Researcher
Heleen Van Acker
- Disciplines:Medicinal products, Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry, Pharmaceutics, Biomarker discovery and evaluation, Other pharmaceutical sciences, Drug discovery and development, Toxicology and toxinology, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacology
Affiliations
- Department of Pharmaceutical analysis (Department)
Member
From1 Jul 2009 → 30 Sep 2018
Projects
1 - 2 of 2
- Exploring the role of mini-proteins and toxin antitoxin-modules in Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilm formation and persistenceFrom1 Oct 2014 → 30 Sep 2018Funding: BOF - Other initiatives, FWO fellowships
- Transcriptome analysis of persister cells in Burkholderia cepacia complex biofilmsFrom1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2013Funding: BOF - Other initiatives, FWO fellowships
Publications
11 - 20 of 23
- The role of reactive oxygen species in antibiotic-induced cell death in Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria(2016)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker, Jan Gielis, Marloes Acke, Freya Cools, Paul Cos
- The role of efflux and physiological adaptation in biofilm tolerance and resistance(2016)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker
Pages: 12565 - 12572 - Genome-wide transcription start site profiling in biofilm-grown Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315(2015)
Authors: Andrea Sass, Heleen Van Acker, Konrad Förstner, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Dieter Deforce, Jörg Vogel
- Molecular mechanisms of persistence in Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilms(2014)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker
- Activity of disinfectants against multispecies biofilms formed by Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa(2014)
Authors: Didem Kart, Sarah Tavernier, Heleen Van Acker, Hans Nelis
Pages: 377 - 383 - The BCESM genomic region contains a regulator involved in quorum sensing and persistence in Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315(2014)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker, Evelien De Canck, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Andrea Sass, Dieter Deforce, Hans Nelis
Pages: 845 - 860 - Involvement of toxin-antitoxin modules in Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilm persistence(2014)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker, Andrea Sass, Inne Dhondt, Hans Nelis
Pages: 326 - 335 - Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial tolerance and resistance in bacterial and fungal biofilms(2014)
Authors: Heleen Van Acker, Patrick Van Dijck
Pages: 326 - 333 - Differential roles of RND efflux pumps in antimicrobial drug resistance of sessile and planktonic Burkholderia cenocepacia cells(2014)
Authors: Silvia Buroni, Nele Matthijs, Francesca Spadaro, Heleen Van Acker, Viola C Scoffone, Maria Rosalia Pasca, Giovanna Riccardi
Pages: 7424 - 7429 - Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 mutants affected in homoserine lactone and diffusible signal factor-based quorum sensing systems suggests interplay between both types of systems(2013)
Authors: Claudia Udine, Gilles Brackman, Silvia Bazzini, Silvia Buroni, Heleen Van Acker, Maria Rosalia Pasca, Giovanna Riccardi