Organisation
Biology
Department
The three main research orientations of the department are: molecular biology, human biology and environment. The project focus on the following areas: 1. Parasitology; 2. Immunology and cancer therapy; 3. Development biology; 4. Environmental genetics; 5. Bio-diversity and plant genetics/engineering; 6. Nature conservation; 7. Marine and terrestrial ecology; 8. Mangroves preservation; 9. Eco-(geno) toxicity.
Current researchers
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- Ángela Aristizábal Botero (Member)
- Barbora Augstenová (Member)
- Elias Beck (Member)
- Stephen Bergacker (Member)
- Laura Bossaer (Member)
- Franky Bossuyt (Member)
- Kristien Brans (Member)
- Natacha Brion (Member)
- Natcha Buncherd (Member)
- Fantin Carpentier (Member)
Projects
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- House of Sustainable TransitionsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab, IOF - mandates
- Effects of veterinary antibiotics on plant-soil interaction, plant performance and plant community compositionFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- AGRIWILDING: evaluating the potential of merging biodiversity restoration and sustainable food production in future agri-environmental schemes.From1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Protecting plant diversity via stoichiometric nutrient networks across Europe’ (DiviN-P)From1 Apr 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Evolutionary genomics of unconventional sex chromosomes in robber frogsFrom1 Feb 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Mangrove Specialist Group (MSG) – IUCN SSC MSGFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: International Cooperation and Mobility
- Threatened coral reef megafauna: a genomic approach to support the conservation of giant clams.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- OZR backup mandate: The interplay of plants, mammalian herbivores, insects and global change in savannaFrom1 Nov 2022 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- BIRDSCAPES - quantifying resource landscapes as a tool for waterbird conservation in FlandersFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Supporting marine small-scale fisheries sustainability as a basis of safeguarding food security and livelihoods in East African regionFrom1 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: VLIR-UOS Short Research Stays (SRS)
Publications
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- Northernmost records of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) migrating from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua
Authors: Joëlle De Weerdt
Pages: 1015-1021 - Abundance, distribution and behaviour of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Central America
Authors: Joëlle De Weerdt, Marc Kochzius
Pages: 1041-1055 - Does Phoradendron perrottetii (mistletoe) alter polyphenols levels of Tapirira guianensis (host plant)?(2019)
Authors: Cláudia Maria Furlan, Fernanda Anselmo-Moreira, Luiza Teixeira-Costa, Gregorio Ceccantini, Juha Pekka Salminen
Pages: 222-229 - Differences in root architecture influence attraction of fishes to mangroves: A field experiment mimicking roots of different length, orientation, and complexity.(2010)
Authors: Ivan Nagelkerken, Andre De Schryver, M.c. Verweij, Farid Dahdouh Guebas, G. Van Der Velde, Nico Koedam
Pages: 27-34 - Towards a mechanistic understanding of the impacts of nitrogen deposition on producer–consumer interactions(2023)
Authors: Joost J. Vogels, Dedmer B. Van der Waal, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Arnold B. Van den Burg, Marijn Nijssen, Roland Bobbink, Matty P. Berg, Harry Olde Venterink, Henk Siepel
Pages: 1712–1731 - Can Mangrove Silviculture Be Carbon Neutral?(2022)
Authors: Giovanna Wolswijk, Africa Barrios Trullols, Jean Hugé, Viviana Otero Fadul, Behara Satyanarayana, Richard Lucas, Farid Dahdouh Guebas
Pages: 1-17 - Fatty acid kinase A is an important determinant of biofilm formation is Staphylococcus aureus USA300(2015)
Authors: Julia Sabirova, Jean-Pierre Hernalsteens, S De Backer, BB Xavier, P Moons, A Turlej-Rogacka, H. Goossens, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar
Pages: 861-861 - Morphogenesis and evolution of mistletoes' haustoria(2020)
Authors: Luiza Teixeira-Costa, Gilberto Ocampo, Gregorio Ceccantini
Pages: 107-157Number of pages: 51 - The genus Ruppia L. (Ruppiaceae) in the Mediterranean region: An overview(2015)
Authors: Anna M. Mannino, M. Menendez, B. Obrador, A. Sfriso, Ludwig Triest
Pages: 1-9 - Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations(2023)
Authors: Roxanne van Hespen, Zhan Hu, Bas Borsje, Michela De Dominicis, Daniel A. Friess, Svetlana Jevrejeva, Maria Maza, Celine van Bijsterveldt, Tom Van der Stocken, Bregje van Wesenbeeck, et al.
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