Researcher
Sofie THIJS
- Keywords:Biology
- Disciplines:Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified, General biology not elsewhere classified, Microbiomes, Genomics, Metabolomics, Metagenomics, Microbiomics, Transcriptomics, Land capability and soil degradation, Soil biology, Soil chemistry, Soil physics, Agricultural plant protection, Agrochemistry and fertilisers, Crop science, Sustainable agriculture, Biotechnology for agricultural, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences not elsewhere classified
Affiliations
- Biology - Geology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2010 → Today - Environmental Biology (Research group)
Member
From1 Oct 2010 → Today - Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences (Research institute)
Member
From1 Oct 2010 → Today - Faculty of Sciences (Faculty)
Member
From1 Oct 2010 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 24
- Accelerate and automate the "next generation sequencing" workflowFrom1 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: Industrial enterprises, Other EU initiatives out of framework, Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Remediation of PFAS contaminated soil by a novel combined approach: phytoremediation with hemp followed by biodegradation through Solid State Fermentation of contaminated hemp residues by white rot fungi.From1 Apr 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- How healthy are Limburg gardens?From12 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: Nonprofit institution or equivalents, Industrial enterprises, OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders), Department of Environment
- MIBIREM - Toolbox for Microbiome base RemediationFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- (Re)discovering soil life!From1 Jan 2022 → 30 Jun 2023Funding: Provinces, Department of Environment, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Microbes for sustainable intensification of agriculture - Industrial hempFrom1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Monitoring phytoremediation - ResanatFrom1 Jun 2021 → 30 Jun 2022Funding: OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
- ADMIRE: Association, causality and biomarker Discovery in translational MIcrobiome REsearch.From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Biofortified and climate-resilient food and fodder production on marginal soilsFrom1 Apr 2020 → 31 Mar 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Feasibility study phytoremediation chromium pollution on the banks of the Grote Calie: LIFE NARMENAFrom1 Mar 2020 → 30 Sep 2020Funding: OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
Publications
11 - 20 of 77
- Characterization and diversity of seed endophytic bacteria of the endemic holoparasitic plant Cistanche armena (Orobanchaceae) from a semi-desert area in Armenia(2022)
Authors: Kristine PETROSYAN, Sofie THIJS, Renata Piwowarczyk, Karolina Ruraz, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Wiestaw Kaca
Pages: 264 - 273 - Quercus ilex Phyllosphere Microbiome Environmental-Driven Structure and Composition Shifts in a Mediterranean Contex(2022)
Authors: Alessia Postiglione, Antonello Prigioniero, Daniela Zuzolo, Maria Tartaglia, Pierpaolo Scarano, Maria Maisto, Maria Antonietta Ranauda, Rosaria Sciarrillo, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, et al.
- Plant microbial fuel cells from the perspective of photovoltaics: Efficiency, power, and applications(2022)
Authors: Thessa VAN LIMBERGEN, Robin BONNE, Jeroen HUSTINGS, Roland VALCKE, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Jean MANCA
- Characterisation of Two Wood-Waste and Coffee Bean Husk Biochars for the Removal of Micropollutants from Water(2022)
Authors: Thessa VAN LIMBERGEN, Inez Roegiers, Robin BONNE, Federica Mare, Tom HAELDERMANS, Bjorn JOOS, Olivier NOUWEN, Jean MANCA, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- The Effect of Syringic Acid and Phenoxy Herbicide 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) on Soil, Rhizosphere, and Plant Endosphere Microbiome(2022)
Authors: Elzbieta MIERZEJEWSKA, Magdalena Urbaniak, Katarzyna Zagibajlo, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- Polyphasic identification and MAT1-2 isolates of Phyllosticta citricarpa in Cuba(2022)
Authors: Wendy Serra, Maria B. Lugo Alvarez, Dariel Garcia Rodriguez, Eugenio Alonso-Oliva, Amalia Sanz Llorente, Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Elma Carstens, Jeffrey A. Rollins, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, et al.
Pages: 995 - 1003 - Change in heathland dominant plants strongly increases C mineralization potential despite marginally affecting microbial community structure(2022)
Authors: Francois RINEAU, Koen RAMAEKERS, Koen KUIPERS, Nick Giesberts, Julie CLAES, Natascha ARNAUTS, Erik Verbruggen, Sofie THIJS
Pages: 49 - 62 - Phytomanagement of a Lead-Polluted Shooting Range Using an Aromatic Plant Species and Its Effects on the Rhizosphere Bacterial Diversity and Essential Oil Production(2022)
Authors: Anabel SARAN, Lucia Fernandez, Cinthia Yanela Latini, Monica Bellozas Reinhard, Marisol Minig, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Luciano Jose Merini
- Bacterial inoculant-assisted phytoremediation affects trace element uptake and metabolite content in Salix atrocinerea(2022)
Authors: Alejandro NAVAZAS, Victoria Mesa, Sofie THIJS, Francisco Fuente-Maqueda, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Ana, I Pelaez, Ann CUYPERS, Aida Gonzalez
- Exploring the Diversity and Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degrading Potential of Epiphytic Fungi on Hornbeams from Chronically Polluted Areas(2021)
Authors: Valeria IMPERATO, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Anabel SARAN, Anneleen Thoonen, Lukasz KOWALKOWSKI, Stanislaw W. Gawronski, Francois RINEAU, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
Pages: 972