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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 - Crop protection (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2000 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 10 of 31
- Multiplex digital PCR to enable high-impact applications across diverse bioscience research groupsFrom1 Dec 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- BOF-basisinfrastructuur multimode microplate readerFrom1 Dec 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- The road towards transgenesis and gene drives in the major pest Tetranychus urticaeFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- stRengthening human capital and increasing the excellencE of Widening-country organisations iN R&I For bio-based, lOw-risk and smaRt Crop protectionFrom1 Sep 2025 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area
- Next level transgenesis and gene editing in Tetranychus urticae: the pest becoming the modelFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Unraveling the mechanisms of a nuclear receptor HR96-related gene mediating large trans-regulated expression differences in detoxification genes in a highly polyphagous pest.From1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Development and evaluation of sustainable agricultural bioinsecticides resistant to climate changeFrom1 Jul 2024 → TodayFunding: Other EU initiatives out of framework
- Completing the product-market fit of the B-COS platform: biological plant priming for a customized agricultureFrom1 May 2024 → 25 Jun 2025Funding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- 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
- Genetics of adaptation in polyphagous pestsFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 219
- SYNCAS based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in predatory mites, whiteflies and stinkbugs(2025)Published in: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYISSN: 1879-0240Volume: 177
- The development of CRISPR-Cas9 as a useful technique for functional genetic research in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae and other difficult to transform arthropods(2025)Pages: VII, 191 p.
- Insecticide resistance status and vector potential of Bemisia tabaci populations on vegetable crops in Türkiye(2025)Published in: CROP PROTECTIONISSN: 1873-6904Volume: 190
- Acaricide resistance mechanisms and host plant responses in the tomato specialist Aculops lycopersici(2025)Published in: PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCEISSN: 1526-4998Issue: 2Volume: 81Pages: 946 - 958
- Biological and molecular insights into the integrated control of tomato russet mite and powdery mildew(2025)Pages: XII, 166 p.
- The iolinid mite Pronematus ubiquitus controls a key tomato pest and pathogen by both predation and induction of specific plant defenses(2025)Published in: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYISSN: 1879-0240Volume: 182
- Dissecting the genetic basis of gene regulation and host plant adaptation in a generalist pest(2025)Pages: XVI, 174 p.
- 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)Published in: ACAROLOGIAISSN: 2107-7207Issue: 1Volume: 64Pages: 277 - 311
- Predation efficacy of Chrysoperla carnea on two economically important stink bugs(2024)Published in: BIOLOGICAL CONTROLISSN: 1090-2112Volume: 196
- Contrasting roles of cytochrome P450s in amitraz and chlorfenapyr resistance in the crop pest Tetranychus urticae(2024)Published in: INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYISSN: 1879-0240Volume: 164