Organisation
Bioengineering Technology, Group T Leuven Campus
Technology Cluster
The unit studies the role and ecology of microbial communities and members thereof in diverse natural and man-made environments or processes to better understand and manage these processes. A major focus is on plant-microbe-insect interactions and plant-microbe interactions.
Projects
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- Hairy root disease: understanding the molecular processes leading to tomato hairy root development upon infection with rhizogenic agrobacteriaFrom13 Jan 2020 → 13 Jan 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainable management of Nezara viridula in sweet pepper and cucumberFrom3 Dec 2019 → 3 Dec 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Harnessing Insect–Microbe Chemical Communications To Control Insect PestsFrom15 Nov 2019 → 15 Nov 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainable Management of Nesidiocoris tenuis in tomatoFrom30 Sep 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Assessing the role of microbial volatiles in parasitoid-hyperparasitoid interactions and its implications for biological control of insect pestsFrom6 May 2019 → 6 May 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Ecology and management of fungal diseases in strawberry cultivationFrom24 Jan 2019 → 14 Dec 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Development of a novel strategy to control Drosophila suzukii using parasitoid speciesFrom6 Jul 2016 → 12 Oct 2018Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Microbiota profiling of the house fly, Musca DomesticaFrom20 Oct 2015 → 2 Apr 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- MICRObe-based atTRACTion of natural enemies to enhance biological control of pest insectsFrom1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- Exploring natural and artificial diversity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for industrial fermentation processes.From1 Oct 2015 → 30 Sep 2016Funding: BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
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- Virological fit-for-purpose risk assessment in a leafy green production enterprise(2015)
Authors: Kris Willems
Pages: 333 - 339 - Virological Quality of Irrigation Water in Leafy Green Vegetables and Berry Fruits Production Chains(2017)
Authors: Kris Willems
Pages: 72 - 78 - Harmonised investigation of occurence of human enteric viruses in the leafy green vegetables supply chain in three European countries(2012)
Authors: Kris Willems
Pages: 179 - 191 - Genetic and physiological diversity of Tetragenococcus halophilus strains isolated from sugar- and salt-rich environments(2008)
Authors: Annelies Justé, Bart Lievens, Ingeborg Frans, Chris Michiels, Kris Willems
Pages: 2600 - 2610 - Nieuw project WaterQ: chemische en biologische waterverontreiniging: risico voor de consument?(2011)
Authors: Kris Willems, Hans Rediers
Pages: 22 - 23 - Bacterial community dynamics during industrial malting, with an emphasis on lactic acid bacteria(2014)
Authors: Sofie Malfliet, Michael Waud, Sam Crauwels, Luc De Cooman, Guido Aerts, Stefan Ruyters, Kris Willems, Pieter Busschaert, Bart Lievens
Pages: 39 - 46 - Protective effect of hop ß-acids on microbial degradation of thick juice during storage(2008)
Authors: Annelies Justé, Bart Lievens, Chris Michiels, Kris Willems
Pages: 51 - 59 - Chemische en microbiologische waterverontreiniging: een risico voor de consument? Een laatste update(2015)
Authors: Tom Smets, Wendy Van Hemelrijck, Hans Rediers
Pages: 8 - 10 - Anaerobic digestion in global bio-energy production: Potential and research challenges(2011)
Authors: Lise Appels, Joost Lauwers, Jan Degrève, Lieve Helsen, Bart Lievens, Kris Willems, Jan Van Impe, Raf Dewil
Pages: 4295 - 4301 - Characterization of Tetragenococcus strains from sugar thick juice reveals a novel species, Tetragenococcus osmophilus sp. nov., and divides Tetragenococcus halophilus into two subspecies, T. halophilus subsp. halophilus subsp. nov. and T. halophilus subsp. flandriensis subsp. nov.(2012)
Authors: Christel Verreth, Bart Lievens, Kris Willems
Pages: 129 - 137