Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Workshop Coordinated Public Funding of clinical trials during ID outbreaks On 14 and 15 May 2024, 74 delegates participated in the workshop on the coordination of clinical studies and trials funding during infectious diseases outbreaks, o…

Jan Broeckhove emeritus occasionele opdracht Publicaties Jan Broeckhove More entities, more problems? Individual-based models for infectious disease transmission Bron Antwerp, University of Antwerp & Hasselt University, 2023,311 p. Auteur(s) Elise Kuylen, Niel Hens, Jori Liesenborgs, Jan Broeckhove …

Manrico Sebastiano postdoc researcher FWO Research Manrico Sebastiano Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Mercury exposure, nutritional stress and their combined effect on the susceptibility to a viral disease, physiology, and parental care behaviour: an experimental approach in a wild…

Tim Heupink senior onderzoeker Onderzoek Tim Heupink Onderzoeksgroep Instituut voor Globale Gezondheid (GHI) Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmissiedynamiek bij de universiteitsstudenten in Ethiopië: een onderzoek d.m.v. compleet genoom sequencen. 01/01/2019 - 28/01/2022 Abstract Waar tbc voorkomt i…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ebola vaccination trial Ebola vaccination trial in DR Congo in full force At the very end of 2019, an Ebola vaccination trial focusing on health care providers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was officially kick-started with the first partic…

Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene search menu search content Respiratory viruses Respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and variable disease severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide. Respiratory viru…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Finished projects Research on Developing Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases RAPP-ID: Development of RApid Point-of-Care test Platforms for Infectious Diseases RAPP-ID will develop a Point-of-Care Test (POCT) for rapid pathogen detection …

Miguel Hernández González predoc researcher FWO Research Miguel Hernández González Research team Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Mercury exposure, nutritional stress and their combined effect on the susceptibility to a viral disease, physiology, and parental care behaviour: an experimental a…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Second phase of Ebola vaccination trial in DR Congo In November 2020, the UAntwerp and UNIKIN team travelled to Boende for the next phase in the Ebola vaccination trial An Ebola vaccination trial focusing on health care providers in the Democratic R…

Veerle Matheeussen hoofddocent - onbezoldigd gastprofessor Publicaties Veerle Matheeussen Emergence of the B.1.214.2 SARS-CoV-2 lineage with an Omicron-like spike insertion and a unique upper airway immune signature Bron BMC infectious diseases - ISSN 1471-2334-24:1 (2024) p. 1-18 Auteur(s) Andrew H…

Rob Moerkens unpaid staff Research Rob Moerkens Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Population dynamics -and simulation of earwings in orchards: density dependence in a population of generalist predators. 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2010 Abstract Earwigs, Forficula auricularia (L.) (Dermaptera, …

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Herwig Leirs (co-promotor) Since 1985, Herwig Leirs (HL, PhD Antwerp 1992) has been involved in biology, (applied) ecology, zoonosis epidemiology and integrated pest management research of rodents. His research has a st…

Laura Cuypers onbezoldigd medewerker Onderzoek Laura Cuypers Onderzoeksgroep Evolutionaire ecologie (EVECO) Mastomys natalensis hybride zones als natuurlijke laboratoria om de grenzen van arenavirusverspreiding te onderzoeken. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract De Natal veeltepelmuis is waarschijnlijk…

Erik Verheyen unpaid staff Research Erik Verheyen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) An assessment of the relation between carbon storage and biodiversity in the Yangambi Biosphere Reserve (DR Congo): the potential for biodiversity conservation in carbon conservation programs. 01/10/20…

Mare Geraerts senior researcher 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 …

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content PREPARE and RECOVER: what we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic The start of PREPARE In February 2014, the European Commission funded PREPARE*, an ambitious project conducted from 2014 to 2021 that aimed to create an harmonised European c…

Lucinda Kirkpatrick unpaid staff Research Lucinda Kirkpatrick Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat of Re - Emerging Infectious Disease (RESTOREID). 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Abstract Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat Of (Re-)Emerging Infectious…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Summer Course Pandemic Preparedness 19-22 September 2023 The Global Health Institute and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp is happy to invite you to join the summer course on pandemic preparedness. The course i…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of infections and host-parasite interactions In this research line we investigate how the population ecology of hosts and host-parasite interactions can explain spatial and temporal variation in the presence of an infection. We st…

Jan Broeckhove emeritus occasional assignment Publications Jan Broeckhove More entities, more problems? Individual-based models for infectious disease transmission Source Antwerp, University of Antwerp & Hasselt University, 2023,311 p. Author(s) Elise Kuylen, Niel Hens, Jori Liesenborgs, Jan Broeckh…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) EVECO links fundamental questions in population ecology and behavioural ecology to applied problems in health, agriculture or nature conservation. Major questions concern how the dynam…

Noor Ul Hudda unpaid staff Research Noor Ul Hudda Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Wastewater-based epidemiology of infectious diseases: an essential tool for pandemic preparedness and surveillance of endemic diseases. 15/07/2024 - 14/07/2025 Abstract During…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Applied population biology: Conservation, pests and invasive species This research line developed from work in fundamental population ecology in the 1980s. The work with rodents that cause damage in agriculture or carry diseases, especial…

Kevin Ariën professor Research Kevin Ariën Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Expertise Virology expert with a particular focus on (re)emerging viruses. Specific interest in Ebola virus, arthropod-borne viruses such as Chikungunya, dengue, Zika among others,…

Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy search menu search content Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy (OAE) research team - Global Health Institute Professor Colebunders & his team as of 2023 Robert Colebunders, MD, PhD is an emeritus professor of tropical diseases at the Institute of Tropical Medicine a…