Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Genetic, Genomic and Microbiomic Studies to Understand the Dynamics and Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance NeoIPC NeoIPC will identify best practices for the prevention of infections and surveillance of resistant bacteria in neonatal int…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Open PhD/Postdoc posititions Hannes Svardal Evolutionary population genomics The role of structural variants in the rapid evolution of biodiversity Our recent work suggests that large genomic inversions, a type of structural genetic variants, segregate in …

Bart Loeys Consolidator Grant 2017 Genomic Modifiers of Inherited Aortapathy (GENOMIA) Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. As 20% of all affected individuals have a positive family history, the genetic contribution to …

Jonas Lescroart onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Jonas Lescroart Genomic diversity in felids correlates with range and density, not census size Bron Conservation genetics - ISSN 1566-0621-26:5 (2025) p. 873-890 Auteur(s) Michaël Meeus, Jonas Lescroart, Hannes Svardal Citatielink Extensive phyloge…

Vincent Rennie senior onderzoeker Publicaties Vincent Rennie Lineage and Outgroups for MAGMA analysis Bron Zenodo, 2024, Auteur(s) Vincent Rennie Citatielink WHO catalogue v1 for MAGMA pipeline Bron Zenodo, 2024, Auteur(s) Vincent Rennie Citatielink Exploring the potential of Oxford Nanopore Technol…

Julia Camacho Garcia unpaid staff Research Julia Camacho Garcia Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Understanding the role of old genomic variation in rapid adaptation. 01/04/2019 - 31/03/2023 Abstract The 100s of closely related but ecologically diverse species of Lake Malawi cichlid f…

Miguel de Diego Fuertes doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Miguel de Diego Fuertes Phenotypic and genotypic resistance to bedaquiline in patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis-experiences from Armenia Bron Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - ISSN 0066-4804-69:5 (2025) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) E. Ar…

Ayşe Candayan Niron postdoc researcher FWO Research Ayşe Candayan Niron Research team VIB CMN - Molecular Neurogenomics Expertise I am a human geneticist specialized in neuromuscular diseases. I have broad experience in second- and third-generation sequencing analyses, cellular and molecular biolo…

Arthur Zwaenepoel postdoc researcher FWO Research Arthur Zwaenepoel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise Evolutionary biology. Genetics. Computational biology. Analysis of population genetic/genomic data. Phylogenetics. Bayesian statistics. Limits to inference of the genetic ar…

Hannes Svardal hoofddocent Publicaties Hannes Svardal Data supporting the paper 'An alternative pattern of head expansion during feeding in cichlids' Bron figshare, 2025, Auteur(s) Jana De Ridder, Vincent Dujardin, Julia Camacho Garcia, Wilson Sawasawa, Peter Aerts, Hannes Svardal, Sam Van Wassenber…

Christopher Delgado Ratto doctor assistent - docent - senior onderzoeker Publicaties Christopher Delgado Ratto Detecting imported malaria infections in endemic settings using molecular surveillance : current state and challenges Bron Frontiers in epidemiology - ISSN 2674-1199-5 (2025) p. 1-14 Auteur…

Anzaan Dippenaar senior onderzoeker Publicaties Anzaan Dippenaar Assessing the propensity of TB clinical isolates to form viable but non-replicating subpopulations Bron Scientific reports - ISSN 2045-2322-14:1 (2024) p. 1-12 Auteur(s) Julian L. Coetzee, Nastassja L. Kriel, Johannes Loubser, Anzaan D…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Osteoderm evolution The genomic and ecological basis of rapid change in a functionally significant trait Project aims Osteoderms are bony elements that are expressed in the skin of a few disparate groups of tetrapods (in crocodiles, turtles, armadillo…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research Hannes Svardal Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data. I have been working on a variety of organisms including plants, monkeys and fishes. We al…

Gérald Glupczynski onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Gérald Glupczynski Investigating the dynamics of the not-so-silent antimicrobial resistance pandemic across One Health settings Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2025,x, 251 p. Auteur(s) Minh Nguyen N…

Kristof Van Schil onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Kristof Van Schil TBK1-associated motor neuron disease with concomitant vacuolar myopathy : a case resembling a multisystem proteinopathy Bron Neuromuscular disorders - ISSN 0960-8966-53 (2025) p. 1-4 Auteur(s) Yasmine Sluyts, Kristof Van Schil, T…

Els De Keyzer senior researcher Research Els De Keyzer Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data and RAD sequencing data. I have experience in population genomics analysis and metabarcoding studies. T…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research projects Hannes Svardal The molecular and phenotypic basis of rapid adaptation to heavy fishing Besides their role as a model system in speciation research, Lake Malawi cichlids are food for millions of people, and subject to a recent and strong i…

Jonas Lescroart unpaid staff Research Jonas Lescroart Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The use of alternative genomic markers to reconstruct the complex evolutionary history of neotropical small felids. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Tracing the evolutionary origin of species can b…

Wim Cuypers senior onderzoeker Publicaties Wim Cuypers A preliminary indication that HLA-A*03:01 may be associated with visceral leishmaniasis development in people living with HIV in Ethiopia Bron PLoS neglected tropical diseases - ISSN 1935-2735-18:9 (2024) p. 1-17 Auteur(s) Nicky de Vrij, Romi Va…

Anne Hebert predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Anne Hebert Bi-allelic variants in BRF2 are associated with perinatal death and craniofacial anomalies Bron Genome medicine - ISSN 1756-994X-17:1 (2025) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Francesca Mattioli, Rún Friðriksdóttir, Anne Hebert, Sissy Bassani, Nazia Ibrahim, …

Marie De Smedt doctoral scholarship holder Research Marie De Smedt Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Unveiling the Hidden Human Virome: A Genomic and Spatiotemporal Approach to Viral Surveillance in Wastewater. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Wastewater-base…

Sophie Gresham unpaid staff Research Sophie Gresham Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Charting the genomic landscape of hybridisation and genetic introgression across the Lake Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Recent genome studies suggest that hybrid…

Samuel Coenen gewoon hoogleraar - onderzoeksleider Onderzoek Samuel Coenen Onderzoeksgroep Eerstelijns - en interdisciplinaire zorg Antwerpen (ELIZA) Laboratorium voor Medische Microbiologie (LMM) Expertise Translationeel en multidisciplinair onderzoek van infectieziekten en antibioticagebruik in de…

Geert Vandeweyer unpaid staff Research Geert Vandeweyer Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Analysis of genomic (re)sequencing data in the context of medical genetics. This comprises analysis of raw data, variant annotation and interpretation, building automated analysis pipelines and …