Happy to present a part of our Isala project looking at the female intimate microbiome on my colorful poster at the Microbes in women's health congres in Copenhagen 🌈🌸

Hoe #vagina -vriendelijk is jouw onderbroek? 🩲 Dat zoekt Leonore Vander Donck UAntwerpen uit in haar #doctoraat . Zorgt het type stof er bv. voor dat #vrouwen meer of net minder vaginale #schimmelinfecties krijgen?

Bekijk de video👉 wetenschapuitgedokterd.be/hoe-vagina-vri…

Accompanied by a Research Briefing:

The Isala project’s empowered new insights into the vaginal microbiome and women’s health

@sarahlebeer

nature.com/articles/s4156…

New Resource in Nature Microbiology 👇

A vaginal microbiome catalog comprising 3,345 women from the Isala citizen-science project

@sarahlebeer Stijn Wittouck Sarah Ahannach UAntwerpen Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp

nature.com/articles/s4156…

Very honoured to be present at this award ceremony!

Greatful for the opportunity to present my poster in a flashtalk at the 14th international symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria!

Guess: what are the favorite bacteria of our lab? We are with a delegation on the LAB symposium. Microbial Systems Technology ENdEMIC Group Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp Isala

Can't celebrate a birthday without a cake can we!

What is the influence of underwear on our vaginal and skin microbiome? Let's find out!
#LetsSwab

Happy 3rd birthday to Isala! 🎉 Excited to share our brand new results on the microbiome of different body sites, including saliva and skin around the mouth, breast, and groin. 🧬 Follow us for more updates. #Isala #Microbiome #CitizenScience #LetsSwab #WomensHealth

2 maart sprak ik op de PRESS>SPEAK wedstrijd van de UAntwerpen Super ervaring en heel leuk om andere wetenschappers hun onderzoek te horen uitleggen aan een leken publiek! #scicomm

Happy International Women's Day to all the amazing women out there! 🎉 Today, we celebrate your strength, courage, and contributions to society. Let's continue to uplift, empower, and advocate for gender equality, not just today, but every day 💪 #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity #WomensDay

Gave my first oral presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology #BSM23
Thank you for this opportunity!

Excited to hear a talk on our first Isala symposium #Isala2023 from my co-promotor Veronique Verhoeven! 🤩

Next speaker is up! Our very own Sarah Lebeer will tell the story of how Isala started, from early ideas up to future projects and even sisterhoods in other countries! #proud
#LetsSwab #Isala2023

We are ready for the start of our Isala Symposium! Keynote speaker jacquesravel kicks off with his talk 'pioneering vaginal microbiome research with next-generation sequencing'
#microbiome #ngs
#femalehealth #symposium

So very excited for our very first Isala symposium! Looking forward to meet big names in the field 🤩

Looking forward to our first Isala symposium on the occasion of the PhD defense of Sarah Ahannach ! Great speaker line up with jacquesravel as keynote! Thanks European Research Council (ERC) FWO VLIR-UOS UAntwerpen for funding! Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp

Onverbiddelijk gesloten deuren dlvr.it/Sf2bYY

Had a blast today at FWO event on social media 💥

Very interesting questions after my talk about communicating intimate topics like vaginal health in Isala

Loving this movement towards more #SciComm 🙌

Bioscience Engineering@University of Antwerp Leonore Vander Donck #womeninSTEM