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Researcher
Abram Aertsen
- Disciplines:Other chemical sciences, Microbiology, Systems biology, Biomaterials engineering, Biological system engineering, Biomechanical engineering, Other (bio)medical engineering, Environmental engineering and biotechnology, Industrial biotechnology, Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering, Laboratory medicine, Nutrition and dietetics, Agricultural animal production, Food sciences and (bio)technology
Affiliations
- Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 30 Sep 2022 - Centre for Food and Microbial Technology (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2005 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 41
- Bacterial population heterogeneity caused by phage infection dynamicsFrom10 Sep 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- ULtra-high Throughput screening of Microbial metabolites using Echo-MS (ULTiMatE-MS)From1 May 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- Steering the dynamics of engineered phages in bacterial bioreactor processesFrom22 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Management of intracellular protein aggregates in stressed bacteriaFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Understanding phage transmission dynamicsFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Understanding and engineering phage infection dynamicsFrom18 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Next-generation bioprocess engineering: phage-based synthetic reprogramming of bacterial bioreactor populationsFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Parallel mini-bioreactor system boosting human microbial community and phage-biology and -biotechnology researchFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Evolutionary strategies for fine-tuning the heat resistance vs. growth trade-off in Escherichia coliFrom1 Dec 2020 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Bacterial protein aggregates as novel tools in synbio applications.From1 Oct 2020 → 31 Oct 2025Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
1 - 10 of 156
- Tuning and functionalization of logic gates for time resolved programming of bacterial populations.(2025)Published in: Nucleic Acids ResearchISSN: 0305-1048Issue: 1Volume: 53
- Exploring the adaptive evolution of endospore UV and heat resistance in Bacillus species(2024)
- Phage-mediated lysogenisation and transduction dynamics in Salmonella Typhimurium(2024)
- Rapid evolutionary tuning of endospore quantity versus quality trade-off via a phase-variable contingency locus(2024)Published in: Current BiologyISSN: 0960-9822Issue: 14Volume: 34
- Phage-host co-evolution has led to distinct generalized transduction strategies(2024)Published in: Nucleic Acids ResearchISSN: 0305-1048Issue: 13Volume: 52Pages: 7780 - 7791
- Mechanistic insights into the adaptive evolvability of spore heat resistance in Bacillus cereus sensu lato(2024)Published in: International Journal of Food MicrobiologyISSN: 0168-1605Volume: 418
- Phage transmission strategies: are phages farming their host?(2024)Published in: Current Opinion in MicrobiologyISSN: 1369-5274Volume: 79
- Evolutionary trade-off between heat shock resistance, growth at high temperature, and virulence expression in Salmonella Typhimurium(2024)Published in: mBioISSN: 2150-7511Issue: 3Volume: 15
- Distinct mode of action of a highly stable, engineered phage lysin killing Gram-negative bacteria(2023)Published in: Microbiology SpectrumISSN: 2165-0497Issue: 6Volume: 11
- Protein aggregates act as a deterministic disruptor during bacterial cell size homeostasis(2023)Published in: Cellular and Molecular Life SciencesISSN: 1420-682XIssue: 12Volume: 80
Patents
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