Iris Cornet associate professor From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids / Iris Cornet From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, which are very flexible chemical buil…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content Technology development Activity-based probes in bioimaging We were the first to report on small, irreversible uPA inhibitors with nanomolar potency and a surprising selectivity against highly related enzymes such as tPA, plasmin, thrombin and fXa. Selec…

Info for companies search menu search content Services and expertise Service offers Screen Printing & UV Curing Screen printing is the most popular and matured printing technology as it has been practiced in the electronics industry for quite some time. Screen printing uses a screen to transfer ink …

A-PECS search menu search content Screen printing facilities Screen printing consists on a printing technique that uses a screen to transfer ink to a substrate. The screen has a mesh where a pattern was drawn; in this mesh there are parts that allow the passage of ink (mesh image) and others that ar…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Enzymology Prof. Anne-Marie Lambeir is well recognized for her expertise in enzymology. She accepted invitations not only for teaching enzyme kinetics, but also to participate in multidisciplinary projects on protein engineering, enzyme design and drug…

Kathleen Deiteren unpaid staff - guest professor Research Kathleen Deiteren Research team Medical Biochemistry Molecular characterisation of carboxypeptidase M, an extracellular membrane-bound peptidase involved in the tissue-specific response toward biologically active peptides. 01/10/2006 - 30/09/…

Lennert Dockx unpaid staff Research Lennert Dockx Research team Biochemical Wastewater Valorization & Engineering (BioWaVE) Effects of substrate composition on the denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating microbial community in aerobic granular sludge systems, with specific focus on the nitrous oxide…

Anne-Marie Lambeir emeritus occasional assignment Research Anne-Marie Lambeir Research team Medical Biochemistry Expertise - Prolyl oligopeptidase in the central nervous system and prolyl oligopeptidase inhibitors: new therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative disease and Carboxypeptidase M: subst…

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content Ceramic thin films Ceramic thin films Future technology is clearly thin film technology. (Ceramic) materials with interesting properties (superconductors, CMR, ionic conductors, optical transparent materials) may behave differently…

Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry search menu search content Depth profiling: ultra low angle microtomy Molecular depth profiling by ion beam erosion still deals with some bottlenecks such as the depth dependence of the SI yield, sputter induced topography, anisotropic erosion, limited dep…

Simon Scharpe emeritus occasional assignment Research Simon Scharpe Research team Medical Biochemistry Comparative biochemical and functional study of the different dipeptidyl peptidases. 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2012 Abstract this research project studies proline selective peptidases. It has the followin…

Lennert Dockx unpaid staff Publications Lennert Dockx Implementation of an anaerobic selector step for the densification of activated sludge treating high-salinity petrochemical wastewater Source Water science and technology - ISSN 0273-1223-87:4 (2023) p. 823-833 Author(s) Sven Poelmans, Lennert Do…

Engelbert Tijskens senior researcher Publications Engelbert Tijskens Characterization of atrial substrate to predict the success of pulmonary vein isolation : the prospective, multicenter MASH-AF II (Multipolar Atrial Substrate High Density Mapping in Atrial Fibrillation) study Source Journal of the…

Wim Huybrechts unpaid staff Publications Wim Huybrechts Atrial fibrillation cycle-length (AF-CL) inside the pulmonary veins predicts paroxysmal AF ablation success- the INDUCE-AF study Source Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology - ISSN 1383-875X-67:4 (2024) p. 751-758 Author(s) Marco …

Hielko Miljoen unpaid staff Publications Hielko Miljoen Sports and the heart : on structural and electrical remodeling Source Antwerpen, Universiteit Antwerpen, Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen, 2024,141 p. Author(s) Hielko Miljoen, Hein Heidbüchel Citation link Low rates of myocar…

A-PECS search menu search content Plasmonics Photocatalysis-based applications that have made it to the market nearly always rely on titanium dioxide (TiO2) as the catalyst. One of the main limitations of this material is its relatively large bandgap energy (ca. 3.2 eV). This implies UV light is req…

Biochemical Wastewater Valorization and Engineering search menu search content From oil substrate to long-chain dicarboxylic acids From Waste Oil to long-chain DiCarboxylic Acids (WODCA) We are developing a process which uses yeast to convert used cooking oil into long-chain dicarboxylic acids, whic…

Leili Esrafili Dizaji postdoc researcher FWO Research Leili Esrafili Dizaji Research team Intelligence in PRocesses, Advanced Catalysts and Solvents (iPRACS) Expertise With over 8 years of experience in the field of functionalized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), my expertise lies in synthesizing MO…

Organic synthesis search menu search content C-H Bond Activation Direct Functionalization via Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation Transition metal-catalyzed reactions involving C–C and C-X (heteroatom) bond formation are arguably indispensable in modern organic chemistry. They allow for…

Medical Biochemistry search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Mammalian thymus specific serine protease (TSSP): Development of tools to obtain structure-based insights into its biochemical functions. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028 Abstract Thymus specific serine protease (TSSP) is a serine prot…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers High-Throughput assay for TMPRSS2 inhibitor screening, based on human extracellular vesicles containing active and stable TMPRSS2 (EVZYM) The University of Antwerp has developed and validated a screening assay for TMPRSS2 (tr…

Sergio González Cámara unpaid staff Research Sergio González Cámara Research team Biobased sustainability engineering (SUSTAIN) SMArT: Single-cell protein production from wastewater through renewable Methanol/ethanol-Assisted community engineering Technology 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Sing…

An Bracke unpaid staff Research An Bracke Research team Host proteases at the interface between humans and SARS-CoV-2: Focus on TMPRSS2 as a therapeutic target. 01/06/2020 - 31/05/2021 Abstract The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causative of COVID-19, currently causes an unprecedented pandemic. Human SARS-…

Jana Baroen doctoral scholarship holder Publications Jana Baroen Liquid treatment with a plasma jet surrounded by a gas shield : effect of the treated substrate and gas shield geometry on the plasma effluent conditions Source Journal of physics: D: applied physics - ISSN 0022-3727-57:11 (2024) p. 1-…

Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez doctoral scholarship holder Publications Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez Preliminary research on moss-based biocomposites as an alternative substrate in moss walls Source Sustainability - ISSN 2071-1050-15:23 (2023) p. 1-18 Author(s) Rafael Álvarez Gutiérrez, Johan Blom, Bert…