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Organisation
Biology, Kulak Kortrijk Campus
Department
Main organisation:Department of Biology
Lifecycle:1 Oct 1997 → Today
Organisation profile:
Research topics of the unit are :
- Ecology of phytoplankton in lakes, rivers and estuaries
- Applications of microalgae
- Control of problematic algal blooms
Keywords:Biology, Eutrophication of lakes, Phytoplankton ecology, Microalgae biotechnology
Disciplines:Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine, Geology, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Animal biology, Genetics, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Molecular and cell biology, Morphological sciences
Current researchers
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- Lalaina Karine Mahefarisoa Ep Ratsimbazafy (Member)
- Koenraad Muylaert (Member)
- Ruben Schols (Member)
- Broos Van de Moortel (Member)
Projects
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- Microbial diversity within an Eco-Health context: effects of anthropogenic stress and host phylogeny on the microbiome and microparasites of a keystone freshwater invertebrate.From1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- The role of the gut microbiome in the degradation of microplastics and persistent organic pollutants at different levels of the aquatic food webFrom26 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Environmental, human and animal health in Madagascar: from a One Health approach to the management of protected areasFrom14 Mar 2022 → 19 Aug 2022Funding: Nonprofit institution or equivalents
- Developing nanocellulose-based recyclable flocculants for flotation harvesting of microalgaeFrom1 Mar 2022 → 29 Feb 2024Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Developing a nanocellulose-based reversible flocculant for harvesting microalgae through better understanding of the interaction between the flocculant and the microalgal cell surfaceFrom18 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Fine-tuning nanocellulose-based flocculants for harvesting microalgaeFrom6 Dec 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The role of the microbiome relative to the genome for niche width and host adaptation.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Environmental, animal and human health in Madagascar: A One Health approach to protected area managementFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Open Science: A new paradigm for science, research and community in the 21st centuryFrom1 Jul 2021 → 30 Jun 2023Funding: Department Coordination
- Towards development of novel tools for plastic degradation pathway discovery from meta-omics dataFrom10 May 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
Publications
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- Green extraction technologies for high-value metabolites from algae: a review(2017)
Authors: Sara Cuellar Bermudez
Pages: 215 - 231 - Influence of Supercritical CO2 Extraction on Fatty Acids Profile, Volatile Compounds and Bioactivities from Rosmarinus officinalis(2020)
Authors: J Saul Garcia-Perez, Sara Cuellar Bermudez, Alejandra Arevalo-Gallegos, Carmen Salinas-Salazar, Jose Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Reynaldo de la Cruz-Quiroz, Hafiz MN Iqbal, Roberto Parra-Saldivar
Pages: 1527 - 1537 - Unexpected presence of graminan- and levan-type fructans in the evergreen frost-hardy eudicot Pachysandra terminalis (Buxaceae). Purification, cloning and functional analysis of a 6-SST/6-SFT enzyme(2011)
Authors: Wim Van den Ende, Marlies Coopman
Pages: 603 - 614 - Population bottleneck has only marginal effect on fitness evolution and its repeatability in dioecious Caenorhabditis elegans(2022)
Authors: Karen Bisschop
Pages: 1896 - 1904 - Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges(2023)
Authors: Karen Bisschop
Pages: 3 - 21 - Invasive snails, parasite spillback, and potential parasite spillover drive parasitic diseases of Hippopotamus amphibius in artificial lakes of Zimbabwe(2021)
Authors: Ruben Schols, Hans Carolus, Tine Huyse
- Red Queen Dynamics(2019)
Authors: Ellen Decaestecker
Pages: 185 - 192Number of pages: 7 - Inhibition of alkaline flocculation by algal organic matter for Chlorella vulgaris(2016)
Authors: Dries Vandamme, Orily Depraetere, Abhishek Dutta, Imogen Foubert, Koenraad Muylaert
Pages: 301 - 307 - Analyses of serine proteases and serine protease inhibitors : Evolutionary and structural insights(2012)
Authors: Srikeerthana Kuchi, Patrick De Causmaecker, Ellen Decaestecker
Number of pages: 93 - Evaluation of the volatile composition and sensory properties of five species of microalgae(2013)
Authors: Jim Van Durme, Koen Goiris, Ann De Winne, Luc De Cooman, Koenraad Muylaert
Pages: 10881 - 10890