Researcher
Kristel Bernaerts
- Disciplines:Other chemical sciences, Catalysis and reacting systems engineering, Chemical product design and formulation, General chemical and biochemical engineering, Process engineering, Separation and membrane technologies, Transport phenomena, Other (bio)chemical engineering, Other engineering and technology
Affiliations
- Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Bio- & Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety Section (Division)
Member
From1 May 2003 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 31
- Microbial Oral Management with probiotics: Orally Adapted Multi-Species Probiotics in Slow-Release Devices as a novel treatment concept.From19 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- In vitro engineering of gut microbiomes from wood-eating beetles for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass to value-added biochemicalsFrom28 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant, BOF - doctoral mandates
- Exploring factors that influence and enhance probiotic survival in and colonization of the oral cavity.From17 Feb 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Sustainable ectoine production through methanotrophs and algae: from biogas to high-value product (EctoMet)From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Thematic call for research projects in the field of bioeconomy
- Optimization of large plasmid DNA production in bioreactorsFrom28 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates, Baekeland
- Understanding environmental factors and mechanisms that govern the interactions within a pesticide degrading bacterial consortiumFrom22 Sep 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Understanding and engineering phage infection dynamicsFrom18 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Next-generation bioprocess engineering: phage-based synthetic reprogramming of bacterial bioreactor populationsFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- PhD: Investigating the response of a synthetic human gut community to perturbationsFrom23 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Parallel mini-bioreactor system boosting human microbial community and phage-biology and -biotechnology researchFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - scientific equipment program
Publications
11 - 20 of 110
- Spatiotemporal monitoring of a periodontal multispecies biofilm model: demonstration of prebiotic treatment responses(2023)
Authors: Erin Koos, Wim Teughels, Kristel Bernaerts
- Oral Biofilm Cryotherapy as a Novel Ecological Modulation Approach(2023)
Authors: Naiera Zayed, Kristel Bernaerts, Annabel Braem, Wannes Van Holm, Wim Teughels
Pages: 1038 - 1046 - Probiotics for oral health: do they deliver what they promise?(2023)
Authors: Wannes Van Holm, Pieter De Wever, Naiera Zayed, Pedro Fardim, Kristel Bernaerts, Wim Teughels
- Genetic engineering of Escherichia coli to produce unsaturated fatty acids of medium chain length(2023)
Authors: Paul Matthay, Jan Michiels, Kristel Bernaerts, Natalie Verstraeten, Bert Sels
- STIRRED CULTURE PROMOTES CHONDROGENIC HYPERTROPHY OF CARTILAGINOUS MICROTISSUES THROUGH EXPOSURE TO INTERMITTENT SHEAR STRESS(2023)
Authors: An-Sofie Christiaens, Kristel Bernaerts, Bart Smeets, Ioannis Papantoniou
Pages: 871 - 871 - Thermocaproicibacter melissae gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic chain-elongating bacterium, producing n-caproate from polymeric carbohydrates(2023)
Authors: Tinh Nguyen Van, Ilse Smets, Kristel Bernaerts, Karoline Faust, Rob Lavigne, Dirk Springael
- Stirred culture of cartilaginous microtissues promotes chondrogenic hypertrophy through exposure to intermittent shear stress(2023)
Authors: Niki Loverdou, Maxim Cuvelier, An-Sofie Christiaens, Isaak Decoene, Kristel Bernaerts, Bart Smeets, Frank Luyten, Liesbet Geris, Ioannis Papantoniou
- Virtual Reality Serious Game for Chemical Lab Safety Training in Industry and Academia: from Design, Development to Increased Motivation and Engagement(2023)
Authors: Philippe Chan, Kristel Bernaerts, Tom Van Gerven
- Mode of killing determines the necrotrophic response of oral bacteria(2023)
Authors: Naiera Zayed, Wannes Van Holm, Kristel Bernaerts, Wim Teughels
Pages: 1 - 14 - Exploration of human gut microbial dynamics in vitro(2023)
Authors: Charlotte van de Velde, Karoline Faust, Jeroen Raes, Kristel Bernaerts
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Prebiotic oral care compositions and methods (Inventor)
- Prebiotic oral care compositions and methods (Inventor)