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)
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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)
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From4 Feb 2004 → 30 Sep 2009
Projects
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- Can tissue regeneration be induced via redox manipulation? An indepth characterization of the redox signature during the initial steps of regeneration.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC): 2021-2024From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO International research infrastructure (IRI), Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- NEED - Bioresponsive nanocarriers as a therapy for cancer and wound healing.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Impact of weathered-like micro- and nanoplastics on the aquatic model systems S. mediterranea and D. magna.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for tissue regeneration.From1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- The next generation of transmission electron microscopy: from biomedicine to nanomaterials. A state-of-the art electron microscopy system for cryo-EM and correlative light and electron microscopy.From1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Physico-chemical characterization and risk assessment of the fraction of nanoparticles in the food additive E174 (silver) in a legislative context.From1 Oct 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Profiling stem cell responses to particle chemical stressFrom1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - projects
- IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2019-2023From1 Jul 2019 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: IOF - mandates
- Uptake, translocation and toxicity of microplastics isolated from shellfish in human gut cells.From1 May 2019 → 31 Oct 2020Funding: Foreign foundations, funds with scientific view
Publications
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- Live Imaging in Planarians: Immobilization and Real-Time Visualization of Reactive Oxygen Species(2023)Series: Methods in Molecular BiologyVolume: 2680
Authors: Vincent JAENEN, Karolien BIJNENS, Martijn HELEVEN, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: 209 - 229 - The role of mitochondria in nanoparticle-specific stem cell toxicity(2023)
Authors: Margo WITTERS, Nelly SAENEN, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Annelies BRONCKAERS, Karen SMEETS
Pages: S61 - Polystyrene Microplastics of Varying Sizes and Shapes Induce Distinct Redox and Mitochondrial Stress Responses in a Caco-2 Monolayer(2023)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Margo WITTERS, Inneke HANTORO, Ines TEJEDA, Anitha ETHIRAJAN, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Karen SMEETS
- Polystyrene microplastics of varying sizes and shapes induce distinct redox and mitochondrial stress responses in a Caco-2 monolayer(2023)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Margo WITTERS, Inneke HANTORO, Ines TEJEDA, Anitha ETHIRAJAN, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Karen SMEETS
Pages: S207 - 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(2022)
Authors: Mare GERAERTS, Carl Vangestel, Tom ARTOIS, Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes, Michiel JORISSEN, Auguste Chocha Manda, Celestin Danadu Mizani, Karen SMEETS, Jos Snoeks, Gontran Sonet, et al.
Pages: 3304 - 3322 - A spatiotemporal blueprint of the planarian redox status: from drivers to physiological responses(2022)
Authors: Vincent JAENEN, Karen SMEETS
Number of pages: 359 - Interactive toxicity of copper and cadmium in regenerating and adult planarians(2022)
Authors: Sanah Majid, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Jan-Pieter PLOEM, Annelies WOUTERS, Ronny Blust, Karen SMEETS
- In utero particulate matter exposure in association with newborn mitochondrial ND4L(10550A>G) heteroplasmy and its role in overweight during early childhood(2022)
Authors: Charlotte COSEMANS, Congrong WANG, Rossella ALFANO, Dries MARTENS, Hanne SLEURS, Yinthe DOCKX, Kenneth VANBRABANT, Bram JANSSEN, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Wouter Lefebvre, et al.
- Uptake and intracellular effects of different size-shape polystyrene microplastics in a Caco-2 monolayer(2022)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Margo WITTERS, Frank VAN BELLEGHEM, Karen SMEETS
Pages: S140 - Dactylogyridae 2022: a meta-analysis of phylogenetic studies and generic diagnoses of parasitic flatworms using published genetic and morphological data(2022)
Authors: Antoine Pariselle, Karen SMEETS, Tom ARTOIS, Maarten VANHOVE
Pages: 427 - 457
Patents
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