Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content MA-XRF scans get under the skin of Rubens' second wive 'The Fur' by P.P. Rubens: MA-XRF scanning reveals a 'suggestive' fountain Our MA-XRF scanner paid a visit to Vienna in the summer of 2014. A multidisciplinary team of s…

University Fund search menu search content HPV research AML-Riatol HPV Research Chair This chair studies the role of beta-papillomaviruses (HPV) in the development and clinical course of skin tumours. More specifically, the prevalence and the role of beta-papillomaviruses in the development of basal…

Lize Delanghe Research Lize Delanghe Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Study of the skin microbiome and the potential of topical probiotics in atopic dermatitis. 01/01/2021 - 30/04/2025 Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the s…

Julien Lambert emeritus with assignment Research Julien Lambert Research team Immunology The role of dendritic cells in alopecia areata. 01/08/2018 - 31/07/2020 Abstract Abstract: Role of dendritic cells in alopecia areata Alopecia areata (AA) is an inflammatory skin condition where spot-wise baldne…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Ilan SCHWARTZ Emergomyces africanus: a new cause of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised hosts Abstract Emergomyces africanus is a dimorphic fungus reported from South Africa in 2013 (as Emmonsia sp.) as a cause of invasive fungal disease (…

Timothi Van Mulder unpaid staff Research Timothi Van Mulder Research team Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) Medical-technical research into intradermal injection in children and adolescents (PIDIC). 01/07/2014 - 30/06/2019 Abstract To date fundamental knowledge is lacking regarding anat…

Simon Baeckens postdoc researcher FWO Research Simon Baeckens Research team Functional Morphology Expertise Simon Baeckens is an organismal and evolutionary biologist interested in the speed and predictability of evolution. His research integrates behavioural, ecological, functional morphological, a…

Jan Verstockt doctoral scholarship holder Publications Jan Verstockt Automated thermographic detection of blood vessels for DIEP flap reconstructive surgery Source International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery - ISSN 1861-6429- (2024) p. 1-9 Author(s) Edgar Cardenas, Jan Verstockt…

Joseph Merregaert emeritus occasional assignment Publications Joseph Merregaert Extracellular matrix protein 1, a direct targeting molecule of parathyroid hormonerelated peptide, negatively regulates chondrogenesis and endochondral ossification via associating with progranulin growth factor Source T…

Vibeke Kruse unpaid guest prof. Research Vibeke Kruse Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Prediction of malignant potential of Ambiguous MELanocytic skin lesions by whole genome copy number Analysis: a multicenter study (AMELA). 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 Abstract Melanocytic skin lesi…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content MetaMove MetaMove – Movement and metabolic processes – measuring and unraveling the role of metabolic processes, muscle & skin adaptation and blood & lymph vessels in functioning in health and disease Key-words: Metabolism, Inflammation, Muscle and ski…

Q-INSPEX search menu search content Cases Non-contact moisture content analysis Our innovative spectral analysis technique enables the precise, non destructive water content determination of powders with an expected error <1% (g/g x 100) FWO SBO project: Foodphase Next generation X-ray phase contras…

Simon Baeckens postdoc researcher FWO About Simon Baeckens Simon Baeckens Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Tel. +3232651985 Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Functional Morphology Research Group. I study the evolution of morphological diversity in…

Paul Meijnders associate professor Research Paul Meijnders Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Expertise The FLASH effect, obtained with radiation therapy at ultra-high dose rate (FLASH-RT), is defined as sparing normal tissues while maintaining the tumour effect compared to convent…

Charlotte Van Moorleghem unpaid staff Research Charlotte Van Moorleghem Research team Functional Morphology Chemicals in nature: a means to fight disease. 04/01/2021 - 30/09/2021 Abstract A global increase in lethal fungal infections of both animals and plants threatens biodiversity. Therefore, rese…

Ulrike Van Daele associate professor Research Ulrike Van Daele Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Expertise Translational and clinical research in patients with burns and scars. Metabolic changes: Severe burned patients undergo rapid increases in metabolism (hypermetabolism) and increased energ…

Athina Van Gasse unpaid guest prof. Research Athina Van Gasse Research team Deciphering the complexity of peanut allergy: shifting paradigms about basophilic activation and inhibition mechanisms. 01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020 Abstract IgE-mediated peanut allergy starts with a sensitization phase that is c…

Margo Hagendorens associate professor Research Margo Hagendorens Research team Immunology Study of the skin microbiome and the potential of topical probiotics in atopic dermatitis. 01/01/2021 - 30/04/2025 Abstract Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that occurs in ab…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content A Europe-wide push to improve care for premature babies New study explores benefits of kangaroo care on reducing infections in NICUs Padova, 4 June 2024 - A new European multicenter study, named NeoDeco, will investigate whether optimised…

Literary and Theatrical Studies search menu search content Sacrificial Narratives The Literary and Theatrical Section’s Cross-sectional Panel Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 Chair: Vladimir Biti Sacrificial narratives are one of the most persistent and cross-cultural forms in which t…

Immunology search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Mast cell driven immediate drug hypersensitivity: resolving the specific IgE versus MRGPRX2 conundrum. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract Immediate drug hypersensitivity (IDH) is an important health issue with serious consequences of diag…

Lize Delanghe About Lize Delanghe Lize Delanghe Contact Campus Groenenborger Show email address Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerpen, BEL Lize started her Ph.D. at the LebeerLab in 2019 and studies the skin microbiome and the potential of topically applied lactobacilli for the treatment of chronic i…

IBB-Neurobiobank search menu search content Why register as a donor? donating your tissue for scientific research The Born-Bunge Institute (IBB) at the University of Antwerp wants to assist you, via your treating physician, by developing new research methods or by making a definite neuropathological…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content MOVANT labs Movant labs M2OCEAN (Movement analysis lab) M2RUN (Exercise physiology & metabolic lab) M²SENS (Sensoric functioning lab) Besides these three research laboratories, MOVANT has access to different testing facilities for specific pathologies thr…

Movement Antwerp search menu search content Post-surgical Scars and Their Impact on Patients A Holistic Approach in Clinical Practice By: Jill Meirte, MOVANT Research Group, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (REVAKI), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium; Oscare, a research …