Elly Marcq unpaid staff Research Elly Marcq Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise My translational research focusses on the development of new combination strategies for the treatment of human malignant pleural mesothelioma. Both in vitro and in vivo research is used to unra…

Delphine Quatannens doctoral scholarship holder Research Delphine Quatannens Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Encouraging grant 2023 'Rosa Blanckaert' for young researchers: (Bio)Medical Sciences. 01/12/2023 - 31/12/2025 Abstract Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancer…

Jan van Meerbeeck emeritus with assignment Research Jan van Meerbeeck Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise High-end comprehensive GCxGC-QTOF-MS research facility for volatile and semivolatile compounds (GALILEO). 01/06/…

Liesbeth Vanheeswijck predoc researcher FWO Research Liesbeth Vanheeswijck Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Development of a novel treatment strategy combining cell therapy with immune priming for paediatric high-grade gliomas. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Paediatric high-gra…

Hanne Verswyvel doctoral scholarship holder Research Hanne Verswyvel Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Investigation of non-thermal plasma therapy with first-line treatments of recurrent and metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a novel combination with platinum-based …

Sophie Rovers doctoral scholarship holder Research Sophie Rovers Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Preclinical investigation of immunotherapy and VEGF-targeted therapy in combination with voluntary exercise as novel treatment strategy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. 01/10/2021…

Geert Roeyen assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Research Geert Roeyen Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Expertise Function after pancreatic surgery Surgery of pancreatic neoplasms or chronic pancreatitis Minimal Invasive Pancreatic Surgery Roboti…

Zoi Katana predoc researcher FWO Research Zoi Katana Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Applying Logic gating and a novel source of T cells to formulate the next generation of CAR-T cells for leukemia (CCR+CAR-BM-TILs). 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Acute myeloid leukemia …

Jorrit De Waele principal research fellow Research Jorrit De Waele Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise My research is positioned in the domain of tumor immunology and immunotherapy in solid and hematological tumors. It focusses on unraveling mechanism in the tumor microenv…

Jonas Van Audenaerde senior researcher Research Jonas Van Audenaerde Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise My research is focused on the development of novel combination immunotherapies for different cancer types. Regarding the cancer types, my expertise is concentrated on p…

Evelien Smits research professor Research Evelien Smits Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy Basic, translational and clinical research to develop effective novel combination therapies to treat hematological malignancies and solid t…

Center for Oncological Research search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Tackling delayed diagnosis and therapy resistance in pleural mesothelioma: identification of biomarkers and molecular therapeutic targets. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare and hig…

Abraham Lin unpaid staff Research Abraham Lin Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Expertise I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp in the field of non-thermal plasma medicine. My res…

Sébastien Anguille associate professor - fund. clinical researcher Research Sébastien Anguille Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Cancer; hematological malignancies; acute myeloid leukemia; immunotherapy; dendritic cells; gene-modified T cells including chimeric a…

Patrick Pauwels emeritus occasional assignment Research Patrick Pauwels Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise molecular oncopathology RNA Processing for anti-cancer immunotherapy (CANCERNA). 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2025 Abstract In the past five years, RNA therapeutics have witne…

Kevin Lamote TT. asst. research professor Research Kevin Lamote Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise At the end of the previous century, it was discovered that exhaled breath, contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs originate from the human me…

Christophe Deben assistant professor - senior researcher Research Christophe Deben Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise 1) CORE The Center for Oncological Research (CORE) has research expertise in personalized cancer medicine, with emphasis on 1) developing novel and more e…

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…

An Wouters associate professor - project coordinator Research An Wouters Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise * Coordinator of research lines focussing on targeted and combination therapy * Basic and translational research focussed on innovative combination strategies with …

Eva Lion assistant professor - senior researcher Research Eva Lion Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Privileged to become head of the Tumor Immunology Group of the Laboratory of Experimental Hematology (UAntwerp; October 2019) and to coordinate the clinical researc…

Zwi Berneman emeritus with assignment Research Zwi Berneman Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Flow cytometry and sorting, electroporation of mammalian cells. Culture, genetic modification and neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Identification and …

Marc Peeters full professor Research Marc Peeters Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise My expertise is in the field of oncology or cancer research. It is mainly focused on clinical translational research. This domain is very broad and ranges from bio-research to clinical st…

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…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Projects List of research projects lead by VAXINFECTIO members In the following section, you can find all research projects, split up per research group. Many projects are executed by a collaboration between several VAXINFECTIO research groups. The projects are…

Kris Laukens full professor Research Kris Laukens Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) Expertise Both biological sciences and clinical medicine are currently overwhelmed by vast amounts of complex data and are becoming increasingly dependent on information technology for data analysis, interpretatio…