Iris Cornet hoofddocent From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical building blo…

Iris Cornet hoofddocent Lignocellulose Pretreatment & Bioconversion / Iris Cornet Microbial detoxification, a new step in the biorefinery? It may soon be possible to convert toxic phenols released during the use of lignocellulose biomass in biorefineries into raw materials for paints, printing inks,…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, whic…

Iris Cornet associate professor From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical buil…

Gilles De Meester unpaid staff Research Gilles De Meester Research team Functional Morphology Does being smart pay off? Fitness-consequences of behavioural flexibility in lizards in environments with different complexity. 01/10/2019 - 31/03/2022 Abstract Cognition is often described as the ability o…

Law Moot Court Competitions (inter)national moot court competitions Moot Court Competitions (inter)national moot court competitions Moot courts Each year, students from the Faculty of Law take part in various (inter)national moot courts. Moot courts are a great opportunity for students to develop re…

Isabel Witvrouwen unpaid staff Research Isabel Witvrouwen Research team Exercise epigenomics: microRNA as biomarker of exercise-induced cardiovascular adaptation. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022 Abstract MicroRNAs are negative regulators of gene expression by inhibition of mRNA translation in the cell cytop…

Rianne van Lieburg postdoc researcher FWO Research Rianne van Lieburg Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Expertise Why is it so hard to get rid of your foreign accent and do you still mix up “buur” and “boer” in Dutch? How do yo…

Global Health Institute search menu search content New TEAM project in DR Congo in the picture RTNC2, the public television channel that focuses on news on development and entertainment for the people of Kinshasa, but also the whole of the Democratic Republic of Congo, invited prof. Van geertruyden …

Heritage Practice Communities in a Digitized World search menu search content Global Wales celebrates involvement of Swansea University in Flemish SRN About the Global Wales Funding Program for International Research Collaboration Global Wales recently released a news item noting the success of univ…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Books Full list of books published by the Department of Transport and Regional Economics. Intermodal Freight Transportation - 1st Edition Intermodal Freight Transportation - 1st Edition Intermodal Freight Transportation conceptualizes inter…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Inauguration of the Chair on advanced imaging techniques for the arts The official inauguration of the new chair took place on Thursday 27th February 2015 in the presence of 150 museum professionals, students, scholars and …

Mats Van Delen doctoral scholarship holder Research Mats Van Delen Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Towards an Off-the-Shelf Therapy: Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. 01/11/2022 - 30/09/2025 Abstract Multiple…

Laura Mariën predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Mariën Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Improving diagnostic accuracy and follow-up of neuroendocrine neoplasms through detection of (epi)genetic biomarkers in liquid biopsies using novel technological platforms. 01/11/2022 - 31…

Sophia Findeisen predoc researcher FWO Research Sophia Findeisen Research team Plant and Ecosystems (PLECO) - Ecology in a time of change Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ESW) for climate change mitigation and ecosystem restoration: Panacea or Pandora's box? 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Anthro…

Leonardo Ricciardi unpaid staff Research Leonardo Ricciardi Research team Bio-Imaging lab Long‐term functional re‐myelination and neuroprotection via a multi‐modal biomaterial system studied in vivo in a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). 01/06/2023 - 31/05/2024 Abstract Multiple sclerosi…

Bart Ribbens project coordinator Fringe p Bart Ribbens Description This web page is developed to distribute the free .NET software, written to simulate the projection of fringes on three-dimensional models. Because it is difficult to simulate the projection of sinusoidal patterns on complex objects,…

Harun Niron postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Harun Niron Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) Expertise During my Ph.D., I developed a strong foundation in plant physiology, bioinformatics, and molecular biology, acquiring proficiency in advanced techniques such as clon…

Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen GPUncovering the Spatial Biology of RNA with RNAscope 27 February 2024 GPUncovering the Spatial Biology of RNA with RNAscope 27 February 2024 Techniques and Applications Join us for an exciting seminar on RNAscope, a powerful technology for analyzing gene expr…

Freddy Dardenne senior valorization manager Research Freddy Dardenne Research team Ecosphere Expertise Ecotoxicological research with focus on the aquatic environment across all levels of biological organization and with both biotic and abiotic stressors. From past professional activities, trained i…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content Lignocellulose Pretreatment & Bioconversion Microbial detoxification, a new step in the biorefinery? It may soon be possible to convert toxic phenols released during the use of lignocellulose biomass in biorefineries into…

Particle Physics Group search menu search content Gravitational waves research The Particle Physics Group has joined the international search for gravitational waves Gravitational waves Gravitational waves were first observed on 14 September 2015. We had known Einstein’s theory about them for a hu…

Iris Cornet associate professor Lignocellulose Pretreatment & Bioconversion / Iris Cornet Microbial detoxification, a new step in the biorefinery? It may soon be possible to convert toxic phenols released during the use of lignocellulose biomass in biorefineries into raw materials for paints, printi…

Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill unpaid guest prof. Research Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill Research team Translational Neurosciences (TNW) A paradigm shifting treatment for keratoconus. 01/05/2023 - 30/04/2024 Abstract Keratoconus is a progressive disease of the cornea that is characterized by corneal thinning and out…

Viviane O M Van Hoof emeritus occasional assignment Research Viviane O M Van Hoof Research team Expertise Performance of amylase electrophoresis and clinical interpretation of the amylase isoenzyme patterns. Amylase consists of isoforms of the tissue-specific pancreatic type isoenzyme (P1 till P6), …