Maxim Le Compte researcher Research Maxim Le Compte Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Rationally designed drug combination screen in more physiologically relevant in vitro organoid models: can we improve personalized therapy for pancreatic cancer? 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract …

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…

Dorien Mabille postdoc researcher FWO Research Dorien Mabille Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) The role of tissue sanctuary niches in naturally transmitted Trypanosoma infections. 01/11/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract African trypanosomiasis is a tsetse fly trans…

Yasmine Gridda predoc researcher FWO Research Yasmine Gridda Research team Toxicological Centre Gabapentinoid use in Belgium: public health insights through triangulation of wastewater-based epidemiology, bioanalysis and sales data (GABA-INSIGHT). 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The misuse of prega…

Julie Cools predoc researcher FWO Research Julie Cools Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Small-Molecule ERBB4 Agonists to Treat Heart Failure 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Despite recent therapeutic advances, chronic heart failure (CHF) remains a common and fatal condition. Patients wit…

Yentl Jacobs doctoral scholarship holder Research Yentl Jacobs Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Scrutinizing the immunological impact of γδ T cells during African trypanosomiasis. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract African trypanosomiasis is a tsetse fly tra…

Sophie Rovers unpaid staff 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 - 30/09/2025 A…

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…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Equality, representativeness and citizen-government relations Summary Investigating trust in government raises the question: trust by whom? Although Western governments attempt to ensure that all citizens can trust their government by ensuring…

Danijela Bataveljic senior researcher Research Danijela Bataveljic Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Expertise During my postdoctoral training in Rouach lab, my research was focused on the role of astrocytes in the pathophysiology of Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a common inherited form…

Celine Gys assistant professor - senior researcher Research Celine Gys Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise 2016-2020 Celine graduated as a pharmacist from the Uantwerpen in 2016. Subsequently, she performed her PhD research in the Toxicological Center, working on human exposure to BPA and o…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Kevin Peterson Optimalisation of HIV care in West Africa Thesis summary This thesis focuses on opportunities to improve HIV care in West Africa. Although the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa has been highly successful H…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Yves JACKSON Chagas disease in non-endemic countries: Experience from Geneva, Switzerland Thesis summary Introduction: Chagas disease is considered one of the most neglected tropical diseases. This chronic protozoan infection with Trypanosoma cruzi …

Gert Van Hecken hoofddocent About me Gert Van Hecken Short Bio I am associate professor at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp, and associate researcher at Nitlapan-UCA (Universidad Centroamericana), Nicaragua. I hold a PhD in Development Studies (University of Antwerp),…

Alvaro Baeza Garcia TT. asst. research professor Research Alvaro Baeza Garcia Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise In vitro and In vivo models for the assessment of T cell responses- In vitro and in vivo models of cancer and parasitic infectious diseas…

Institute Born-Bunge search menu search content Institute Born-Bunge More than a brainbank For nearly a century, the Institute Born-Bunge (IBB) has been at the forefront of neuropathology, bringing together research, diagnostics, and real-world impact to advance our understanding of these diseases. …

Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy search menu search content In the press OAE-related news in the press Our research on Nodding syndrome has been covered extensively in the media: Nodding syndrome: pathology and prevention – an interview with Robert Colebunders (Infectious Diseases Hub 16/02/2017…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 28 October 2025 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CET) | online Night-Life and Everynight Governance at the Makala Central Prison Speaker: Denis Augustin Samnick On the night of 16 May to 17 May 2017, the Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa (DR Congo) was …

Jan van Meerbeeck emeritus with assignment Research Jan van Meerbeeck Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise High-end comprehensive GCxGC-QTOF-MS research facility for volatile and semivolatile compounds (GALILEO). 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2026 Abstract Volatile and…

Experimental Neurobiology Unit search menu search content Expertise The ENU team members each are specialized in different topics but collaborate actively. Bataveljic Danijela During my postdoctoral training in Rouach lab, my research was focused on the role of astrocytes in the pathophysiology of F…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Relations between public actors within and across governments Summary In recent decades, European governments have become more internally fragmented and have transferred substantial competences to organizations on the EU level. This new public…

Sarah Hendrickx education coordinator Research Sarah Hendrickx Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise My PhD research focussed on unraveling the phenotypic and genotypic differences associated with drug resistance in Leismania parasites. To achieve this …

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Research The dramatic environmental impact of food chains in the EU is an undeniable fact: Food production, transportation and waste accounts for 31% of global greenhouse gas emissions; 41% of habitable land is used for agriculture; 44% of freshwater withdrawa…

Gert Van Hecken associate professor About Gert Van Hecken Gert Van Hecken Short Bio I am associate professor at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp, and associate researcher at Nitlapan-UCA (Universidad Centroamericana), Nicaragua. I hold a PhD in Development Studies (Un…

Centrum voor Gerechtelijke Geneeskunde zoeken menu zoek inhoud Publicaties Lijst van wetenschappelijke publicaties Centrum Gerechtelijke Geneeskunde Van Hoyweghen, A.J., Jacobs, W., Op de Beeck, B., Parizel, P.M. (2014) Can post-mortem CT reliably distinguish drowning and non drowning asphyxiation? …