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Researcher
Sander Govers
- Disciplines:Biomaterials engineering, Biological system engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Other (bio)medical engineering, Environmental engineering and biotechnology, Industrial biotechnology, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering
Affiliations
- Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2021 → Today - Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 30 Sep 2016 - Centre for Food and Microbial Technology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2011 → 30 Sep 2016
Projects
1 - 10 of 14
- Identifying principles and mechanisms of cell cycle control in Bacteroides species.From1 Apr 2025 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- ULtra-high Throughput screening of Microbial metabolites using Echo-MS (ULTiMatE-MS)From1 May 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Image-based profiling of yeast cells to identify molecular mechanisms of mutational robustnessFrom9 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- What to expect of ExPEC: is the success of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli linked to specific genomic and cellular properties?From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Mutational robustness and evolvability in model microbesFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- What to expect of ExPEC: is the success of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli linked to specific genomic and cellular properties?From1 Sep 2023 → 31 Aug 2025Funding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- Deep single-cell phenotyping to identify governing principles and mechanisms of the subcellular organization of bacterial replicationFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
- Principles and mechanisms of the subcellular organization of replication in two Crohn’s disease-associated bacteriaFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Quantitative image analysis for high-throughput phenotyping of individual bacterial cellsFrom31 Aug 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Capturing microbial diversity by single-cell phenotyping to identify governing principles of subcellular organization and unicellular proliferationFrom1 Feb 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
Publications
1 - 10 of 39
- Growth stage and interspecies interactions shape the cell biology and cell cycle characteristics of human gut bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Roseburia intestinalis(2025)Published in: Commun BiolISSN: 2399-3642Issue: 1Volume: 8
- Peptidoglycan-outer membrane attachment generates periplasmic pressure to prevent lysis in Gram-negative bacteria(2025)Published in: Nature MicrobiologyISSN: 2058-5276Issue: 8Volume: 10
- Large-scale genomic analysis reveals the distribution and diversity of type VI secretion systems in Escherichia coli(2025)Published in: mSystemsISSN: 2379-5077Issue: 7Volume: 10
- Complex interplay between gene deletions and the environment uncovers cellular roles for genes of unknown function in Escherichia coli(2025)Published in: mSystemsISSN: 2379-5077Issue: 7Volume: 10
- Nonequilibrium polysome dynamics promote chromosome segregation and its coupling to cell growth in Escherichia coli(2025)Published in: ElifeISSN: 2050-084XVolume: 14
- Mutational robustness and the role of buffer genes in evolvability(2024)Published in: EMBO JournalISSN: 0261-4189Issue: 6Volume: 36Pages: 906 - 924
- Protocol to train a support vector machine for the automatic curation of bacterial cell detections in microscopy images(2024)Published in: STAR ProtocISSN: 2666-1667Issue: 1Volume: 5
- Apparent simplicity and emergent robustness in the control of the Escherichia coli cell cycle(2024)Published in: Cell SystemsISSN: 2405-4712Issue: 1Volume: 15
- Ethanol induces replication fork stalling and membrane stress in immortalized laryngeal cells(2023)Published in: iScienceISSN: 2589-0042Issue: 12Volume: 26
- Protein aggregates act as a deterministic disruptor during bacterial cell size homeostasis(2023)Published in: Cellular and Molecular Life SciencesISSN: 1420-682XIssue: 12Volume: 80