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Researcher
Mik Van Der Borght
- Disciplines:Industrial biotechnology
Affiliations
- Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering (CSCE) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Food and Microbial Technology (CLMT) (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → 31 Jul 2020 - Bioengineering Technology, Geel Campus (Technology cluster)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 31 Jul 2020 - Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M²S) (Department)
Member
From1 Apr 2009 → 30 Sep 2013
Projects
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- Mining and refining of second generation biomass into industrial building blocksFrom1 Feb 2024 → TodayFunding: IOF - mandates
- CHITINERY – Towards a novel sustainable chitin refinery process for insect and other arthropodal biomassFrom1 Mar 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Yeast cell surface display of PET-hydrolyzing enzymes to degrade PET and pretreat PET-containing organic side streams prior to black soldier fly larvae rearing (PETyFLY)From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Yeast cell surface display of PET-hydrolyzing enzymes to degrade PET and pretreat PET-containing organic side streams prior to black soldier fly larvae rearing (PETyFLY)From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO Thematic call for research projects in the field of bioeconomy
- Unravelling the novel CHITINERY process: Zooming in on the reactions during subcritical chitin biorefinery of insect biomassFrom14 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Potential of cricket-enriched products to improve nutrition and health of lactating women and children (6 – 24 months)From12 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Reinventing the biorefinery of black soldier fly larvae as sustainable feedstock for industryFrom1 Oct 2021 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Investigation towards insect protein characteristics and possible food technology applicationsFrom10 Sep 2021 → 31 Aug 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Strengthening KU Leuven Campus Geel as Centre of Excellence for industrial insect researchFrom1 Jan 2021 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: Fund Recuperation Fiscal Exemption
- Microbiological safety throughout the production chain of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)From9 Apr 2020 → 9 Apr 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Mutual Influence between Polyvinyl Chloride (Micro)Plastics and Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens L.)(2022)
Authors: Siebe Lievens, Tom Van der Donck, Maria Seo, Jeroen De Smet, Mik Van Der Borght
- A simple, rapid and accurate method for the sample preparation and quantification of meso- and microplastics in food and food waste streams(2022)
Authors: Siebe Lievens, Maarten Mees, Wim Thielemans, Mik Van Der Borght
- (Anti) Nutritional, Techno-functional, and Antimicrobial Properties of the edible bush cricket, Ruspolia differens - A comparative nutritional analysis with locusts and crickets(2022)
Authors: Forkwa Tengweh Forkwa, Jozef Vanden Broeck, Mik Van Der Borght
- Towards establishing the spoilage mechanisms of the long-horned grasshopper Ruspolia differens Serville(2021)
Authors: Leen Van Campenhout, Ann De Winne, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght
Pages: 2915 - 2926 - Rheological Characterization of Chapatti (Roti) Enriched with Flour or Paste of House Crickets (Acheta domesticus)(2021)
Authors: Habiba KHATUN, Mik Van Der Borght, Johan Claes
- On the nitrogen content and a robust nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght
Pages: 6365 - 6377 - On the Compositional Analysis and Biorefinery of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) – Resolving Uncertainties & Towards More Sustainable Processing(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Johan Claes, Mik Van Der Borght, Ilse Van de Voorde
- Protein films from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens, Diptera: Stratiomyidae) prepupae: effect of protein solubility and mild cross-linking(2021)
Authors: Mik Van Der Borght
- Enhancing the specificity of chitin determinations through glucosamine analysis via ultra-performance LC-MS(2021)
Authors: Ruben Smets, Mik Van Der Borght
- Characterization of freeze dried, oven dried and blanched house crickets (Acheta domesticus) and Jamaican field crickets (Gryllus assimilis) by means of their physicochemical properties and volatile compounds(2021)
Authors: Habiba KHATUN, Johan Claes, Ruben Smets, Ann De Winne, Mik Van Der Borght
Patents
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