Rocio Canovas Martinez expert Research Rocio Canovas Martinez Research team Expertise Biotechnologist with a Master in Health Biotechnology. PhD in Nanoscience, Materials and Chemical Engineering. Expertise in the development of electrochemical sensors for the detection of relevant ions (such as pot…

Sarah Ahannach senior researcher Research Sarah Ahannach Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Encouraging grant 2021 'Rosa Blanckaert' for young researchers: Exact and Applied Sciences. 01/12/2021 - 31/12/2023 Abstract Violence against women is an urgent global p…

Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Research Christophe Casteleyn Research team Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD) Expertise My research aims to investigate the influences of different weaning and rearing strategies on the development of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) in the pigle…

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…

Christophe Casteleyn guest professor Publications Christophe Casteleyn Welfare assessment in pigs using the salivary proteome Source Animals - ISSN 2076-2615-14:11 (2024) p. 1-13 Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa van Ginneken, Xaveer van Ostade, Christophe Casteleyn Citation link Saliva as a biological …

Sara Prims project coordinator Publications Sara Prims Cell migration and proliferation capacity of IPEC-J2 cells after short-chain fatty acid exposure Source PLoS ONE - ISSN 1932-6203-19:8 (2024) p. 1-15 Author(s) Lieselotte Van Bockstal, Sara Prims, Steven Van Cruchten, Miriam Ayuso Hernando, Lian…

Integrated Personalized and Precision Oncology Network search menu search content Biomarker research IPPON established an important core to study multiple biological factors as possible biomarkers for cancer therapy. Our biomarker research includes - but is not limited to - the study of Prognostic b…

Wiebren Tjalma professor Research Wiebren Tjalma Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise Breast cancer: clinical and translational research - Breast cancer related lymphedema - Axillary surgery - Breast surgery - Mammary gland - Lobular carcinoma - Secondary prevention: thermo…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) CEV is a strong multidisciplinary research group, participating regularly in national and international vaccine research. CEV holds a platform for conducting vaccine trials…

Xaveer Van Ostade professor Publications Xaveer Van Ostade Welfare assessment in pigs using the salivary proteome Source Animals - ISSN 2076-2615-14:11 (2024) p. 1-13 Author(s) Sara Prims, Christa van Ginneken, Xaveer van Ostade, Christophe Casteleyn Citation link Saliva as a biological matrix to as…

University Fund search menu search content Testimonial researcher Isala: take charge of your own health as a woman Sarah Ahannach, researcher at Isala, is participating in research into the female microbiome in Flanders within the citizen science project 'Isala'. Isala is a thriving project named af…

University Fund search menu search content Vaginal microbiome (isala) Help mapping the female microbiome Get to know Isala What is Isala? Isala (named after the first female Belgian doctor Isala Van Diest) is the brand new citizenship project of the University of Antwerp. Until now, little is known …

University Fund search menu search content Testimonial participant Care today about tomorrow, support Isala Vaginal health in Flanders remains a difficult (conversational) topic. Also according to Marjan De Roeck, an enthusiastic thirty-something who participates and donates to Isala, the taboo must…

Jona Verstraelen doctoral scholarship holder Research Jona Verstraelen Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) The prevalence and the pathophysiological role of non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacters in well-defined gastric diseases and (pre-) malignancies. 01/10/2024 - 3…

CoPeD search menu search content PhD theses Marina Stroe (2024) Integrated Approaches in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy: The Neonatal Göttingen Minipig Model for Drug Disposition in Perinatal Asphyxia and Therapeutic Hypothermia - (pdf - 10Mb) Chloé Bars (2024) Bioactivation of human proteratogens in t…

Microbial Systems Technology search menu search content Lebeer sarah Microbial enrichment and storage for metagenomics of vaginal, skin, and saliva samples Ahannach, Sarah; Delanghe, Lize; Spacova, Irina; Wittouck, Stijn; Van Beeck, Wannes; De Boeck, Ilke; Lebeer, Sarah iScience - ISSN 2589-0042 - 2…

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…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Electroencephalographic characterization of comorbidities in neurodegenerative diseases: from epilepsy to insomnia - Jan Van Erum (18/12/2019) Jan Van Er…

Greta Schoeters emeritus with assignment Research Greta Schoeters Research team Toxicological Centre Human biomonitoring study in the vicinity of 3M (Jongerenstudie HBM-3M) 01/12/2021 - 31/03/2023 Abstract This scientific study uses human biomonitoring and environmental measurements to investigate h…

Heiko De Schepper assistant professor Research Heiko De Schepper Research team Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) Expertise 1. During my medical training, I participated in several experiments focusing on the characterization of neurotransmitters in motility of the mouse small in…

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…

Hugo Neels emeritus occasional assignment Research Hugo Neels Research team Bisphenol A alternatives: transfer from food contact materials, fate and human exposure. 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 Abstract Bisphenol-A (BPA) is again at the forefront of research because its restriction has resulted in the us…

Wim Vanden Berghe full professor Research Wim Vanden Berghe Research team Cell death signaling (CDS) Expertise Pyrosequencing is a fast, simple and quantitative method for analysis of CpG methylation, mutation analysis, SNP analysis in multiple sites in a single assay and eliminates the reliance on …

Karolien De Wael full research professor Research Karolien De Wael Research team Antwerp engineering, PhotoElectroChemistry & Sensing (A-PECS) Expertise photo-electrocatalysis, (bio)sensor development, electrochemical sensors,fundamental electrochemical studies,material degradation studies,organic e…

Pieter-Jan Guns associate professor Research Pieter-Jan Guns Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) Expertise Cardiovascular research with focus on investigating arterial stiffness (and its relation to atherosclerosis). SERPINA3 in cardiovascular disease: friend or foe? 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 …