Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group search menu search content Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a group of slowly progressing peripheral neuropathies. Over 2,5 million people suffer from CMT neuropathy, but most CMT therapeutic studies are in a laboratory or pre-clin…

Sandra Nauwelaerts unpaid staff Research Sandra Nauwelaerts Research team Functional Morphology Comparative functional and ecological morphology of the perissodactyl limb: insights into the adaptive evolution of the Equidae. 01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018 Abstract This project will investigate the evolutio…

B-MAGIC search menu search content The Magic Lantern Experience: Mapping Cultural Exchanges between Slide-producing Countries and Belgium Postdoc: WYNANTS Nele (ULB) | Supervisor: VANHAESEBROUCK Karel (ULB) Cultural exchange between European cities in the 18th and 19th centuries contributed greatly …

Laura Mariën predoc researcher FWO Research Laura Mariën Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Improving diagnostic accuracy and follow-up of neuroendocrine neoplasms through detection of (epi)genetic biomarkers in liquid biopsies using novel technological platforms. 01/11/2022 - 31…

Robert Jan Willem De Keizer unpaid guest prof. Publications Robert Jan Willem De Keizer Optic nerve biopsies in unexplained progressive optic neuropathy in two adults reveal optic nerve gliomas Source Journal of neuro-ophthalmology - ISSN 1070-8022-43:4 (2023) p. e224-e226 Author(s) Michel Van Lint,…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content NETs Negative Emission Technologies for CO2 removal Basalt NETs manipulation experiment NETs manipulation experiment Biochar Achieving the climate targets as agreed at the climate summit in Paris requires rapid decarbonization of all sectors. However,…

ScreenUrSelf search menu search content From virus to cervical cancer What is HPV? In Flanders, 350 women get cervical cancer every year. This cancer is caused by a virus: human papillomavirus or HPV. The virus is transmitted through sexual contact and is highly contagious. Most women and men have a…

Reuse Lab search menu search content Design for sustainable perception (design research) Over the last decade, designers have become aware of the impact they have in terms of sustainability. The trend to use more sustainable materials in their new designs is slowly becoming a habit. Designers are su…

Linguapolis search menu search content Frequently Asked Questions Upcoming Online Language Cafés When will the offer come online? LInguapolis organises Online Language Cafés twice a year. in November (details available on the website in September) in February-March (details available on the websit…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 42 Non-vaccinated Belgians have more physical interactions August 24th 2021 Large majority of participants in the Great Corona Study spontaneously share vaccination status A large majority of vaccinated Belgians tell family and friends…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 32 36% think the circumstances at their workplace are safer today March 9th 2021 23% of participants in the Great Corona Study still have at least one symptom four months after infection Fatigue and shortness of breath are the most com…

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 24 One in three says they will not celebrate Christmas in a restricted social circle November 20th 2020 Eight out of ten participants in the Great Corona Study say they have no travel plans for the end-of-year period December is slowly…

B-MAGIC search menu search content LICHTSPOREN Tour at House of Mysteries in Ghent with installations, demonstrations and unique collections (10-14/11/2021) Scientists and illusionists organise an event together during Lichtfestival Gent “Light festivals have existed for centuries, spreading scien…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content Rock dust can remove a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere Scientists from UAntwerp and elsewhere expect a lot from this special technology Will we eventually spray powdered rock from airplanes over certain ecosystems to tackle climate change? It seems qui…

Applied Engineering Change of deans Change of deans Change of deans On 1 September 2020, dean Walter Sevenhans will pass on the torch to Professor Tom Breugelmans. Naturally, a change of dean requires a retrospective and a look forward. Retrospective by dean Walter Sevenhans - Nothing as constant as…

Valeriya Malysheva assistant professor Research Valeriya Malysheva Research team VIB CMN - Computational Neurobiology Expertise Network reconstruction for studying cell fate acquisition and maintenance. Deciphering the role of chromatin organisation in normal and aberrant cell fate acquisition. Nove…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Students with functional disabilities Written in collaboration with the Study Advice and Student Counselling Service. There are many different categories of functional disabilities, particularly physical disabilities, chronic illnes…

Raewyn Town guest prof. external funds Research Raewyn Town Research team Ecosphere Expertise environmental physical chemistry, electrochemistry, nanoparticle reactivity, measurement and modelling of dynamic chemical speciation, bioavailability and bioaccumulation Quantitative extrapolation in ecoto…

Dirk Snyders emeritus with assignment Research Dirk Snyders Research team Experimental Neurobiology Unit (ENU) Expertise Electrophysiological analysis and Patch clamp. Elucidating the pathogenicity of genetic variants of uncertain significance in Brugada syndrome patients by functional modelling in …

Entrepreneurship bootcamp | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Business cases previous editions Over the past five years, students worked together on the development of 25 different business cases. A selection out of the list of the business cases, including some po…

Marc Deloof full professor Research Marc Deloof Research team Accountancy and Finance Expertise * Corporate finance * Corporate governance * Entrepeneurial and small business finance * Company valuation * Financial history Are family firms more resilient than non-family ones? Ex-ante and ex-post per…

Timon Vandamme assistant professor - fund. clinical researcher Research Timon Vandamme Research team Center for Oncological Research (CORE) Detection of FGFR2 fusions in cholangiocarcinoma patients using a novel singlet oxygen-based photoelectrochemical platform. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Cho…

Nicola Brajato postdoc researcher FWO Research Nicola Brajato Research team Antwerp Media in Society Centre (AMSoC) Expertise My main expertise can be identified in the critical understanding of the socio-cultural and political relationship between fashion and masculinities. Thus, my academic work d…

Diversity and inclusion search menu search content Prides and gender diversity On diplomacy, patience and hope The state of the union of the LGBTQIA+ movement in 2021 is worrying. There seems to be a reversal of the progressive trend of several decades in Europe. Is this a fundamental turnaround or …

Jan Annaert professor Research Jan Annaert Research team Accountancy and Finance Expertise Asset pricing Portfolio theory Financial risk management BelHisFirm: long-term firm-level data for the social sciences. 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028 Abstract Long-term digital economic data are mainly available at …