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Researcher
Erik Smets
- Disciplines:Animal biology, Ecology, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Environmental science and management, Fisheries sciences, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Plant biology, Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
Affiliations
- Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation (Division)
Member
From1 Jun 2012 → Today
Projects
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- Genomic barcoding as a tool to trace and identify illegally logged African treesFrom29 Jun 2018 → 29 Jun 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The bacterial leaf symbiosis: Origin, function, evolutionary gain and transmission mode of endophytes in bacteriophilous RubiaceaeFrom1 Oct 2015 → 26 Feb 2020Funding: FWO fellowships
- The where and when of bacterial leaf symbiosis.From1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Morphological homology questions in Rubiaceae. A floral developmental investigation using scanning electron microscopy.From1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Origin and specificity of a novel Burkholderia-Fabaceae association in the Cape Floristic Region.From1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2015Funding: FWO fellowships
- Despite the very large number of species, the overall vegetative morphology of Impatiens is fairly uniform, always having glandular toothed leaves and a semi-succulent stem. In contrast, Impatiens flowers exhibit a fascinating morphological diversity, which occurs through various adaptations of the perianth. Interestingly, approximately 800 Impatiens species originated during the last 4.5 million years. As a result, one might wonder how this enormous floral diversity could have evolved in such a short period of time. It is recently being considered that one of the driving forces behind the rapid radiation of the genus might be found in the genetic mechanisms that are responsible for the hypervariable flower morphology in Impatiens. Members of the MADS box gene family are known to act as key regulators throughout plant development. For the present project, we aim to sequence the whole coding sequence and the incorporated introns of the two AP3/DEF paralogues, the two PI/GLO paralogues, AP1 and AGAMOUS for several Impatiens species in order to a) assess differences in coding sequence that can potentially be correlated with different flower morphologies, b) trace intron evolution across the genus and identify conserved structural features and evolutionary tendencies that might influence the expression of the genes and thus flower shape and size, and c) resolve still unclear relationships and strengthen the hitherto reconstructed phylogenetic tree by increasing the data set.From1 Aug 2010 → 31 Aug 2011Funding: FWO visiting post-doctoral fellowship
- Linking flowering time genes with wood formation in Arabidopsis and Populus.From1 Jul 2010 → 30 Jun 2013Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Intrigerende plant-schimmel relaties in tropisch regenwoud: evolutie van myco-heterotrofe planten.From1 Oct 2009 → 31 Jan 2011Funding: FWO fellowships
- Origin, evolution and radiation of Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae) on Madagascar. Introns and spacers as tools towards resolving the evolution of flowering plants: a case study within Rubiaceae.From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2010Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
- Bacterial leaf symbiosis in tropical Rubiaceae: origin, (co-)evolution and function.From1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project
Publications
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- Orchid fruit and root movement analyzed using 2D photographs and a bioinformatics pipeline for processing sequential 3D scans(2024)
Authors: Erik Smets
- Evolution and development of fruits of Erycina pusilla and other orchid species(2023)
Authors: Erik Smets
- Orchids reduce attachment of herbivorous snails with leaf trichomes(2023)
Authors: Erik Smets
- Drought response in Arabidopsis displays synergistic coordination between stems and leaves(2023)
Authors: Erik Smets
Pages: 1004 - 1021 - Inflorescence lignification of natural species and horticultural hybrids of Phalaenopsis orchids(2022)
Authors: Erik Smets
- Floral ontogeny links Dialypetalanthus (Condamineeae) with the floral developmental morphology of other Rubiaceae(2022)
Authors: Erik Smets
Pages: 379 - 393 - Sepal Identity of the Pappus and Floral Organ Development in the Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale; Asteraceae)(2021)
Authors: Erik Smets
- Intervessel pit membrane thickness best explains variation in embolism resistance amongst stems of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions(2021)
Authors: Erik Smets
Pages: 171 - 182 - Genome skimming reveals novel plastid markers for the molecular identification of illegally logged African timber species(2021)
Authors: Erik Smets, Steven Janssens
- Antimicrobial Activity of Necklace Orchids is Phylogenetically Clustered and can be Predicted With a Biological Response Method(2021)
Authors: Erik Smets