Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the Citizens? Registration Kitchen scene, c. 1620, Peter Wtewael Kitchen scene, c.1794, Adriaan de Lelie Registration Registration is open! The registration process is handled by the STAM itself. Sp…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the Citizens Venue Ghent, ca. 1534, anonymous City Museum STAM Venue The conference will take place in the Ghent City Museum STAM. Opened in 2010, the museum harbors a broad collection - displaying …

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the citizens? Urban land and landownership in past and present View on Antwerp's Port, c.1658, Jean-Baptist Bonnecroy Modern tractor ploughing, picture by STAM Ghent Conference 'Feeding the citizens…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the Citizens? Organisation & sponsors 'Juin': raking and mowing hay, c.1416, Brothers of Limbourg Plowing an alfalfa field by tractor, c.1920, Collier Organising Committee Tim Soens (University of A…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the citizens? Programme Effects of Good Government in the countryside, c.1338-1339, Ambrogio Lorenzetti Harvesters, c.1565, Peter Bruegel the Elder Programme This programme might be subject to chang…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the Citizens? Contact Still life with fruit, c.1625-35, Frans Snyders Affiche-catalogue des semences potagères, c.18th C., maison Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Contact For all enquiries Cécile Bruyet St…

Environmental and Rural History of Urbanized Societies search menu search content Conference: Feeding the Citizens? Visit Ghent View on Ghent, c.1610, Lucas Schnitzer Panorama Antwerp, c.1557, Frans Huys Accommodation As a major tourist city, Ghent offers a wide range of hotels and lodgings. In the …

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Scaling effects on suction feeding performance left: Picture illustrating the large increase in size that takes place during the life of the catfish Clarias gariepinus. The arrow indicates the smallest individual used in our study.…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Effects on lateral expansion during suction feeding The enlarged jaw muscles tightly cover the suspensoria, which are (especially in the hard-biting species) firmly connected to the neurocranium. Consequently, the jaw adductor hype…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Variation in sternohyoideus muscle morphology: implications for suction feeding One of the levels at which suction performance can be increased considerably, is by increasing the magnitude and/or speed of the depression of the hyoi…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Kerlijne Moorkens Maternal Metabolic Health and Fertility: acute and chronic effects on a western-type diet on oviductal and ovarian cells. A multi-omic approach. Dr. Kerlijne Moorkens, MSc Date: 21st June 2024 at 5pm. Location: B…

Tim Andries doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Tim Andries Data from: Seed preference is only weakly linked to seed-type-specific feeding performance in a songbird Bron -, Dryad, 2024, Auteur(s) Tim Andries, Wendt Müller, Sam Van Wassenbergh Citatielink Seed preference is only weakly linked to seed-type…

Sam Van Wassenbergh tenure track docent Publicaties Sam Van Wassenbergh Data from: Seed preference is only weakly linked to seed-type-specific feeding performance in a songbird Bron -, Dryad, 2024, Auteur(s) Tim Andries, Wendt Müller, Sam Van Wassenbergh Citatielink Seed preference is only weakly l…

Wendt Müller hoofddocent Publicaties Wendt Müller LBBG_JUVENILE - Juvenile lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus, Laridae) and herring gulls (Larus argentatus, Laridae) hatched in Zeebrugge (Belgium) Bron Zenodo, 2024, Auteur(s) Eric W.M. Stienen, Wendt Müller, Luc Lens, Tanja Milotic, Peter De…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Doctoral thesis work (2002-2006) As PhD-student at the University of Antwerp starting in 2002, I studied the consequences of the drastically increased size of the jaw muscles in different species of African air-breathing catfish (C…

Anthony Herrel unpaid staff Research Anthony Herrel Research team Functional Morphology Analysis of shape-function relations in complex muscular-sceletal systems using computer modeling and measurement of mechanical stress and strain distributions. 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2012 Abstract Darwin's finches (…

Tim Andries doctoral scholarship holder Research Tim Andries Research team Functional Morphology Individual variation in feeding behavior and mechanics in songbirds. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Sequences of precisely controlled, fast, three-dimensional movements of the upper beak and lower beak…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Isabelle Gabriëls The use of zebrafish feeding trials for the safety assessment of genetically modified crops Isabelle Gabriëls, MSc, PhD Date: 6th June 2019, at 5 PM Location: Auditorium O5, Campus Drie Eiken Abstract In the EU…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Publications - updated 14/10/2024 To respect copyright laws, request permission from the authors by email before downloading PDFs. in press Fournier, M., Olson, R. Van Wassenbergh, S. & Provini, P. (in press). The avian vocal syste…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Research Sam Van Wassenbergh Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Working as a researcher at the laboratory for Functional Morphology, I study how the anatomy and mechanical properties of the body of animals is adapted to fulfil its functions…

Leonard Dewaele Deep time, multi-proxy investigation of the locomotion and feeding adaptations of aquatic carnivorans Research Leonard Dewaele Research team Functional Morphology Expertise I am the lead researcher for the BELSPO FED-tWIN MEATLOAF project: the evolutionary shift of Meat-EATing mammal…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Phd Thesis: Prey capture in clariid catfishes Doctoral thesis of Sam Van Wassenbergh (public defence on 19 may 2006, 4.00 pm., Universiteit Antwerpen, Campus Drie Eiken, Building S, Auditorium S1) download PDF of thesis (201 pages …

Anastasia Selini predoc researcher FWO Research Anastasia Selini Research team Exploring the phylogenetic relationships and feeding capabilities of pinnipedimorphs using an integrative palaeobiological approach. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Pinnipedimorphs are semi-aquatic mammals that adapted s…

Tomaso Ferrando hoofddocent Over Tomaso Ferrando Tomaso Ferrando Contact Stadscampus Toon e-mailadres Tel. +3232655450 Lange Sint-Annastraat 7 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Tomaso holds a Phd in law from Sciences Po University (Paris) and has been visiting a fellow at Harvard University Law School, University…

Sam Van Wassenbergh TT. asst. research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Modulation and variability of prey capture kinematics Huysentruyt and co-workers (2004, see lab publications) showed that the species with jaw adductor hypertrophy have a less diverse diet. According to a hypothesis in evolutionary…