Ghent University

More insights of our honorary doctors through several lectures

On the occasion of Dies Natalis, Ghent University is awarding 7 honorary doctorates. 4 honorary doctors will give a lecture in the run-up to Friday - on ...

GUM opens exhibition 'Phallus. Norm & Form.'

On March 24th, the exhibition 'Phallus. Norm & Form' opens in GUM, Ghent University's Museum. The exhibition will be smashing all sorts of stereotypes on sex, ...

Seminar: "Flavors from Latin America: Research on cocoa and food technology"

The global market for cocoa has been dynamic and growing in recent years.

ERC Starting Grants for Ghent University researchers

Ghent University researchers Kim Calders (left) and Thomas Mertens (right) win an ERC Starting Grant. With this grant they can launch their project, form their ...

Taiwan Lecture Café Series 2021 - in the framework of the agreement of the Taiwan Studies Programme (Taiwan Chair)

The three EU partners that are involved in this Taiwan Chair decided to jointly organize a series of 6 online lectures by the Taiwan Chair holders.

Summer school 'Ukraine and the challenges of nationhood, individuality and survival'

The purpose of this multi-disciplinary Summer School is to examine different aspects of Ukraine’s society and societal dynamics through in-depth study of four ...

Lecture 'ENLIGHT Lecture: Equity in Science and Technology'

On 14 September at 18:00, the next ENLIGHT lecture will be hosted and livestreamed. Prof Steven Caluwaerts talks about the VLINDER project.

Lecture 'Origin of Human Lung Macrophages in Steady State and Inflammation'

Human lung macrophages are essential for host defense but are poorly understood. In this talk, a humanized mouse model helps to find the truth.

Lecture 'NK cells in Host Immunity'

Join us at this talk on natural killer cells and find out more on the regulation of these lymphocytes as well as what controls their effector function