Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases and health economic evaluation both have become very important topics of research. This motivated Prof. Dr. Philippe Beutels to establish the Centre for Health Economics Research and Modelling Infectious Diseases (CHERMID) at the Universiteit Antwerpen in 2007. The CHERMID team is a highly interdisciplinary research group with expertise in economics, statistics, mathematics, medical sciences, physics, computer science, biology, philosophy and sociology. 🦠📊👨‍💻

Polina Novikova heads the Ecological Genomics Lab at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) and is an Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Ghent University since 2025. Her group seeks the explanation of polyploidy-driven adaptation to environmental stress. Fundamental questions, large population datasets and common garden experiments contribute to this multidisciplinary research… with a lot of exciting scientific questions ahead! 🌱🌿 🍃

Over the years, the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry at KU Leuven investigated a wide range of products, including pasta, biscuits, Liège waffles, croissants, breakfast cereals, gingerbread, speculoos, and oat drinks—in fact, almost every food product made from grains. 🍞 🍺 🫑

Internationally, Universiteit Antwerpen focuses on several strategic research areas. One of the key domains is electron microscopy for materials science. The EMAT research group is a global leader in this field, with a particular focus on electron tomography using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). From 2D to 3D atomic imaging, imaging under real-world conditions, advanced instrumentation, important contributions, the NANOlight centre of excellence, collaboration and applications… Find out more with Prof. Dr Sara Bals. 🔬