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)
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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
21 - 30 of 77
- Bioaugmentation with PGP-trace element tolerant bacterial consortia affects Pb uptake by Helianthus annuus grown on trace element polluted military soils(2021)
Authors: Anabel SARAN, Valeria IMPERATO, L. Fernandez, Francesca VANNUCCHI, L. J. Merini, Natascha STEFFANIE, Jan D'HAEN, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
Pages: 202 - 211 - Inoculated Seed Endophytes Modify the Poplar Responses to Trace Elements in Polluted Soil(2021)
Authors: Francesca VANNUCCHI, Valeria IMPERATO, Anabel SARAN, Svetoslav Staykov, Jan D'HAEN, Luca Sebastiani, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- Exopolysaccharide Carbohydrate Structure and Biofilm Formation by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Strains Inhabiting Nodules of Trifoliumrepens Growing on an Old Zn–Pb–Cd-Polluted Waste Heap Area(2021)
Authors: Ewa Olenska, Wanda Malek, Urszula Kotowska, Jerzy Wydrych, Weronika Polinska, Izabela Swiecicka, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Arsenate-reducing bacteria affect As accumulation and tolerance in Salix atrocinerea(2021)
Authors: Alejandro NAVAZAS, Sofie THIJS, Isabel Feito, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Ana, I Pelaez, Ann CUYPERS, Aida Gonzalez
- Ambient Air Pollution Shapes Bacterial and Fungal Ivy Leaf Communities(2021)
Authors: Vincent STEVENS, Sofie THIJS, Eva BONGAERTS, Tim NAWROT, Wouter MARCHAL, Jonathan Van Hamme, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
Pages: 2088 - Isolation, Biochemical and Genomic Characterization of Glyphosate Tolerant Bacteria to Perform Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation(2021)
Authors: Francisco MASSOT, Panos GKOREZIS, Jonathan Van Hamme, Damian Marino, Bojana Spirovic Trifunovic, Gorica Vukovic, Jan D'HAEN, Isabel Pintelon, Ana Maria Giulietti, Luciano Merini, et al.
- Exploring the Microbiome Analysis and Visualization Landscape(2021)
Authors: Jannes PEETERS, Olivier THAS, Ziv SHKEDY, Leyla KODALCI, Connie MUSISI, Olajumoke Evangelina OWOKOTOMO, Aleksandra DYCZKO, Ibrahim HAMAD, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Markus KLEINEWIETFELD, et al.
- Diversity and plant growth-promoting potential of (un)culturable bacteria in the Hedera helix phylloplane(2021)
Authors: Vincent STEVENS, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Differential effect of silver nanoparticles on the microbiome of adult and developing planaria(2021)
Authors: Karolien BIJNENS, Sofie THIJS, Nathalie LEYNEN, Vincent STEVENS, Breanne Mcammond, Jonathan Van Hamme, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Tom ARTOIS, Karen SMEETS
- Phytostabilization of Polluted Military Soil Supported by Bioaugmentation with PGP-Trace Element Tolerant Bacteria Isolated from Helianthus petiolaris(2020)
Authors: Anabel SARAN, Valeria IMPERATO, Lucia Fernandez, Panos GKOREZIS, Jan D'HAEN, Luciano Jose Merini, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS