Ongoing phd projects

Combining mass spectrometry imaging and localized proteomics to predict immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Eline Berghmans
01/09/2016-31/08/2020
Promotor: Prof. Geert Baggerman

Investigating the mechanisms of toxicity of current flame retardants: towards new monitoring assays and better registration
Boris Krivochiev
01/01/2015-31/12/2018
Promotor: Prof. Steven Husson, Prof. Ronny Blust

Modulatory toxicity effects of metal mixtures on chemosensation and behavior
Sofie Moyson
01/10/2014-30/09/2018
Promotor: Prof. Steven Husson, Prof. Geert Baggerman

In search for molecular players underlying altered physiology and behavior caused by (neuro)endocrine disrupting compounds in zebrafish by differential peptidomics and proteomics
Kristien Van Camp
01/10/2013-30/09/2017
Promotor: Prof. Steven Husson, Prof. Geert Baggerman

Urine exosomes as biomarkers for diagnosis and follow up of bladder cancer patients (VITO/UAntwerp phd project)
Eline Oeyen
15/09/2015 – 14/09/2019
Promotor: Prof. Inge Mertens, Co-promotor: Prof. Geert Baggerman, Dr. Lucien Hoekx

Mirco peptides as a new class of bio-active peptides in higher eukaryotes
Budamgunta Harshavardhan
01/04/2015-01/04/2019
Promotor: Prof. Geert Baggerman, Co-promotor: Prof. Frank Sobott

Structural and pharmacological characterization of antimicrobial peptides present in the skin secretion of selected Brazilian amphibian species
Diego Alejandro Falico
01/05/2015-01/05/2019
Promotor: Prof. Geert Baggerman, Co-promotor: Prof. Peter Verhaert

The characterization of proteins of biotherapeutic interest by novel mass spectrometry-based methods
Sneha Chatterjee
01/01/2014-31/12/2017
Promotor: Prof. Frank Sobott, Prof. Geert Baggerman

Algorithms and application for quality control in mass spectrometry
Ana Sílvia Ferreira Diamantino
15/10/2014 – 14/10/2018
Promotor: Prof. Dirk Valkenborg, Prof. Lennart Martens

Estimation of the risk of developing resistance to antileishmanial drugs
Aya Hefnawy
01/09/2015 – 31/08/2018
Promotors: Prof. Dirk Valkenborg, Prof. Jean-Claude Dujardin (Institute for Tropical Medicine)