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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- Yanet Cruz Portorreal (Member)
- Mylene D'Haeseleer (Member)
- Farid Dahdouh Guebas (Member)
- Sophie de Buyl (Member)
- Zoë De Corte (Member)
- Joëlle De Weerdt (Member)
- Evelien Deboelpaep (Member)
- Fien Debusscher (Member)
- Olga Delange (Member)
- Diana Di Nitto (Member)
Projects
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- 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)
- ERA-NET: Restoring and Managing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of Temporary Pond LandscapesFrom1 Apr 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- IOF strategic cofinancingFrom15 Dec 2021 → TodayFunding: IOF - mandates
- Backup mandate Research Council: Embryonic development in ascidians: ERK-signalling based spatial precision and robustness of geometry-controlled cell specification.From1 Nov 2021 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Within-generational and transgenerational plasticity to nutrient stress in endangered, non-endangered and invasive plantsFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Towards a collection management infrastructure for FlandersFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO International research infrastructure (IRI)
- GLOMAC: GLObal-scale interactions between MAngrove forests and ClimateFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- GLObal-scale interactions between MAngrove forests and Climate (OZR EU BONUS)From1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - mobility
- Atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanobiotechnology based platform from reaching dynamics of single molecules to versatile materials and cell mechanicsFrom1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: Hercules - Small and Medium size research infrastructure
- Unravelling the molecular mechanism of animal adhesive secretions to widen the horizons for new bio-inspired materials.From1 Nov 2019 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Microgeographic differentiation in thermal performance curves between rural and urban populations of an aquatic insect
Authors: Nedim Tüzün, Lin Op de Beeck, Kristien Brans, Lizanne Janssens, Robby Stoks
Pages: 1067-1075 - Interspecific variations in responses of mangrove seedlings to two contrasting salinities.
Authors: Farid Dahdouh Guebas
Pages: 700-710. - Human Induced Evolution - Special Issue
Authors: Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Kristien Brans, Christophe Eizaguirre
Pages:  2333-2567 - Phenology of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in a disjunctly zoned mangrove stand in Kenya.
Authors: Virginia Wang'ondu, James Gitundu Kairo, Jenesio I. Kinyamario, Jelvas Mwaura, Nico Koedam
Pages: 135-144 - Prey colonization in freshwater landscapes can be stimulated or inhibited by the proximity of remote predators(2020)
Authors: Beth Turner, Hendrik Trekels, Mathil Vandromme, Bram Vanschoenwinkel
Pages: 1766-1774 - Q586B2 is a crucial virulence factor during the early stages of Trypanosoma brucei infection that is conserved amongst trypanosomatids(2024)
Authors: Benoit Stijlemans, Patrick De Baetselier, Inge Van Molle, Laurence Lecordier, Erika Hendrickx, Ema Romão, Cécile Vincke, Wendy Baetens, Steve Schoonooghe, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh Ghassabeh, et al.
- Epigenetic memory in response to environmental stressors(2017)
Authors: Paolo Vineis, Aristotelis Chatziioannou, Vincent T Cunliffe, James M Flanagan, Mark Hanson, Micheline Volders, Soterios Kyrtopoulos
Pages: 2241-2251 - Comparative performance between invasive alien Eichhornia crassipes and native Ludwigia stolonifera under nutrient non-limiting conditions: Lake Naivasha, Kenya.(2009)
Authors: Josphine Njambuya
- A socio-ecological assessment aiming at improved forest resource management and sustainable ecotourism development in the mangroves of Tanbi Wetland National Park, The Gambia, West Africa(2012)
Authors: B. Satyanarayana, Preetika Bhanderi, Mélani Debry, Danae Maniatis, Franka Foré, D. Badgie, Kawsu Jammeh, Tom Vanwing, Christine Farcy, Nico Koedam, et al.
Pages: 513-526 - Structural characterisation of mangrove forests achieved through combining multiple sources of remote sensing data(2020)
Authors: Richard Lucas, Ruben Van De Kerchove, Viviana Otero, David Lagomasino, Lola Fatoyinbo, Hamdan Omar, Behara Satyanarayana, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas