Irina Spacova

Assistant professor @UAntwerpen addressing urban health and biodiversity challenges through microbiome-based solutions

[Emerging Microbial Technology 2025 @EMT_conference]

📢 DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED!!

There will be no further extensions, so if you would like to share with us your emerging microbial technology, please submit your abstract via https://t.co/S9bYQtSzwc

⚠️ Submission is possible until the 14th February 2025.

[Emerging Microbial Technology 2025 @EMT_conference]

REGISTRATION COST: 0 €!!

We are thrilled to announce that the Emerging Microbial Technologies conference 2025 would be for free!!!

Registrations is still needed, and will open on 1st February 2025.

Remember to also submit your abstracts before 31st January 😉

[ISAPP-SFA @ISAPPSFA]

⏳ The deadline of November 10th is approaching, submit your application for a funded trip to our annual meeting in Banff, Canada 2025 🏆

[Irina Spacova @Irina_Spacova]

Curious why #vitamin B2 is important for #women and how we can use vitamin-producing #microorganisms to promote #health? Check out our newest review in @Nature_NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes!

[Sarah Lebeer @SarahLebeer]

New publication from ⁦@Isala_UAntwerp⁩ team funded by ⁦@ERC_Research⁩ & ⁦@FWOVlaanderen - ⁩ #Riboflavin or #vitaminB2 for #womenshealth and emerging #microbiome strategies | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes @carolinedricot @isabelerreygers https://t.co/nSCFXOK2Bm

[Irina Spacova @Irina_Spacova]

Presenting at #ELM2024 on our collaborative research on antiviral microbial therapeutics and their modification with @SarahLebeer @ShrikrishnanS @ilkedeboeck @VanTenteIlke @marcblanch94
@UAntwerpen @Leibniz_INM. There is a bright future in engineering bacteria for human health!

[ISAPP-SFA @ISAPPSFA]

Exciting news🚨‼️
The Gregor Reid Award is now open for applications from eligible Outstanding Scholars in Developing Nations! The award includes a speaker spot at the 2025 ISAPP meeting and a $1500 cash prize 🙌
Deadline: 10th of November 2024.
https://t.co/VTOHuV6R4c

[Irina Spacova @Irina_Spacova]

@LiselotDW @ERC_Research @UCLouvain_be @deDuveInstitute @frsFNRS Amazing news, congratulations!

[Jo-Ann Passmore @MucosalGroup]

Please share with your networks. #africanmicrobiomes for #globalhealth Be part of this #transformative journey in microbiome research. Register today: https://t.co/SvcYKnhVof
@gatesfoundation @GIFT_for_Africa @SciforAfrica @KEMRI_Kenya @UCTIDM @DTHF_SA @CAPRISAOfficial

[Irina Spacova @Irina_Spacova]

🚀 Our team @UAntwerpen is excited to launch the BUGS #citizenscience project! With Agustina Santullo, @RoelandSamson, @_Wenke_, @C_Allonsius, Stijn Verhulst and others, we explore people's interactions with #urbangreen and how #microbes from urban parks benefit human #health 🌿

[BUGS: Benefits of Urban Green Spaces @BUGS_uantwerp]

Welkom bij het burgerwetenschapsproject BUGS gelanceerd door de Universiteit Antwerpen met de steun van IMPETUS! Volg ons en kijk op onze website om op de hoogte te blijven van onze aankomende activiteiten en meer te leren over stedelijk groen en de gezondheidsvoordelen ervan!

[Prof. Debby Bogaert 💙 @DebbyBogaert]

Proud to see our paper on ‘Host and environmental factors shape upper airway microbiota and respiratory health across the human lifespan’ publishes today in @CellCellPress
https://t.co/YHxtaLRwgY

[Irina Spacova @Irina_Spacova]

Sea spray aerosols could stimulate your immune cells! Find out more about the potential immune pathways in our publication in @SciTotEnv https://t.co/cBU2FHVV5M with @itsyunmeng, @MaartenDeRijcke, @SarahLebeer, @MDekeukeleire, @BoonUGent, @jaasselm & @JanssenColin

[Raf Aerts⚡️ @rafaerts]

Are you interested in nature and mental health and eager to pursue a PhD on this topic? @ItaTrigueroMas has an exciting opportunity to do a fully funded PhD with the University of Barcelona! 🌳🫶👩‍🎓

➡️https://t.co/MEhn8jeYMh

[Sarah Lebeer @SarahLebeer]

⁦@UAntwerpen⁩ zoekt 1.000 vrouwen voor vagina-onderzoek
https://t.co/UzWAgxu2q5 ⁦@Isala_UAntwerp⁩ Check https://t.co/5PJws5584K voor de inschrijving

[Isala @Isala_UAntwerp]

🌟BIG NEWS!🌟 The Isala train is back on track! We are looking for 1000 women to participate in groundbreaking research on women’s health! Head to the Isala website and register to write history together! https://t.co/zozbaHxW6D

[EMBL-EBI Training @EBItraining]

Join us next week with @Irina_Spacova and @_Wenke_ to discover the microbial diversity in school playgrounds and its impact on children's health. Registration is free but essential: https://t.co/hGrvjZDTT1 #datascience #lifesciences #bioinformatics #microbiology #metagenomics

[Gabriele Ellena @Geb_Ellena]

First achievement presenting the project in the frame of the @FWOVlaanderen Frank De Winne PhD at @UAntwerpen, carried out at @SCKCEN, in collaboration with @RosaBiorosa, @AriannaMazzoli, @Irina_Spacova, @NatalieLeys, @SarahLebeer and Felice Mastroleo.
https://t.co/jM9W4moiSQ

[Sarah Lebeer @SarahLebeer]

Proud of all (joint) PhD students with a passion for microbiology presenting their work at the annual meeting of @MicrobioBel @itsyunmeng @IErreygers Gabriele @MDekeukeleire @VanTenteIlke @CauwenberghsE Brianne & Maline … @BirUantwerpen

[Raf Aerts⚡️ @rafaerts]

⚠️JOB ALERT
Looking for an exiting opportunity to work in disease ecology as junior professor (10%) and senior postdoc (90%)? @UAntwerpen and @africamuseumbe are looking for an experienced postdoc (biology/epidemiology) for a long-term study (8 years) of disease dynamics.

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[Masschelein Lab @Masschelein_Lab]

📢PhD position available! Interested in advancing cancer treatment by engineering microbes to produce innovative protein-based chelators for radionuclide therapy? Apply below for this joint PhD position @SCKCEN & our lab @BiologyKULeuven @VIB_microbes
👉https://t.co/c7hEFyGovD