Bullying on campus Bullying between students: it happens. For the University of Antwerp, a culture of respect is of great importance and does not tolerate such behavior. What is bullying? “Bullying is a systematic form of aggression in which one or more people try to harm another person physically…

Social Sciences Safety and transgressive behaviour Safety and transgressive behaviour As a faculty, we aim for an inclusive environment where everyone feels physically, mentally and emotionally safe. Collegiality and respect for others, regardless of position, experience or background, is of great i…

University Fund search menu search content Quality of life after cancer Discover the MOVANT projects Quality of life after cancer treatment Scientific progress ensures that cancer patients survive longer. That's good news! However, this also brings new challenges. For example, there are the lingerin…

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

OncoProTools search menu search content News & events 12 - 20 SEPTEMBER 2024 | Summer School and Consortium Meeting Date: September 12-20, 2024 Venue: National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain Programme: Summer School 2024 & Consortium Meetings 2025 OncoProTools celebrated the Summer School a…

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…

Diversity and Inclusion in Education search menu search content Inclusive communication in your educational practice How can you communicate more inclusively when you're teaching? Tools and examples Using diversity-sensitive communication in the classroom means including all students. It means embra…

Orange Your University UAntwerp shows its colours in the fight against sexual assault On 25 November 2021, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, our Middelheim Campus will be coloured orange. By doing so, our university shows its solidarity for the worldwide campaign a…

Steven Van Cruchten professor Research Steven Van Cruchten Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise xxxxxxx Modular high-end mass spectrometer for ultrasensitive quantification and imaging of small organic molecules in cross-health research – Mssmall-XH. 01/05/2022 - 30/04…

Stefan Van Dongen associate professor Research Stefan Van Dongen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My research focuses on evolutionary psychology, which entails the study of human behavior in an evolutionary context. On the basis of 3D shape analyses, questionnaires and gene…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Gender affirmation support UAntwerp represents... As an actively pluralistic institution, the University of Antwerp values diversity. We want to be an inclusive community where all students and staff feel welcome, regardless of their gender identity…

CoPeD search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects The hippocampus as key to study sex differences in the neurodevelopment of IUGR piglets. 01/04/2024 - 31/03/2025 Abstract Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) describes a pathological condition in which the fetus fails to grow to its biolo…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Glossary of Terms on Diversity This glossary of terms on diversity contains a selection of terms and concepts that are often used within the context of diversity and inclusion. The objective of this glossary is to develop a common language for the U…

Dries Knapen associate professor Research Dries Knapen Research team Veterinary physiology and biochemistry Expertise Aquatic toxicology, zebrafish, adverse outcome pathways, stress physiology, systems biology, developmental biology, embryonic development, alternative testing approaches Exposomics: …

Gudrun De Boeck full professor Research Gudrun De Boeck Research team Ecosphere Expertise Main expertise: Toxicology and ecophysiology of marine and freshwater organisms under changing environmental conditions (due to natural and anthropogenic pressures) with a focus stress physiology, energy metabo…

Erik Matthysen full professor Research Erik Matthysen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations. Individual variation in phenotypic plasticy in relation to intrinsic …

Science Public defences 2020 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2020 Attend a phd defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research First-Principle Studies of Plasma-Catalyst Interactions for Greenhouse Gas Conversion - Amin Jafarzadeh (1…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects Into the wild: the role of virus exchange as a driver of adaptive genetic introgression between the European wildcat, Felis silvestris, and the domestic cat, Felis catus. 01/11/2…