Researcher
Nelly SAENEN
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Environmental impact and risk assessment, Epigenetics, Stem cell biology, Transcription and translation, Cognitive neuroscience, Epidemiology
Affiliations
- Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology (Research group)
Member
From1 Feb 2019 → Today - Biology - Geology (Department)
Member
From16 Sep 2011 → Today - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
Member
From16 Sep 2011 → Today - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From16 Sep 2011 → Today - Environmental Biology (Research group)
Member
From16 Sep 2011 → 12 Feb 2019
Projects
1 - 8 of 8
- Microplastics & Health - Expanding MOMENTUM (MOMENTUM 2.0)From31 Dec 2023 → TodayFunding: Foreign public sponsor, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Feasibility study for assessing microplastics via human biomonitoringFrom11 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: Department of Environment
- 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
- Actionable eUropean ROadmap for early-life health Risk Assessment of micro- and nanoplasticsFrom1 Apr 2021 → TodayFunding: H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and wellbeing
- Impact of weathered-like micro- and nanoplastics on the aquatic model systems S. mediterranea and D. magna.From1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Transplacental carcinogenic mechanisms of black carbon exposure (T-CAB)From1 Sep 2019 → TodayFunding: Nonprofit institution or equivalents
- Cooperation agreement between UHasselt and WIV concerning the research project : HubiHISFrom16 Sep 2017 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Scientific Institute for Public health Louis Pasteur (former IHE)
- Nature impact on mentale health distributionFrom1 Jan 2017 → 30 Nov 2021Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
Publications
1 - 10 of 49
- 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
- Residential green space improves cognitive performances in primary schoolchildren independent of traffic-related air pollution exposure(2023)
Authors: Nelly SAENEN, Tim NAWROT, Pauline HAUTEKIET, Congrong WANG, Harry ROELS, Payam Dadvand, Michelle PLUSQUIN, Esmee BIJNENS
- 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 - A healthy lifestyle is positively associated with mental health and well-being and core markers in ageing(2022)
Authors: Pauline HAUTEKIET, Nelly SAENEN, Dries MARTENS, Margot Debay, Johan Van der Heyden, Tim NAWROT, Eva M. De Clercq
- Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity(2022)
Authors: Pauline HAUTEKIET, Nelly SAENEN, Stefaan Demarest, Hans Keune, Ingrid Pelgrims, Johan Van der Heyden, Eva M. De Clercq, Tim NAWROT
- Residential green space in association with the methylation status in a CpG site within the promoter region of the placental serotonin receptor HTR2A(2022)
Authors: Yinthe DOCKX, Esmee BIJNENS, Nelly SAENEN, Raf AERTS, JM Aerts, L Casas, A Delcloo, N Dendoncker, C Linard, Michelle PLUSQUIN, et al.
Pages: 1863 - 1874 - Assessment of the Feasibility of a Future Integrated Larger-Scale Epidemiological Study to Evaluate Health Risks of Air Pollution Episodes in Children(2022)
Authors: Sarah J. D. Nauwelaerts, Koen De Cremer, Natalia Bustos Sierra, Mathieu Gand, Dirk Van Geel, Maud Delvoye, Els Vandermassen, Jordy Vercauteren, Christophe Stroobants, Alfred Bernard, 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 - Validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollutants in Belgium(2022)
Authors: Ingrid Pelgrims, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Hans Keune, Tim NAWROT, Roy REMMEN, Nelly SAENEN, Isabelle Thomas, Vanessa Gorasso, Johan van der Heyden, Eva Clercq