Toxicological Centre search menu search content Analytical Service Due to its strong analytically oriented profile, the Toxicological Centre offers also a number of services in the field of Forensic Toxicology and Environmental Toxicology. All methods have an adequate quality control/quality assuran…

Adrian Covaci gewoon hoogleraar Onderzoek Adrian Covaci Onderzoeksgroep Toxicologie Expertise The Toxicological Center has built up in the last 20 years expertise related to analytical toxicology, forensic toxicology and environmental toxicology research field. More specifically, the expertise of Pr…

Stef Lauwers researcher Research Stef Lauwers Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Protective effects of nutritional polyphenols and their metabolites towards mechanisms contributing to arterial stiffness. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract…

Isabel Erreygers doctoral scholarship holder Research Isabel Erreygers Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) The importance of metabolites of beneficial microbiota members in the vagina and gut for systemic health. 01/12/2025 - 31/12/2026 Abstract The central aim …

Hugo Neels emeritus occasional assignment Research Hugo Neels Research team Bisphenol A alternatives: transfer from food contact materials, fate and human exposure. 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 Abstract Bisphenol-A (BPA) is again at the forefront of research because its restriction has resulted in the us…

Nina Hermans professor Research Nina Hermans Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise *ANALYSIS OF BIOMARKERS OF IN VIVO OXIDATIVE - ANTIOXIDANT STATUS (matrix: plasma, urine, cells, tissue samples; much expertise with studies in an…

Jöran Melis predoc researcher FWO Research Jöran Melis Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Fundamental insights in the immunosuppressive metabolic effects of the hypoxic tumor microenvironment on natural killer cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/202…

Luc Pieters emeritus with assignment Research Luc Pieters Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) of trace elements. NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy. LC-SPE-NMR (Liquid Chromatogra…

Kenn Foubert team manager Research Kenn Foubert Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise Qualitative and quantitative investigations on traditional and commercial available herbal products and food supplements. This implies the isol…

Violette Coppens associate professor - guest prof. external funds Research Violette Coppens Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Expertise 1) Inflammation in severe mental illnesses Within CAPRI - SINAPS the research focus lays on the role of inflammation in the…

Natural Products and Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Support maintenance scientific equipment (NatuRAPT). 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025 Abstract Support for maintenance of scientific equipment of Research Group NatuRAPT (Natural P…

Madina Bekbergenova doctoral scholarship holder Research Madina Bekbergenova Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) Deep Reinforcement Learning for Mass Spectrometry Data Acquisition in Metabolomics. 01/10/2025 - 31/07/2026 Abstract Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics is a powerful analytical techniq…

Allen Jun Anies unpaid staff Research Allen Jun Anies Research team Ecosphere Development of active-passive sampling (APS) strategies for dynamic speciation analysis and ecotoxicity evaluation of psychoactive substances and their metabolites in wastewater. 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Wastewater…

Emmy Tuenter tenure track asst. professor Research Emmy Tuenter Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise Phytochemical analysis of natural products: Extraction | Isolation | Structure elucidation | Identification and quantification.…

Experimental Neurobiology Unit search menu search content RP-HPLC Analytical unit - Neurochemistry and behavior Expertise The Reversed-Phase Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-UHPLC) Unit of the Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior is an analytical task force that holds considerab…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content In vitro metabolism & metabolomics Studying human metabolism using in silico and in vitro techniques What? Prediction and elucidation of Phase I & II metabolites & metabolic pathways Characterization of alterations in cellular metabolites How? Elucidat…

Adrian Covaci full professor Research Adrian Covaci Research team Toxicological Centre Expertise The Toxicological Center has built up in the last 20 years expertise related to analytical toxicology, forensic toxicology and environmental toxicology research field. More specifically, the expertise of…

Axelle Coppens doctoraatsbursaal Publicaties Axelle Coppens Murine orthotopic lung transplant models : a comprehensive overview of genetic mismatch degrees and histopathological insights into chronic lung allograft dysfunction Bron American journal of transplantation - ISSN 1600-6135-24:11 (2024) p.…

Leen Jacobs predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Leen Jacobs Untargeted metabolomics profiling of a PFAS-exposed Flemish population Bron Metabolites - ISSN 2218-1989-16:2 (2026) p. 1-30 Auteur(s) María del Mar Delgado Povedano, Haesong Sher, Leen Jacobs, Maria van de Lavoir, Rani Robeyns, Ann Colles, Eva…

Maarten Roggeman predoc researcher FWO Research Maarten Roggeman Research team Toxicological Centre Novel analytical and environmental insights in the human exposure to Synthetic ANTioxidants by Advanced mass spectrometric workflows (SANTA). 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract In the indoor environment…

Annelies Dellink onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Annelies Dellink Stimulating change : immune system aberrations as predictors for neurostimulation treatment outcomes in depression Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2025,247 p. Auteur(s) Annelies Dellink…

Marcel Jansen onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Marcel Jansen Dynamic changes in plant secondary metabolites during UV acclimation in **Arabidopsis thaliana** Bron Physiologia plantarum - ISSN 0031-9317-152:2 (2014) p. 219-230 Auteur(s) Kathleen Hectors, Sandra van Oevelen, Jan Geuns, Yves Guisez, …

Lucas Panneel onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Lucas Panneel Respiratory support as a source of plasticizer exposure in premature neonates Bron Journal of applied toxicology - ISSN 0260-437X- (2026) p. Auteur(s) Paulien Cleys, Lucas Panneel, Philippe Jorens, Antonius Mulder, Adrian Covaci Citatiel…

Toxicological Centre search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Analytical testing of per- and polyfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) and their transformation products in electrical and electronic waste (E-PFAStest). 01/09/2026 - 31/08/2028 Abstract Phones, tablets, and flat screens h…

Stef Lauwers researcher Publications Stef Lauwers The olive polyphenol hydroxytyrosol enhances autophagy and heme oxygenase-1 expression in aortic endothelial cells and reduces arterial stiffness ex vivo Source Planta medica: natural products and medicinal plant research - ISSN 0032-0943- (2025) p. …