultivated food products. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract Perfluoroalkyl ac…

COMPOST Collective search menu search content Let us introduce you to our team members! To find out more about a researcher, click on their picture to open their University of Antwerp researcher page. Kristien Hens Kristien Hens is professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. She loves micr…

Gustavo Gomes De Sousa unpaid staff Research Gustavo Gomes De Sousa Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Overcoming global food-chain stress by using microbial protein as feed ingredient on aquaculture. 01/12/2019 - 31/12/2020 Abstract World population will reach 9 billion in …

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Expertise Bogaerts Annemie Combination of experimental and computational research on plasmas and plasma-surface interactions for various applications: 1) Plasma-based gas conversion and plasma catalysis f…

USOS search menu search content Slowness from a food sovereignty perspective Webinar on Tuesday October 19 from 7 to 9 pm Watch the webinar Our current industrial global food production-to-consumption system maintains a "just in time" food security paradigm - a food system that neither accounts from…

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology Welcome to the website of the Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, interfaculty research group of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences and the Faculty of Med…

About komida Mission With the student restaurants of komida you’re in the right place for tasty, healthy meals with a sustainable twist at student-friendly prices. During weeks of classes we offer hot meals at our service counters or you can choose your favorites from our Shop & go. During exam pe…

Chris Van Ginneken full professor - vice-rector Research Chris Van Ginneken Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise Histological techniques, anatomical preparations and raising neonatal/juvenile piglets – feed research. Does biological sex determine the outcome of early l…

Thimo Groffen postdoc researcher FWO Research Thimo Groffen Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Ecosphere Expertise I am an environmental scientist with background in biology and environmental toxicology. My research interests focus on biomonitoring of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAS) in te…

Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - ANTwerp search menu search content Invited presentations Annemie Bogaerts 167 Plasma als oplossing voor de klimaatopwarming? Invited lecture (in Dutch) at the official Opening Event of “Belgium being EU Chair”, January 6, 2024, Mechele…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The hippocampus as key to study sex differences in the neurodevelopment of IUGR piglets. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) describes a pathological condition in which the fetus fails to grow to its biolo…

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…

Bio-Imaging Lab search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Temporal profiling of neuroplasticity in the brain following spinal cord injury towards improved functional recovery. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by sensory, motor and autono…

Wetenschappen Doctoraten 2024 Woon een doctoraat bij of raadpleeg de voorbije verdedigingen Doctoraten 2024 Woon een doctoraat bij of raadpleeg de voorbije verdedigingen Genomic characterization of cable bacteria and their capacity for long-range electron transport - Anwar Hiralal (25/11/2024) Anwar…

Institute of Development Policy Discussion Papers Discussion Papers The IOB Discussion Papers (ISSN 2294-8651) are peer reviewed. Publication as an IOB Discussion Paper does not constitute prior publication and does not preclude publication elsewhere. The findings and views expressed in the IOB Disc…

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…

Joris Dirckx full professor Research Joris Dirckx Research team Biomedical Physics Expertise dedicated optical measuring techniques for biomechanics, such as digital image correllation, digital holography, laser doppler interferometry modeling of biomechanical systems using finite elements functioni…

EnviroStress search menu search content Outreach activities, conferences and courses Media, conferences, courses, etc. The EnviroStress consortium engages in a wide range of outreach activities, a selection of which are listed below In the media 2020 Lieven Bervoets (SPHERE) on the airline industry …

Science Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2024 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Genomic characterization of cable bacteria and their capacity for long-range electron transport - Anwa…