Researcher
Thomas Van Leeuwen
- Keywords:Crop protection, Adaptation mechanisms in mites, Insecticide resistance, Molecular biology of arthropods
- Disciplines:Molecular evolution, Agricultural plant protection, Biochemistry and metabolism not elsewhere classified, Invertebrate biology, Animal genetics
Affiliations
- Department of Plants and Crops (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Crop protection (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2000 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 10 of 22
- Next Generation Biopesticides for the control of the most "difficult-to-manage" pests and pathogens in fruits and vegetablesFrom1 Mar 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- A highly efficient CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method for difficult to transform arthropodsFrom1 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Horizon Europe - European Research Council (ERC)
- Cofunding core facility - Core Facility CropFit ServicesFrom1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- A new family of nuclear receptors in Tetranychus urticae, master regulators of gene expression in a polyphagous pest?From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- A method for efficient CRISPR/Cas9 Gene editing in difficult to transform arthropodsFrom17 Jan 2022 → 16 Apr 2023Funding: IOF - technology concept exploration
- Integrated control of psoroptic mange in Belgian Blue beef cattleFrom1 Nov 2021 → 1 Apr 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Training next level scientists and researchers to develop highly selective and safe insecticidesFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020 - Skills and Career Development (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) actions
- Genetic improvement of native phytoseiid predators in support of
integrated pest management of spider mites and thrips in VietnamFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Mi(gh)ty CRISPR: developing CRISPR/Cas9 as a functional genetic tool for spider mite researchFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Compounds that activate plant defenses as protection against insect and mite pestsFrom1 Jul 2019 → 31 Jan 2021Funding: IOF - technology concept exploration
Publications
1 - 10 of 196
- Redescription of Pronematus ubiquitus (McGregor, 1932) (Acari, Iolinidae), description of two new species and redescription of two additional species with a review of and key to all Pronematus species(2024)
Authors: Edward A. Ueckermann, Raf M. J. De Vis, Eva Reybroeck, Lore Vervaet, Wendy Van Lommel, Justine Dewitte, Dieter Foqué, Sandipa Gautam, Yuling Ouyang, Dominiek Vangansbeke, et al.
Pages: 277 - 311 - Contrasting roles of cytochrome P450s in amitraz and chlorfenapyr resistance in the crop pest Tetranychus urticae(2024)
Authors: Marilou Vandenhole, Xueping Lu, Dimitra Tsakireli, Catherine Mermans, Sander De Rouck, Berdien De Beer, Eba Alemayehu Simma, Spiros A. Pergantis, Wim Jonckheere, John Vontas, et al.
- Distribution and genetic diversity of the invasive pest Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Belgium(2024)
Authors: Olivier Berteloot, Alexandre Kuhn, Gertie Peusens, Tim Belien, Louis Hautier, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Patrick De Clercq
Pages: 123 - 138 - SYNCAS : efficient CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing in difficult to transform arthropods(2024)
Authors: Sander De Rouck, Antonio Mocchetti, Wannes Dermauw, Thomas Van Leeuwen
- Adaptation of an arthropod predator to a challenging environment is associated with a loss of a genome-wide plastic transcriptional response(2024)
Authors: Sabina Bajda-Wybouw, Nicky Wybouw, Việt Hà Nguyễn, Patrick De Clercq, Thomas Van Leeuwen
Pages: 2021 - 2031 - Hormetic effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on Rhizoglyphus robini (Acari: Acaridae)(2023)
Authors: Sara Alimirzaee, Jahangir Khajehali, Thomas Van Leeuwen
- Molecular mechanisms of resistance to spirodiclofen and spiromesifen in Tetranychus urticae(2023)
Authors: Emre Inak, Berke Demirci, Marilou Vandenhole, Gokhan Soylemezoglu, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Umut Toprak
- A glutamate-gated chloride channel as the mite-specific target-site of dicofol and other diphenylcarbinol acaricides(2023)
Authors: Marilou Vandenhole, Catherine Mermans, Berdien De Beer, Wenxin Xue, Yilan Zhao, Yoshihisa Ozoe, Genyan Liu, Wannes Dermauw, Thomas Van Leeuwen
- Recombinant expression and characterization of GSTd3 from a resistant population of Anopheles arabiensis and comparison of DDTase activity with GSTe2(2023)
Authors: Xueping Lu, Eba Alemayehu Simma, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Wannes Dermauw
- The complex II resistance mutation H258Y in succinate dehydrogenase subunit B causes fitness penalties associated with mitochondrial respiratory deficiency(2023)
Authors: Christine Njiru, Corinna Saalwaechter, Konstantinos Mavridis, John Vontas, Sven Geibel, Nicky Wybouw, Thomas Van Leeuwen
Pages: 4403 - 4413
Patents
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