Organisation
Biology (DBIO)
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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- Jan Willem Arntzen (Member)
- Aymere Awoke Assayie (Member)
- Lise Beirinckx (Member)
- Franky Bossuyt (Member)
- Mylene D'Haeseleer (Member)
- Farid Dahdouh-Guebas (Member)
- Robert De Wulf (Member)
- Evelien Deboelpaep (Member)
- Jasper Dierick (Member)
- Mara Esposito (Member)
Projects
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- Evaluation of the quality of surface waters of the Brussels-capital region in 2019 in application of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/CE)From1 Apr 2019 → TodayFunding: Brussels Capital Region
- Interactive effects of carbon dioxide and climate warming on food web interactions in shallow lakes under different nutrient loadsFrom1 Oct 2018 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- FWO Hercules MZW: A walk on the wild side of stable isotope biogeochemistryFrom1 May 2018 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- The evolution of colouration in an adaptive radiation of frogs.From1 Oct 2017 → 1 Jan 2018Funding: FWO fellowships
- Interdisciplinary Network for Fundamental and Medical Research on Lung cancerFrom1 Jul 2016 → TodayFunding: University - Project driven research
- Mind the gap - a critical evaluation of the network structure and connectivity of wetland stopovers for migratory waterbirds along the Palearctic-Afrotropical flywayFrom1 Oct 2015 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- International Joint Reseach Group: Research Consortium on Functional Ecology and Conservation of Cerrado PlantsFrom27 May 2015 → TodayFunding: University - Project driven research
- Evolution of a protein pheromone system in newts (Salamandridae)From1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: FWO research project
- Functional analysis of the conserved Iroquois homeobox genes in the formation and patterning of the mouse diencephalonFrom1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2018Funding: FWO fellowships
- Research into the driving force of multi-species habitat selection as a link between local and regional biodiversity patterns in aquatic (meta) communitiesFrom1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Towards more predictive and interdisciplinary climate change ecosystem experiments(2019)Journal: Nature Climate ChangeISSN: 1758-678XIssue: 11Volume: 9
Authors: Francois Rineau, Robert Malina, Natalie Beenaerts, Natascha Arnauts, Richard D. Bardgett, Matty P. Berg, Annelies Boerema, Liesbeth Bruckers, Jan Clerinx, Edouard L. Davin, et al.
Pages: 809-816Number of pages: 8 - Explaining diversity patterns in dark waters – a study of aquatic caves in Yucatán, Mexico(2019)Journal: Journal of Tropical EcologyISSN: 0266-4674Issue: 5Volume: 35
Authors: Barbara Christine Hendus, Róger Medina-González, Celia Sélem-Salas, Bram Vanschoenwinkel
Pages: 237-246Number of pages: 10 - A general framework for propagule dispersal in mangroves(2019)Journal: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical SocietyISSN: 1464-7931Issue: 4Volume: 94
Authors: Tom Van der Stocken, Alison K.S. Wee, Dennis J.R. De Ryck, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Daniel A. Friess, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Marc Simard, Nico Koedam, Edward L. Webb
Pages: 1547-1575Number of pages: 29 - A general framework for propagule dispersal in mangroves(2019)Journal: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical SocietyISSN: 1464-7931Issue: 4Volume: 94
Authors: Tom Van der Stocken, Alison K.S. Wee, Dennis J.R. De Ryck, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Daniel A. Friess, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Marc Simard, Nico Koedam, Edward L. Webb
Pages: 1547-1575Number of pages: 29 - Stakeholder discourses on urban mangrove conservation and management(2019)Journal: Ocean & Coastal ManagementISSN: 0964-5691Volume: 178
Authors: Katherine Vande Velde, Jean Hugé, Daniel A. Friess, Nico Koedam, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
- Chemistry Between Salamanders: Evolution of the SPF Courtship Pheromone System in Salamandridae(2019)Book: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 14
Authors: Franky Bossuyt, Margo Maex, Dag Treer, Lisa Maria Schulte, Ines Van Bocxlaer, Sunita Leentje Janssenswillen
Pages: 205-220 - Avicennia marina maintains genetic structure whereas Rhizophora stylosa connects mangroves in a flooded, former inner sea (Vietnam)(2019)Journal: Estuarine Coastal and Shelf ScienceISSN: 0272-7714Volume: 222
Authors: Bich Thi Ngoc Do, Nico Koedam, Ludwig Triest
Pages: 195-204Number of pages: 10 - Multiple Independent Recruitment of Sodefrin Precursor-Like Factors in Anuran Sexually Dimorphic Glands(2019)Journal: Mol Biol EvolISSN: 0737-4038Issue: 9Volume: 36
Authors: Franky Bossuyt, Lisa Maria Schulte, Margo Maex, Sunita Leentje Janssenswillen, Polina Yu. Novikova, SD Biju, Yves Van de Peer, Severine Matthijs, Kim Roelants, An Martel, et al.
Pages: 921-1930Number of pages: 10 - Investigating the in vitro metabolism of the dental resin monomers BisGMA, BisPMA, TCD-DI-HEA and UDMA using human liver microsomes and quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry(2019)Journal: ToxicologyISSN: 0300-483XVolume: 420
Authors: Philippe Vervliet, Jens Van Den Plas, Siemon De Nys, Radu Corneliu Duca, Imke Boonen, Marc Elskens, Kirsten L Van Landuyt, Adrian Covaci
Pages: 1-10Number of pages: 10 - On the genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae), with data on the five known species and the description of eleven new species(2019)Journal: ZootaxaISSN: 1175-5326Issue: 1Volume: 4603
Authors: Ernest R. Schockaert, Patricia Moons, Toon Janssen, Bart S. Tessens, Patrick C. Reygel, Nathalie Revis, Philippe E. H. Jouk, Wim R. Willems, Tom Artois
Pages: 81-104Number of pages: 24