Lucia Buccioli predoc researcher FWO Research Lucia Buccioli Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Identification of novel treatment targets through improved pathomechanistic insight in IPO8 deficient aortopathy. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is an abnormal wideni…

Sara Alidadiani doctoral scholarship holder Research Sara Alidadiani Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Elucidating FTLD-FUS through international collaboration and long-read sequencing approaches. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2025 Abstract Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Gut microbiota of urban birds - Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) Gut microbiota of urban birds Junk-food has negative effects on the gut microbiota of urban birds The specificities of life in cities can induce a number of modifications …

Tobias Ceulemans tenure track asst. professor Research Tobias Ceulemans Research team Ecosphere Expertise The main focus of my research expertise is the conservation and restoration of threatened populations. My work focuses mostly on plants, but also insects and funghi. In order to maintain a good …

Sara Bals Synergy Grant 2024 Handshake Complexes of Chiral Nanoparticles and Proteins (CHIRAL-PRO) Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry, is omnipresent in both biological and abiological forms of matter. Rapid progress has recently been achieved in the synthesis of chiral inorganic nanoparti…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers Highly selective, orally bioavailable inhibitors of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) with development potential in fibrosis, oncology and pathologic tissue remodeling The University of Antwerp has discovered the most poten…

Vani Verma postdoc researcher FWO Research Vani Verma Research team Medicinal Chemistry (UAMC) Expertise Bacterial infections play a significant role in various lung diseases, including community-acquired pneumonia. To infiltrate the lungs, bacterial pathogens produce numerous proteases that are ess…

Annemie Bogaerts full research professor Plasma medicine - Annemie Bogaerts Plasma medicine finds many applications, e.g., sterilisation and decontamination, wound healing, as well as cancer treatment, which is the application we focus on. In collaboration with CORE (E. Smits, Faculty of Medicine an…

Jean-Claude Dujardin associate professor Research Jean-Claude Dujardin Research team An investigation into the mechanisms of Plasmodium vivax chloroquine resistance (PvCQR): a transcriptomic/transgenic approach. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Chloroquine resistance (PvCQR) in Plasmodium vivax, the…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers Highly selective, orally bioavailable inhibitors of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) with development potential in fibrosis, oncology and pathologic tissue remodeling The University of Antwerp has discovered the most poten…

Aline Verstraeten associate research professor Research Aline Verstraeten Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I commit to doing (functional) genomics research in the field of connective tissue disorders, most prominently thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection as well as skeletal dyspl…

DigiTax search menu search content PhD Defences Forthcoming PhD defences Past PhD defences 2024 19 September 2024 - Michiel Van Roy Michiel Van Roy Supervisors: Prof. Ann Jorissen, Prof. David Martens and Prof. Anne Van de Vijver Title: Tax Disclosure: Firm’s Governance Characteristics and Utiliza…

Wouter De Coster postdoc researcher FWO Research Wouter De Coster Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise Genetics, nanopore, long-read sequencing, DNA, structural variation, human genome Investigation of the role of a TMEM106B AluYb8 insertion-deletion polymorphism…

Ilse Luyckx senior researcher Research Ilse Luyckx Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise Projects: • Unravelling the pathological key events underlying SMAD6-deficiency in patients with bicuspid aortic valve-related aortopathy • Unravelling the genetic architecture of (bicuspid aorti…

Therese Lapperre associate professor Research Therese Lapperre Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise My main research interest involves the pathogenesis and management of patients with COPD and asthma. This involves collaborations on (international) observati…

Bart Loeys full research professor Research Bart Loeys Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) An induced pluripotent stem cell-derived aorta-on-a-chip platform for Loeys-Dietz syndrome modeling. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) refers to progressive enlargement of the…

Diana Campillo Davó Postdoctoral researcher FWO postdoc fellow Research Diana Campillo Davó Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise My expertise focuses on (1) developing innovative cellular immunotherapies for cancer such as CAR-T cells and TCR-T cells, (2) developing…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Workshops FASS-Food EU organized and coordinated in 4 workshops with Brussels-based organizations and institutions. In addition, it has contributed to the organization of local workshops led by the pilot cases. The Brussels-based events were participatory work…

Josephina Meester assistant professor - postdoc researcher FWO Research Josephina Meester Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise I am currently doing research in the field of skeletal dysplasia and thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. These two groups of diseases are related in the co…

Rosa Rademakers full research professor Research Rosa Rademakers Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) represents 10-20% of all dementias and is clinically important because of its early onset and its dramatic impact on core human qua…

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…

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…

Lut Van Laer associate professor Research Lut Van Laer Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Expertise My expertise is situated within cardiogenetics, more specifically within molecular cardiogenetics. Cardiogenetics include the following disorders: thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, primary…

FASS-Food EU search menu search content Results Results of the top-down research approach Policy blockers and enablers relevant for the consolidation and scaling up of FASS Food supply chains in the EU Through a series of international workshops gathering representatives from civil society organizat…

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…