Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Basic as well as applied research on mechanisms, treatment and prevention of cell death-driven diseases, with focus on ferroptosis (kind of biological rust). We follow an integrated approach from knowledge building and discovery to (pre)clinical resear…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Facilities The CDS lab has standard access to two university facilities, allowing for frequent measurement on up-to-date instrumentation. Pyrosequencing (SNP, CpG) Bisulfite sequencing is the use of bisulfite treatment of DNA to determine its pattern o…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content News Recent news items can be viewed here: Farnaz Takhsha wins 2nd price thesis price competition 2015 The first price of € 1000 in the category of exact (bio)medical sciences was won by Yannick De Vlaeminck for his thesis entitled "Dissecting the bi…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Equipment CDS uses a large variety of techniques situated in the field of proteomics, (epi)genomics and protein biochemistry. Here are a few examples of equipment in the CDS lab: Flash photolysis and stopped flow The reactivity of globins towards gaseo…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Events PhD Defences Structural analysis of the membrane-proximal venus flytrap domain (VFT2) of ESAG4 receptor-like adenylate cyclase from Trypanosoma brucei Public defence Desirée Oliveira Alves - Department Pharmaceutical Sciences Date 21 nov Struct…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content CDS Cell Death Signaling Cell Death Signaling lab Cell Death Signaling lab prev 1 / 2 next Contact Cell Death Signaling (CDS) Show email address Campus Drie Eiken, Building S, 4th Floor / T, 1st floor Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk (Flanders), Belgi…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Members Team leaders Prof. dr. Tom Vanden Berghe Prof. dr. Wim Vanden Berghe Prof. dr. Andy Wullaert Prof. dr. Xaveer Van Ostade Ass. Prof. Dr. Anja Verhulst Ass. Prof. Dr. Benjamin Vervaet Post-docs Dr. Claudina Perez Novo Dr. Geert Behetz Dr. Britt O…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Teams Our Cell Death Signaling research group integrates following research lines: Ferroptosis Signaling - Tom Vanden Berghe The lab investigates mechanisms, diagnostics, and intervention strategies related to critical illnesses, brain injuries, kidney…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Research mission The Cell Death Signaling lab studies molecular biological stress responses which affect cell viability (autophagy, nucleophagy), cell death (apoptosis, ferroptosis, pyroptosis), or senescence. The research cluster combines advanced mol…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Projects and publications Contact Proteinchemistry, Proteomics and Epigenetic Signalling (PPES) Show email address Campus Drie Eiken, Building S, 4th floor Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk (Flanders), Belgium Cookie prreferences Strictly necessary coo…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Molecular actions of medicinal compounds Epidemiological, preclinical and animal studies support phytomedicinal benefits of mangiferin (purified from mangotree Mangifera Indica), withaferin A (purified from Withania Somnifera) or thalassiolin (purified…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Epigenetic clock rejuvenation towards healthy aging A deeper understanding of this can be used for therapeutic nutritional or pharmaceutical rejuvenating interventions to promote healthy aging, or to prevent cancer and cardiometabolic and neurodegenera…

Cell Death Signaling search menu search content Proteomics on biomarkers, infectious disease severity and electromagnetics Summary of major ongoing and planned projects. 1. Biomarker Identification 1.1. Identification of cervix carcinoma biomarkers using proteomics on cervicovaginal fluid In collabo…

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Tom Vanden Berghe hoogleraar Onderwijs Tom Vanden Berghe 2026-2027 2025-2026 2024-2025 2026-2027 Moleculaire celbiologie Moleculaire celbiologie Studiegidsnr: 1016FBDBIC Bachelor in de biochemie en biotechnologie Cellular stress and cell death signaling Cellular stress and cell death signaling Studi…

Nastasia Popowycz mandaatassistent Publicaties Nastasia Popowycz Differentiation and subtype specification of enteric neurons : current knowledge of transcription factors, signaling molecules and signaling pathways involved Bron Journal of cellular signaling - ISSN 2692-0638-3:1 (2022) p. 14-27 Aute…

Leen Uyttebroek docent - technologisch manager Publicaties Leen Uyttebroek The anatomical variations of the additional communicating rami in the proximal sympathetic trunk : a human cadaveric study Bron Translational Research in Anatomy - ISSN 2214-854X-30 (2023) p. 1-6 Auteur(s) Maxime Peetermans, …

Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research search menu search content Entrepreneurship ACF Research seminar November November 21 2024 Program: 11.00h – 12-00h, A venture studio: a new type of entrepreneurial support organisation, Laurence Rijssegem (University of Ghent), Ine Paeleman (University…

Andy Wullaert hoofddocent Onderwijs Andy Wullaert 2026-2027 2025-2026 2024-2025 2026-2027 Biokatalyse en bio-energetica Biokatalyse en bio-energetica Studiegidsnr: 1008FBDBIC Bachelor in de biochemie en biotechnologie Metabolisme Metabolisme Studiegidsnr: 1050FBDBMW Bachelor in de biomedische wetens…

Infla-Med search menu search content Session 7 Seminars 'Inflammation & Immunology' - 9 December 2024: Prof. Andreas Linkermann & Cell Death Signaling Group Please mark your calendars on Monday December 9th (14u-16u, Q.002 - Promotiezaal) for the visit and lecture of Prof. Andreas Linkermann from He…

Justine Verbiest doctoral scholarship holder Research Justine Verbiest Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Elucidating the TGFß paradox in aortic aneurysmal disease: unveiling the role of endothelial cells and nitric oxide. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2028 Abstract Impaired TGFß signaling is a defining…

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, …

Birgit Van Asbroeck predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Birgit Van Asbroeck Burn injury dysregulates protein signaling in type 1 and type 2 muscles in rats Bron Burns - ISSN 0305-4179-52:4 (2026) p. 1-8 Auteur(s) Dorien Dombrecht, Ulrike van Daele, Birgit Van Asbroeck, David Schieffelers, Pieter-Jan Guns…

Sébastjen Schoenaers senior researcher Research Sébastjen Schoenaers Research team Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES) Expertise I study the fundamental mechanisms that control plant growth with emphasis on the auxin-driven signaling pathways that control cell wall rheology and…

David Schieffelers onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties David Schieffelers Burn injury dysregulates protein signaling in type 1 and type 2 muscles in rats Bron Burns - ISSN 0305-4179-52:4 (2026) p. 1-8 Auteur(s) Dorien Dombrecht, Ulrike van Daele, Birgit Van Asbroeck, David Schieffelers, Pieter-Jan Gu…