Iris Cornet hoofddocent Microbial oils / Iris Cornet Engineering solutions for the conversion of harmful phenolic wastewater into oil To enable zero waste processes by 2050, wastewater treatment plants will be transformed into resource recovery facilities. This means that the solids and solutes pres…

Bio-Imaging Lab search menu search content Neurodegeneration Neuro(de)generation The aim of this team is to define in vivo, quantifiable and sensitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) markers that allow early detection of neurodegenerative proteineopathies. Hereto, rodent models of Huntington’s an…

Enya Arconada Nuin predoc researcher FWO Research Enya Arconada Nuin Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) The role of DNA satellites in bacterial evolution. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Bacterial genomics is a flourishing research field, in which relatedness is assessed by gene…

Iris Cornet associate professor Microbial oils / Iris Cornet Engineering solutions for the conversion of harmful phenolic wastewater into oil To enable zero waste processes by 2050, wastewater treatment plants will be transformed into resource recovery facilities. This means that the solids and solu…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content Microbial oils Engineering solutions for the conversion of harmful phenolic wastewater into oil To enable zero waste processes by 2050, wastewater treatment plants will be transformed into resource recovery facilities. Th…

Severien Van Keer assistant professor - senior researcher Research Severien Van Keer Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Expertise Severien Van Keer graduated in 2014 as Master in Biomedical Sciences, major 'Infectious and Tropical Diseases' and minor 'Molecular and Cellular…

Wiebren Tjalma professor Research Wiebren Tjalma Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Breast cancer: clinical and translational research - Breast cancer related lymphedema - Axillary surgery - Breast surgery - Mammary gland - Lobular carcinoma - Secondary prevention: thermo…

Elien Van Campen doctoral scholarship holder Research Elien Van Campen Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Nephrectomy-induced regeneration: a new mechanistic paradigm to promote renal repair. 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Our kidneys play a crucial role in body homeostasis, i.e. they provid…

Bartaku Vandeput postdoc researcher FWO Research Bartaku Vandeput Research team Center for Ethics Expertise `Koelleven´is a project featuring the exploration of the ethics of attunement, - deep listening in the context of the microbiota in hyperboloid cooling towers of electric energy facilities. T…

Karel In't Hout professor Research Karel In't Hout Research team Applied mathematics Expertise Analysis and development of numerical methods for time-dependent differential equations with applications to financial mathematics. Numerical analysis and simulation of exotic energy derivatives. 01/01/202…

Centre Pieter Gillis search menu search content Pieter Gillis lecture Every year, Centre Pieter Gillis organizes a Pieter Gillis lecture, focusing on active pluralism, the meaning of life, and living together in plural, democratic societies. Hereto, an established international speaker is invited. I…

Sandra Van Puyvelde assistant professor - academic interim staff postdoc Research Sandra Van Puyvelde Research team Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM) Expertise Prof. Sandra Van Puyvelde joined the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology at UA as an Assistant Professor in 2019. She received her MSc…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Involved research groups in GOVTRUST GOVTRUST combines expertise from four participating research groups: Antwerp Centre of Evolutionary Demography (Faculty of Business and Economics) Government & Law (Faculty of Law) Politics & Public Governa…

Camille Allonsius project coordinator Research Camille Allonsius Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Exploration of synthetic communities as a tool to modulate the vaginal microbiome. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract…

Mojca Strazisar domain coord.- head of service Research Mojca Strazisar Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Neuromics Support Facility (NSF). 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2026 Abstract The primary mission of the Neuromics Support Facility (NSF) is to provide technological support a…

Elise Van Breedam senior researcher Research Elise Van Breedam Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Expertise Development and characterization of a 3D neurospheroid model for ischemic stroke research. In this context, I gained experience in: (1) 2D and 3D cell culture (incl. st…

Peter De Rijk external postdoc researcher Research Peter De Rijk Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise In a previous position I set up a database of ribosomal RNA sequences and their structure, and wrote software for the management of this database and for predict…

Benjamin Vervaet assistant professor - senior researcher Research Benjamin Vervaet Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Molecular approach to unravel etiology and mechanism in chronic interstitial nephritis in agricultural communities. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract In the last 30 years, a wor…

Xaveer Van Ostade professor Research Xaveer Van Ostade Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Purification and characterisation of proteins and protein complexes. Strengthening Phytopharmaceutical and OMICs Research as well as Biomedical Education in Three Cuban Institutes by Defining th…

Geert Baggerman unpaid staff Research Geert Baggerman Research team Ecosphere A mass spectromic approach to identify novel components of a key complex involved in auditory hair cell function, analysis of their interactions and functional characterisation. 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 Abstract This projec…

Sarah Lebeer full research professor Research Sarah Lebeer Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise Bacteria-host interaction for beneficial microbes and probiotics (lactobacilli in gut, vagina, ...) Microbial analyses and identification (Microbiome researc…

Filip Kiekens professor Research Filip Kiekens Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise research into conventional dosage forms and drug delivery systems research into products with Probiotic (Formulations and production techniques)…

Olivier Vanderveken fund. clinical researcher - full professor - vice-dean Research Olivier Vanderveken Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Translational Neurosciences (TNW) Advancing Health Equity Through Microbiome-Centric and Multidisciplinary Research.(U-MaMi). 01/01…

Applied Mathematics search menu search content Current Research Projects Ongoing projects Subspace solvers for non-smooth dynamical systems. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Non-smooth dynamical systems have, next to the evolution equation, a system of inequalities that limit the motion. Many system…

Julie van der Zee associate professor - guest professor Research Julie van der Zee Research team VIB CMN - Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Expertise Julie van der Zee is an expert in the neurogenetics of frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and early-onset dementia, with a track-record i…