Biomedical Sciences Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Biomedical Sciences: Clinical Scientific Research Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Master of Biomedical Sciences: Clinical Scientific Research General learning outcomes 1. The Master is familiar with the common scientific and practical aspec…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Exotic plants Humans create stepping stones for exotic plants All that is needed is some disturbance of the natural vegetation combined with a warmer environment (e.g. on a south-facing slope), an international team of ecologists states. The team (wit…

Gedrag- en neuro-economie zoeken menu zoek inhoud De psychobiologische grondslagen van besluitvorming Does oxytocin increase trust in humans? What makes us trust another person? More than a decade ago, a seminal paper was published in Nature showing that oxytocin, a hormone which is better known for…

Antwerp Centre of Evolutionary Demography search menu search content ACED - Completed granted projects Oxytocine and affiliative behavior in humans: An fMRI study 01/07/2011 - 30/06/2015 Abstract The neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) has been shown to play a crucial role in establishing trust and cooperati…

Federico Divino onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Federico Divino Pansemioticism and cognition : on the semiotic anthropology of early Buddhism meditation Bron Humans - ISSN 2673-9461-6:1 (2026) p. 1-31 Auteur(s) Federico Divino Citatielink Meditation transcending signs : seven concepts for a Buddh…

Mikhaïl Van Herck unpaid staff Research Mikhaïl Van Herck Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) The role of regulatory T cells and Th1/Th17/Th22 cells in the pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis in mice and humans. 01/10…

Lies Durnez research coordinator Research Lies Durnez Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) The role of rodents and insectivores in the epidemiology of mycobacterial infections in Africa. 01/10/2005 - 16/02/2010 Abstract To determine the role of rodents and insectivores in the epidemiology of myco…

Kathleen De Greef associate professor Research Kathleen De Greef Research team Primary and interdisciplinary care Antwerp (ELIZA) Expertise The effect of immunosupression on the recvery after ischemia reperfusion injury of the kedney and the liver in mouse and rat. An observational, prospective stud…

Victor Schollaert gastprofessor externe fondsen Publicaties Victor Schollaert The fault-based liability regime in the new Belgian Civil Code and Artificial Intelligence Bron Journal of European tort law - ISSN 1868-9612-17:1 (2026) p. 1-37 Auteur(s) Victor Schollaert, Jan De Bruyne Citatielink De pr…

Eva Bernet Kempers doctor assistent Publicaties Eva Bernet Kempers If rivers have rights, do fish have rights too? Examining the relationship between rights of nature and animal rights Bron LEOH - Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health - ISSN 2813-7434- (2026) p. 4-22 Auteur(s) Eva Bernet Kemp…

Laura Cuypers unpaid staff Research Laura Cuypers Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Mastomys natalensis hybrid zones as natural laboratories to investigate the limits of arenavirus spread. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract The Natal multimammate mouse is probably the most widespread Af…

Jonas Reijniers praktijkassistent Publicaties Jonas Reijniers Ideal-observer model of human sound localization of sources with unknown spectrum Bron Scientific reports - ISSN 2045-2322-15:1 (2025) p. 1-11 Auteur(s) Jonas Reijniers, Glen McLachlan, Bart Partoens, Herbert Peremans Citatielink Bayesian…

Nicky Staes postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Nicky Staes Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently Bron Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-12:11 (2026) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Emile Bryon, Tom S. Roth, Jonas Torfs, Marcel Eens, Edwin van Leeuwen, Nicky Staes Citatielink T…

Ina Weber onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Ina Weber Who can say what? Testing the impact of interpersonal mechanisms and gender on fairness evaluations of content moderation Bron Social Media + Society - ISSN 2056-3051-10:4 (2024) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Ina Weber, Joao Goncalves, Gina M. Masullo, Mari…

Reindert Dhondt hoofddocent Publicaties Reindert Dhondt Hacia una re-visión transatlántica del barroco en Muerte súbita de Álvaro Enrigue Bron Memoria e historia en la actual literatura hispánica. Tránsitos literarios por el pasado reciente / Estelmann, Frank [edit.]; Roca Blaya, Alberto [edit…

Andriy Kosar onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Andriy Kosar In Benchmarks We Trust ... Or Not? Bron Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing- () p. 23673-23687 Auteur(s) Ine Gevers, Victor De Marez, Jens Van Nooten, Jens Lemmens, Andriy Kosar, Ehsan Lot…

Mare Geraerts unpaid staff Research Mare Geraerts Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise • The diversity and prevalence of the Bartonella bacteria and the Monkeypox virus in different rodent and shrew species in the rainforest of Yangambi (DRC). • The Ebola virus at the inter…

Steven Staelens full professor Research Steven Staelens Research team Molecular Imaging and Radiology (MIRA) Expertise Molecular imaging using PET and SPECT. PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography and SPECT for Single Photon Emission Tomography. It allows for 3D in vivo imaging of functional pr…

Master of Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Science Campus Drie Eiken What does the programme entail? The field of biomedical sciences The field of biom…

Sebastiaan Dalle tenure track docent Publicaties Sebastiaan Dalle An exploratory multi-biomarker panel including fecal calprotectin, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Fibroblast-Growth Factor-21 and irisin shows poor diagnostic accuracy for detecting probable sarcopenia in community-dwelling older …

Kristiaan D'Aout onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Kristiaan D'Aout Plantar pressures in three types of indigenous footwear, commercial minimal shoes, and conventional Western shoes, compared to barefoot walking Bron Footwear science - ISSN 1942-4280-13:1 (2021) p. 1-17 Auteur(s) Catherine Wille…

Liesbeth Vanherp onderzoeksmanager Publicaties Liesbeth Vanherp Tracking brain maturation in vivo : functional connectivity, white matter integrity, and synaptic density in developing mice Bron EBioMedicine - ISSN 2352-3964-115 (2025) p. 1-16 Auteur(s) Charissa Millevert, Nicholas Vidas-Guscic, Mohi…

Jonas Torfs postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Jonas Torfs Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently Bron Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-12:11 (2026) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Emile Bryon, Tom S. Roth, Jonas Torfs, Marcel Eens, Edwin van Leeuwen, Nicky Staes Citatielink T…

Sara Budts onbezoldigd medewerker Over Sara Budts Sara Budts Contact Stadscampus Toon e-mailadres Sint - Jacobsmarkt 13 2000 Antwerpen, BEL My PhD research aims to explore the benefits of Deep Learning models in theoretical cognitive linguistics. In particular, I am using Convolutional Neural Networ…

Wim De Kesel predoc researcher FWO Research Wim De Kesel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Sylvatic cycle of arboviruses in African wildlife. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses) rely on hematophagous arthropods as a vector for the transmission to a v…