Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations ORCHESTRA Researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Antwerp, 9 February 2023 - "Host immunological responses facilitate development of SARS-CoV-2 mutations i…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content NEW: Avoiding a local wildlife reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 in Belgium. SARS-CoV-2 has its origin in an Asian bat species, but it is now clear that it can infect various unrelated mammal species in addition to humans. Given the circulation of …

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Monoclonal antibodies Treatment with Monoclonal Antibodies can cause SARS-CoV-2 mutations - researchers develop score identifying patients at risk Study published as pre-print preview in The Journal of Clinical Investigation "Host i…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content SOS-COVID publication in European Journal of General Practice LAB-Net was actively involved in RECOVER (Rapid European COVID-19 Emergency Research Response). For SOS-COVID, one of the RECOVER studies, LAB-Net offered laboratory expertise …

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Sero-epidemiology COVID-19 in Belgium 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospective cross-sectional study of residual samples June 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospe…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Coronavirus RECOVER Rapid European SARS-CoV-2 Emergency research Response The overall goal of RECOVER is to understand the COVID-19 pandemic through clinical research in order to transform patient care and public health responses. Visit t…

Yana Debie doctoral scholarship holder Research Yana Debie Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Cellular and humoral predictors of vaccine efficacy in cancer patients: lessons to be learned from the covid-19 pandemic (CLOVER). 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract COVID-19, a disease caus…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Interview with RECOVER Work Package 4 Lead Emeritus Professor Greet Ieven Prof. Dr. Greet Ieven is a medical microbiologist and emeritus professor at the University of Antwerp. She has also been responsible for the clinical diagnostic lab…

Christof Vulsteke unpaid guest prof. Research Christof Vulsteke Research team Acquired immunity and immunologic aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection a population of patients and healthcare workers in Multidisciplinary Oncologic Centres. (MOCOR-Study). 01/06/2020 - 31/05/2021 Abstract COVID-19 is a diseas…

Naomi De Roeck spec. staff member - expert Publications Naomi De Roeck Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped and non-enveloped viruses with non-thermal plasma for hospital disinfection Source ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering - ISSN 2168-0485-11:13 (2023) p. 5206-5215 Author(s) Maxi…

Kawtar El Abdellati unpaid staff Publications Kawtar El Abdellati Efficacy of inflammation-based stratification for add-on celecoxib or minocycline in major depressive disorder : protocol of the INSTA-MD double-blind placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial Source Brain, behavior, & immunity - h…

Manon Huizing unpaid staff Research Manon Huizing Research team Acquired immunity and immunologic aspects of SARS-CoV-2 infection a population of patients and healthcare workers in Multidisciplinary Oncologic Centres. (MOCOR-Study). 01/06/2020 - 31/05/2021 Abstract COVID-19 is a disease caused by an…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content VERDI prioritizes women and children in the research on new coronavirus variants The University of Padua and Penta Foundation are leaders of VERDI, a new European research consortium on coronavirus in children and pregnant women. The Univ…

Veerle Wijtvliet academic interim staff predoc Publications Veerle Wijtvliet Humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in kidney transplant recipients and dialysis patients : IgA and IgG patterns unraveled after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination Source Virology journal - ISSN 1743-422X-21:1 (2024) p. 1-14 A…

Vincent Van Averbeke unpaid staff Publications Vincent Van Averbeke Interleukin‐2‐mediated CD4 T‐cell activation correlates highly with effective serological and T‐cell responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in people living with HIV Source Journal of medical virology - ISSN 0146-6615-96:8 …

Esra Ekinci Publications Esra Ekinci Nasopharyngeal carriage of Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, SARS-CoV-2 and other common pathogens in infants attending daycare centers in context of the changes in the pediatric vaccination program in Belgium Source Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwer…

Kevin Ariën professor Publications Kevin Ariën Humoral immune response against SARS-CoV-2 after adapted COVID-19 vaccine schedules in healthy adults : the IMCOVAS randomized clinical trial Source Vaccine - ISSN 0264-410X-42:25 (2024) p. 1-12 Author(s) Katie Steenackers, Nikita Hanning, Liesbeth Br…

Matilda Berkell unpaid staff Publications Matilda Berkell Interleukin‐2‐mediated CD4 T‐cell activation correlates highly with effective serological and T‐cell responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in people living with HIV Source Journal of medical virology - ISSN 0146-6615-96:8 (2024) p. …

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content ECCMID 2023 recap ECCMID 2023, the 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, has come to an end and what a success it has been! 12 of our LMM colleagues were present to share the findings of their research en …

Lotte Jacobs doctoral scholarship holder Publications Lotte Jacobs All eyes on the prefusion-stabilized F construct, but are we missing the potential of alternative targets for respiratory syncytial virus vaccine design? Source Vaccines - ISSN 2076-393X-12:1 (2024) p. 1-27 Author(s) Sofie Schaerlaek…

Ilse De Coster senior researcher - assistant professor - project coordinator Research Ilse De Coster Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Collection of serum in former participants of vaccine studies related to Salmonella for the support of further research to Salmonella-rela…

Tom Vermeyen unpaid staff Publications Tom Vermeyen Machine learning for vibrational circular dichroism : constructing novel and accelerating established applications Source Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwerpen & Universiteit Gent, 2023,224 p. Author(s) Tom Vermeyen, Wouter Herrebout, Patrick Bultinck …

Elke Leuridan unpaid guest prof. Research Elke Leuridan Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Expertise During the past 10 years, we developed specific skills in conducting clinical trrials with vaccines in pregnant women. This is a vulnerable population, often excluded from t…

Noor Ul Hudda unpaid staff Research Noor Ul Hudda Research team Laboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH) Wastewater-based epidemiology of infectious diseases: an essential tool for pandemic preparedness and surveillance of endemic diseases. 15/07/2024 - 14/07/2025 Abstract During…

Léa Joffrin unpaid staff Publications Léa Joffrin SARS-CoV-2 surveillance between 2020 and 2021 of all mammalian species in two flemish zoos (Antwerp Zoo and Planckendael Zoo) Source Veterinary sciences - ISSN 2306-7381-10:6 (2023) p. 1-11 Author(s) Léa Joffrin, Tine Cooreman, Erik K. Verheyen, F…