Kathleen Deiteren 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 - 30/09/2008 Abstract C…

Tess De Bruyne guest lecturer - project coordinator Research Tess De Bruyne Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Support maintenance scientific equipment. 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2005 Abstract Researcher(s) Promoter: De Bruyne Tess Research te…

Arnold Vlietinck emeritus occasional assignment Research Arnold Vlietinck Research team Expertise Bioassay-guided isolation of active principles of medicinal plants Structure elucidation of natural products Drug analysis Development of new antiparasitic lead compounds against malaria, trypanosomiasi…

Renate Barbaix professor - vice-dean Research Renate Barbaix Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Law Enforcement Expertise Renate Barbaix is specialised in family property law, specially in inheritance law. Her research is both individual and as a promotor of several PhD students. Inhe…

Steven Latré full professor Research Steven Latré Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Expertise My expertise focuses on the design of new artificial intelligence techniques, which are specifically optimised for resource constrained environments (e.g., wireless networks). In this context, I am …

Melissa Van Praet predoc researcher FWO Research Melissa Van Praet Research team Physiopharmacology (PHYSPHAR) The role of elastin-derived peptides in the progression of arterial stiffness with a focus on autophagy inhibition as contributing mechanism. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Elastin is res…

Luc Pieters emeritus with assignment Research Luc Pieters Research team Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology (NatuRAPT) Expertise Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) of trace elements. NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy. LC-SPE-NMR (Liquid Chromatogra…

Magda Claeys-Maenhaut emeritus occasional assignment Research Magda Claeys-Maenhaut Research team Expertise Structural research of organic molecules by means of mass spectrometric techniques and organic chemical analysis of atmospheric aerosols. Levoglucosan analyses 2011-2012. 23/12/2011 - 24/12/20…

μNEURO search menu search content A panoptic view Obtaining a panoptic view on neuropathological diseases A less conventional yet highly powerful outcome of increased integration is that it will lead to the identification of common pathways between very different research fields. For example, recen…

Natural Products and Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology search menu search content Expertise Since NatuRAPT is active in the field of medicinal plants, natural products, and functional food science, the lab is equipped with advanced instruments for the isolation and identificatio…

Natural Products and Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology search menu search content NatuRAPT Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology The research group NatuRAPT of the University of Antwerp has a unique expertise in Flanders in the areas of Pharma…

Siebe Van Calster predoc researcher FWO Research Siebe Van Calster Research team Laboratory for Experimental Hematology (LEH) Functional and molecular profiling of immune-competent neurospheroids under stroke-like conditions. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Due to the enormous impact of stroke on t…

IMARK search menu search content Molecular Imaging (PET/SPECT/CT) Molecular Imaging (PET/SPECT/CT) Molecular imaging typically uses radioactively labeled ligands to selectively visualize molecular targets at nano molar sensitivity. CT (or MRI) is routinely used for co-registration. Within MICA molec…

Cosys-Lab zoeken menu zoek inhoud Missie Our mission is to investigate the design of embedded technology for cyber-physical systems. We perform applied research on the embedded software, hardware and communication technology as applied in cyber-physical systems (CPS). These computational components …

Hasan Baysal unpaid staff Research Hasan Baysal Research team Combined targeting of the epidermal growth factor receptor and the innate immune system: a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of head and neck cancer. 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2018 Abstract Both targeted therapies and immunotherapies …

Natural Products and Food Research and Analysis - Pharmaceutical Technology search menu search content Research Mission The mission of the research group “Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis – Pharmaceutical Technology” (NatuRAPT) is to make a contribution to human health by increasi…

Peter Verdonk unpaid guest prof. Research Peter Verdonk Research team Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy and Research Centre (ASTARC) Meniscal functionalised scaffold to prevent knee Osteoarthritis onset after meniscectomy (MEFISTO). 01/04/2019 - 31/05/2024 Abstract MEFISTO will develop two novel so…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Ellen Michiels Advancing the zebrafish embryo test for estrogen disruptor screening Ellen Michiels, MSc, PhD Date: 6th December 2019, at 5PM Location: Auditorium O5, Campus Drie Eiken Abstract The presence of endocrine disrupting …

Yury Gorbanev senior project manager Research Yury Gorbanev Research team Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine - Antwerp (PLASMANT) Expertise Investigation of the chemical reactions occurring in plasma-liquid systems. These include interface and bulk reactions. My specific expe…

Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp search menu search content Equipment MICA is housed in a custom-built facility with state-of-the-art equipment. The radiopharmacy has an on-site cyclotron (Siemens Eclipse HP 11MeV) , 10 different hot cell units (Veenstra synthesis modules, fastlabs GE), including mu…

Medicinal Chemistry search menu search content In silico drug design What is in silico drug design? In silico drug design is a term that means ‘computer-aided molecular design’, or in other words the rational design or discovery of drugs using a wide variety of computational methods. Especially …

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Hunt for ticks Wave your flag and hunt for ticks UAntwerp wants you to do scientific research in your own back garden The University of Antwerp is looking for volunteers to catch ticks in their own gardens for its new citizen science proj…

Shamil Debaere predoc researcher FWO Research Shamil Debaere Research team Ecosphere Sharks in distress: a comparative, ecophysiological, and behavioural approach toward quantifying the effects of chronic stress in sharks. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Decades of overexploitation and habitat degr…

Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics (LEMP) search menu search content Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases Head: Prof. dr. Christophe De Block The main study topics of this unit focus on diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes and the Belgian Diabetes Regis…

Kris Van Alsenoy emeritus occasional assignment Research Kris Van Alsenoy Research team Expertise Calculation of molecular properties using quantum chemical methods. Development of new exchange-correlation functionals and introduction of fractional occupation numbers in KS-DFT. 01/10/2009 - 30/09/20…