Researcher
Kim Roelants
- Research Expertise:
- Evolution, Amphibia, PHylogenetics, Toxins, Antimicrobial peptides
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Transcriptomics, Vertebrate biology, Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology, Molecular evolution, Phylogeny and comparative analysis, Biology of adaptation
- Users of research expertise:
- Evolution, Amphibia, PHylogenetics, Toxins, Antimicrobial peptides
Affiliations
- Ecology, Evolution and Genetics (Research group)
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From1 Jan 2024 → Today - Amphibian Evolution Lab (Research group)
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From1 Oct 2000 → Today - Biology (Department)
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From1 Apr 2020 → Today - Biology (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → Today - Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences (Faculty)
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From22 Jun 2017 → 7 Sep 2017 - Biology (Department)
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From1 Dec 2012 → 20 Oct 2022 - Biology (Department)
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From18 Dec 2006 → 30 Sep 2007 - Biology (Department)
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From1 Oct 2005 → 1 Oct 2006 - Biology (Department)
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From1 Oct 2000 → 30 Sep 2013 - FORMER_Ecology and Systematics (Research group)
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From1 Oct 2000 → 31 Dec 2012 - General Botany and Nature Management (Research group)
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From3 Aug 1998 → 28 Aug 1998
Projects
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- Unravelling the molecular mechanism of animal adhesive secretions to widen the horizons for new bio-inspired materials.From1 Nov 2019 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- A sticky topic: Molecular biology and evolution of anuran adhesive skin secretionsFrom1 Oct 2018 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- SRP (Groeiers): Evolutionary innovations in amphibians: from ecology to moleculesFrom1 Mar 2014 → 28 Feb 2019Funding: BOF - Concerted Research Project from 1994
- Unraveling the adaptive role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in the immune system and antipredator defense.From1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Diversification of skin peptides in an evolutionary radiation of amphibiansFrom1 Jan 2008 → 31 Dec 2011Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
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- Recurrent evolution of adhesive defence systems in amphibians by parallel shifts in gene expression(2024)
Authors: Shabnam Zaman, Birgit Lengerer, Joris Van Lindt, Indra Saenen, Giorgio Russo, Laura Bossaer, Sebastien Carpentier, Peter Tompa, Patrick Flammang, Kim Roelants
- Q586B2 is a crucial virulence factor during the early stages of Trypanosoma brucei infection that is conserved amongst trypanosomatids(2024)
Authors: Benoit Stijlemans, Patrick De Baetselier, Inge Van Molle, Laurence Lecordier, Erika Hendrickx, Ema Romão, Cécile Vincke, Wendy Baetens, Steve Schoonooghe, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh Ghassabeh, et al.
- Resistance is not futile: Widespread convergent evolution of resistance to alpha-neurotoxic snake venoms in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)(2023)
Authors: Marco Mancuso, Shabnam Zaman, Simon Maddock, Rachunliu Kamei, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Mark Wilkinson, Kim Roelants, Bryan Fry
- Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication.(2021)
Authors: Sunita Leentje Janssenswillen, Kim Roelants, Sebastien Carpentier, Hilde de Rooster, Mieke Metzemaekers, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Paul Proost, Franky Bossuyt
- Proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS) as a tool for studying animal volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions(2021)
Authors: Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Charlotte Van Moorleghem, Sunita Leentje Janssenswillen, Richard Joseph Cooper, Claudia Birkemeyer, Kim Roelants, Raoul Van Damme
Pages: 748–766 - A New Family of Diverse Skin Peptides from the Microhylid Frog Genus Phrynomantis.(2020)
Authors: Constantijn Raaymakers, Benoit Stijlemans, Charlotte Martin, Shabnam Zaman, Steven Ballet, , Frank Pasmans, Kim Roelants
- Multiple Independent Recruitment of Sodefrin Precursor-Like Factors in Anuran Sexually Dimorphic Glands(2019)
Authors: Franky Bossuyt, Lisa M Schulte, Margo Maex, Sunita Leentje Janssenswillen, Polina Yu. Novikova, SD Biju, Yves Van de Peer, Severine Matthijs, Kim Roelants, An Martel, et al.
Pages: 1921-1930 - Poison from a frog’s perspective: Elucidating the adaptive role of skin-secreted peptides in anti-predator defence(2019)
Authors: Constantijn Raaymakers, Kim Roelants
- The anuran skin peptide bradykinin mediates its own absorption across epithelial barriers of the digestive tract(2018)
Authors: Constantijn Raaymakers, Elin Verbrugghe, Benoit Stijlemans, , Frank Pasmans, Kim Roelants
Pages: 84-89 - Antimicrobial peptides in frog poisons constitute a molecular toxin delivery system against predators. IF 12.353(2017)
Authors: Constantijn Raaymakers, Elin Verbrugghe, Sophie Hernot, Tom Hellebuyck, Cecilia Betti, Cindy Peleman, Myriam Claeys, Wim Bert, Vicky Caveliers, Steven Ballet, et al.
Pages: 1495