Ellen Sleuwaegen unpaid staff Research Ellen Sleuwaegen Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Subtypes in the Borderline Personality Disorder, their validation and treatment trajectory. 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2018 Abstract Despite the possibility to diagnose the Bord…

Laurence Claes professor Research Laurence Claes Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Expertise My expertise focuses on (a) clinical assessment & psychopathology as well as (b) cognitive behavioral therapy. My research focuses on the relationship between tempera…

Nick Gebruers associate professor Research Nick Gebruers Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Expertise Overall my research topic can be defined as breast cancer related morbidity. The focus is on clinical as well as more fundamental research to improve the QoL of patients that received a treatme…

Ellen Sleuwaegen unpaid staff Publications Ellen Sleuwaegen The self-concept and identity measure in patients with personality disorders : a psychometric evaluation and associations with identity processes, core domains of self-functioning, and personality disorder symptoms Source Assessment - ISSN …

Cardiovascular Diseases search menu search content Mechanistic insights in mitral valve prolapse and associated left ventricular remodelling: Barlow’s Disease versus Fibroelastic Deficiency Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a frequent valvular disorder with a prevalence of 2-3% in the general populat…

μNEURO search menu search content µNEURO News - 2021 Overview of news items in 2021 Dr. Daniele Bertoglio wins the Laurent Vandendriessche Research Board Award. Prof. Vincent Timmerman receives award from the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation for Neurosciences. Progressive mitochondrial dysfuncti…

Bernard Sabbe emeritus with assignment Research Bernard Sabbe Research team Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute (CAPRI) Psychotic depression in older adults (60+) as prodrome/risk factor for cognitive deterioration/dementia. 01/09/2018 - 30/08/2019 Abstract Psychotic depression in o…

Marianne Destoop assistant professor Research Marianne Destoop Research team psychomotor symptoms in depression. 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2009 Abstract The first part of this project aims to investigate the relationship between functional outcome and psychomotor retardation in a large group of depressed p…

Johan Roeykens unpaid staff Publications Johan Roeykens Effect of BNT162b2 mRNA booster vaccination on $VO_{2max}$ in recreational athletes : a prospective cohort study Source Health science reports - ISSN 2398-8835-5:6 (2022) p. 1-8 Author(s) Hielko Miljoen, Youri Bekhuis, Johan Roeykens, Karim Tah…

Sara De Bruyn postdoc researcher FWO Publications Sara De Bruyn Understanding mental wellbeing amongst potentially vulnerable higher education students during the COVID-19 pandemic Source Social Sciences - ISSN 2076-0760-12:5 (2023) p. 1-15 Author(s) Nina Van Eekert, Sara De Bruyn, Edwin Wouters, Sa…

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…

Rosa Rademakers full research professor Research Rosa Rademakers Research team VIB CMN - Applied and Translational Neurogenomics Expertise Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) represents 10-20% of all dementias and is clinically important because of its early onset and its dramatic impact on core human qua…

Jonas Steenbrugge postdoc researcher FWO Research Jonas Steenbrugge Research team Chitinase 3-like 1 as novel immunotherapeutic target in triple-negative breast cancer. 01/10/2021 - 30/09/2024 Abstract Breast cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in women and especially the aggressive subtypes such…

Jela Illegems predoc researcher FWO Publications Jela Illegems Mentaal welzijn na hospitalisatie voor COVID-19 Source Tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - ISSN 0371-683X-76:20 (2020) p. 1008-1018 Author(s) Jela Illegems, Filip Van Den Eede, A. De Nys, V. Mertens, Sabrina Van Ierssel, Kris Van den Broeck, …

Robert Tholen unpaid staff Publications Robert Tholen An international comparison of gender differences in mental health among higher-education students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic : a multilevel design Source Archives of public health - ISSN 0778-7367-81:1 (2023) p. 1-9 Author(s)…

Ivanna Fedoryshchenko predoc researcher FWO Research Ivanna Fedoryshchenko Research team Medical Genetics (MEDGEN) Towards patient-specific aorta-on-a-chip models for thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) denotes a progressive enlarg…

Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute search menu search content Publications The risk of antidepressant-induced hyponatremia : a meta-analysis of antidepressant classes and compounds Gheysens T., Van Den Eede Filip, De Picker Livia European psychiatry : the journal of the Association…

Toon Suls researcher Research Toon Suls Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Targeting the NF-κB pathway with targeted protein degradation for the treatment of hematological malignancies. 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2026 Abstract Hematologic malignancies are cancers that primarily affe…

Info for companies search menu search content Life sciences License offers Biomarkers to support the diagnosis and treatment of human neuropathies The University of Antwerp has identified biomarkers to support the diagnosis and treatment of CMT neuropathies. These biomarkers can be used to improve c…

Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace search menu search content Vestibular pathologies Summary Various types of vestibular diseases exist, each with typical characteristics of dizziness duration, frequency, evolution, causes ond so on. Unfortunately, not all dizzy patients are able to ge…

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…

Wim Saeys associate professor Research Wim Saeys Research team Movement Antwerp (MOVANT) Expertise The expertise of the group mainly exist in postural control in neurological conditions Development of biomechanical algorithms for cyclists' assessment using the 4D full body dynamic scanner. 01/05/202…

Fahri Küçükali senior researcher Publications Fahri Küçükali Alteration of gene expression and protein solubility of the PI 5-phosphatase SHIP2 are correlated with Alzheimer's disease pathology progression Source Acta neuropathologica - ISSN 0001-6322-147:1 (2024) p. 1-21 Author(s) Kunie Ando,…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Research activities This page presents a number of highlights from the research conducted within the frame of this chair. The topics concern both instrumental development of imaging setups and applied research on specific w…

Wim Cuypers senior researcher Research Wim Cuypers Research team ADReM Data Lab (ADReM) Expertise Dr. Wim Cuypers is a postdoctoral researcher at the Adrem Data Lab at the University of Antwerp. With a strong background in microbial genomics, transcriptomics and general bioinformatics, his research …