Ecoplan search menu search content Provisioning services Provisioning services Wood production Forests are the most important producers of the renewable resource wood. Hence, the relevant factor for wood production is the forest area in a region. However, also other factors will affect wood producti…

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…

Sonja Hohloch hoogleraar Sonja Hohloch Francqui Research Professorship and teaching reduction In June 2023, I was awarded the Francqui Research Professorship 2023-2026 at the University of Antwerp/Belgium. This implies a reduction of my teaching load by about 50% for the period of 3 years financed b…

Pol Specenier emeritus occasional assignment Research Pol Specenier Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Development of a novel immunometabolic combination strategy for glioblastoma. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant primary b…

Ecoplan search menu search content Regulating services Regulating services Pollination Pollination by insects (mainly honeybees and bumblebees) is an essential ecosystem service for the cultivation of fruit (like apples, pears, cherries, strawberries), vegetables (like tomatoes, eggplant, paprika), …

Stefan Van Damme unpaid staff Research Stefan Van Damme Research team Quantification and characterization of the plastic flux in the Scheldt, with a view to an efficient remediation of this waste problem. 01/02/2018 - 31/01/2022 Abstract his research initially aims to quantify the plastic flux on th…

IOF NANO search menu search content IOF NANO expertise research group - Industrial research fund IOF consortium NANOcenter The NANOcenter consortium consists of three research groups, with complementary expertise in the field of nanoscience and nanomaterials: Electron Microscopy for Materials Scienc…

Sam Van Wassenbergh associate research professor Sam Van Wassenbergh Introduction: jaw muscle hypertrophy in clariid catfish Within the family Clariidae or air breathing catfishes, several species have developed unusually large (hypertrophied) jaw closing muscles. The extremely hypertrophied morphs …

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…

Sarah Peeters predoc researcher FWO Research Sarah Peeters Research team Medicinal Chemistry (UAMC) Directed optimization of highly selective DPP9 inhibitors for chemical biology and translational research. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Dipeptidyl-peptidase 9 (DPP9) is a post-proline cleaving ser…

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…

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…

David Beckwée associate professor Research David Beckwée Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Expertise Healthy ageing Active Ageing Rehabilitation and prevention of older adults Osteoarthritis Sarcopenia Frailty Age in Place Tackling FRAILTY: ACTIVE-AGE@home: a home-based functional exercise p…

Adrem Data Lab search menu search content Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Classification & Anomaly detection LCIF: Combining Instance and Feature neighbors for Efficient Multi-label Classification (by Len Feremans) PBAD: Pattern-Based Anomaly Detection in Mixed-Type Time Series (by Len Ferem…

David Eelbode professor Research David Eelbode Research team Fundamental Mathematics Expertise My research concerns the study of conformally invariant differential operators: these appear in physics as the differential operators dictating the behaviour of elementary particles. In particular, I study…

Didactiek Frans zoeken menu zoek inhoud Pourquoi? Pourquoi une webquest? Un apprentissage actif Le concept de la webquest a été élaboré dans le but de faire travailler les élèves d'une manière plus active et plus autonome. En effet, grâce aux webquests, l’élève travaille seul, avec du ma…

Multidisciplinary Motor Centre Antwerp (M²OCEAN) search menu search content Research topics Research topics Research is performed in humans, from children to elderly, in physiological, pathological and specific conditions. Topics of interest are: Balance and Postural Control All motor skills requir…

Maya Berg senior research manager Research Maya Berg Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise As the Scientific Research Manager of the Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, I actively seek out innovative and multidisciplinary research collaborations both within and beyond the consortium. In …

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? A European funded research consortium investigates whether a low-energy solution for carbon capture can be designed using an ooze of rocks, fungi, bacteria and earthworms. Can we us…

Law Enforcement search menu search content Safety and prevention Safety and prevention Risks and uncertainty/insecurity are essential characteristics of today’s society. Recent developments in the field of, inter alia, new technologies (digitisation, robotisation…), increasing economic and socia…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content European project on climate change Can the power of biota bring rocks to the front of climate solutions? University of Antwerp coordinates European project on climate change A newly funded European research consortium investigates whether a low-energy…

Functional Morphology search menu search content Equipment High-speed videography systems High-speed cameras are used for kinematical analyses. We have two systems with four cameras to record synchronised videos for 3D-motion analyses: Four Fastec IL5-S cameras (pdf - 738kb), each with 8GB of image …

Centre for Health and Technology (ChaT) search menu search content Past projects Preventive measures for high physical strain workers - In this project we focus on preventive measures for dockers under physical load. We aim to achieve maximal support through recommendations for new products and trai…

Science Department of Physics Department of Physics The Department of Physics, part of the Faculty of Science of the University of Antwerp, focuses on creating a stimulating and dynamic environment to achieve maximal scientific results. The department strives to provide an excellent academic educati…

Science Francqui Research Professor 2023-2026: Prof. Sonja Hohloch Francqui Research Professor 2023-2026: Prof. Sonja Hohloch We are pleased to invite you to Professor Sonja Hohloch’s inaugural lecture entitled ‘Symmetries in dynamics’ on the occasion of her appointment as Francqui Research Pr…