Researcher
Karen SMEETS
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Animal cell and molecular biology, Animal developmental and reproductive biology, Aquatic biology, Invertebrate biology, Ecotoxicology, Stem cell biology, Toxicology and toxinology not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology (Research group)
Member
From1 Feb 2009 → Today - Biology - Geology (Department)
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From4 Feb 2004 → Today - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
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From4 Feb 2004 → Today - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
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From1 Oct 2003 → Today - Environmental Biology (Research group)
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From14 May 2004 → 31 Jan 2009 - Chemistry-Biology-Geology (Division)
Member
From4 Feb 2004 → 30 Sep 2009
Projects
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- IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2024-2028From1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - mandates
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Parasite Specialist Group (IUCN SSC PSG)From1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: International Cooperation and Mobility
- Feasibility study for assessing microplastics via human biomonitoringFrom11 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Department of Environment
- Learning from animals how to regenerate: multidisciplinary training programme in regenerative biologyFrom1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie-actions (MSCA)
- Neural control of gut regeneration: a (r)evolutionary question?From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- NANOSTEM: An in-depth mechanistic study on how NANOparticles interfere with cell cycle dynamics and developmental processes in STEM cellsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Tiered testing of the cytotoxicity effects of micro- and nanoplastics using intestinal in vitro modelsFrom1 Jun 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- MULTISCALE - The UHasselt MultiScale Optical Imaging Core: Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and analysis of 'big' 4D datasetsFrom1 May 2022 → TodayFunding: Industrial enterprises, FWO Large scale research infrastructure, Foreign public sponsor, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- MULTISCALE - Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and big data analysis of optical imaging dataFrom1 Apr 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Neuronal control of gut regeneration: a (r)evolutionary question?From1 Nov 2021 → 30 Oct 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
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- Planarians Customize Their Stem Cell Responses Following Genotoxic Stress as a Function of Exposure Time and Regenerative State(2018)
Authors: An-Sofie STEVENS, Annelies WOUTERS, Jan-Pieter PLOEM, Nicky PIROTTE, Andromeda VAN ROTEN, Maxime WILLEMS, Carmen Franken, Gudrun Koppen, Niels HELLINGS, Tom ARTOIS, et al.
Pages: 251 - 263 - Proximity of breeding and foraging areas affects foraging effort of a crepuscular, insectivorous bird(2018)
Authors: Ruben EVENS, Natalie BEENAERTS, Thomas NEYENS, Nele WITTERS, Karen SMEETS, Tom ARTOIS
- A carcinogenic trigger to study the function of tumor suppressor genes in Schmidtea mediterranea(2018)
Authors: Andromeda VAN ROTEN, Amal Zohir Abo-Zeid Barakat, Annelies WOUTERS, Thao Anh Tran, Stijn Mouton, Jean-Paul NOBEN, Luca GENTILE, Karen SMEETS
- Stem cell proliferation patterns as an alternative for in vivo prediction and discrimination of carcinogenic compounds(2017)
Authors: An-Sofie STEVENS, Maxime WILLEMS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Jan-Pieter PLOEM, Ellen WINCKELMANS, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: 1 - 11 - Studying the mechanisms of Cd-induced stem cell proliferation and their role in tumor avoidance in Schmidtea mediterranea(2016)
Authors: Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Andromeda VAN ROTEN, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: S252 - S252 - Do you have the nerves to regenerate? The importance of neural signalling in the regeneration process(2016)
Authors: Nicky PIROTTE, Nathalie LEYNEN, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: 4 - 15 - Toxic effects of cadmium on flatworm stem cell dynamics: A transcriptomic and ultrastructural elucidation of underlying mechanisms(2016)
Authors: Michelle PLUSQUIN, Katrien De Mulder, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Olivier DEGHESELLE, Nicky PIROTTE, Maxime WILLEMS, Ann CUYPERS, Willi Salvenmoser, Peter Ladurner, Tom ARTOIS, et al.
Pages: 1217 - 1228 - In vivo prediction and discrimination of carcinogenic compounds using Schmidtea mediterranea's stem cell proliferation patterns(2016)
Authors: An-Sofie STEVENS, Maxime WILLEMS, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Jan-Pieter PLOEM, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: S65 - S65 - Redox-Related Mechanisms to Rebalance Cancer-Deregulated Cell Growth(2016)
Authors: An-Sofie STEVENS, Nicky PIROTTE, Annelies WOUTERS, Andromeda VAN ROTEN, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Maxime WILLEMS, Ann CUYPERS, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: 1414 - 1437 - Biomolecular Markers within the Core Axis of Aging and Particulate Air Pollution Exposure in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study(2016)
Authors: Nicky PIETERS, Bram JANSSEN, H. Dewitte, Bianca COX, Ann CUYPERS, W. Lefebvre, Karen SMEETS, C. Vanpoucke, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Tim NAWROT
Pages: 943 - 950
Patents
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Linked dataset
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- Dataset to study the population genomics of introduced Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: repeated introductions since colonial times with multiple sources (Creator)
- Somewhere I belong: phylogeny and morphological evolution in a species-rich lineage of ectoparasitic flatworms infecting cichlid fishes (project) (Creator)
- Explosive networking: the role of adaptive host radiations and ecological opportunity in a species-rich host-parasite assembly (Creator)