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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- Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in Coupled Human and Natural Systems - interactive effects of anthropogenic stressors on the evolution of freshwater species and the socio-ecological consequencesFrom1 May 2024 → TodayFunding: University - Project driven research
- 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
Publications
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- Identification, evolution and functional characterization of two Zn CDF-family transporters of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus(2017)
Authors: Laura Coninx, Hoai Nguyen, Nick Smisdom, Emmanuelle Morin, Annegret Kohler, Ann Cuypers, Jan V Colpaert
Pages: 419-427 - Genotoxicity surveillance programme in workers dismantling World War I chemical ammunition(2010)
Authors: Raluca Mateuca (Born Teodorescu), C. Carton, M Roelants, Sam Roesems, D. Lison, Micheline Volders
Pages: 483-495 - Biomanipulation of hypereutrophic ponds: when it works and why it fails(2012)
Authors: Anatoly Peretyatko, Samuel Teissier, Sylvia De Backer
Pages: 1517-1531 - Sustainability Assessment and Indicators: Tools in a Decision-Making Strategy for Sustainable Development(2014)
Authors: Tom Waas, Thomas Block, Thara Wright, Francisco Benitez Capistros, A. Verbruggen
Pages: 5512-5534 - Risk assessment for side-effects of neonicotinoids against bumblebees with and without impairing foraging behaviour.(2010)
Authors: Veerle Mommaerts, Linde Besard, Guido Sterk
Pages: 207-215 - Aligning microtomography analysis with traditional anatomy for a 3D understanding of the host-parasite interface - Phoradendron spp. Case study(2016)
Authors: Luiza Teixeira-Costa, Gregorio Ceccantini
Pages: 1-12 - Diploid males support a two-step mechanism of endosymbiont-induced thelytoky in a parasitoid wasp.(2015)
Authors: Wen-Juan Ma, Bart A. Pannebakker, de Zande L van, Tanja Schwander, B Wertheim, Leo W. Beukeboom
- A new species of the genus Pristimantis (Amphibia, Craugastoridae) associated with the moderately elevated massifs of French Guiana.(2013)
Authors: Antoine Fouquet, Quentin Martinez, Elodie Courtois, Maël Dewynter, Kévin Pineau, Michel Blanc, Christian Marty, Philippe Kok
Pages: 569-586 - Propagule size and shape may promote local wind dispersal in freshwater zooplankton—a wind tunnel experiment(2016)
Authors: Tom Pinceel, L. Brendonck, Bram Vanschoenwinkel
Pages: 122-131 - Frogs and Toads (Anura)(2009)Series: The Timetree of LifePages: 357-364Number of pages: 8