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)
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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
31 - 40 of 77
- Effects of winter and summer conditions on Cd fractionation and bioavailability, bacterial communities and Cd phytoextraction potential of Brachiaria decumbens and Panicum maximum grown in a tropical soil(2020)
Authors: Flavio SILVEIRA RABELO, Lucelia BORGO, Luis Fernando Merloti, Victor Satler Pylro, Acacio Aparecido Navarrete, Rodrigo Hideki Mano, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Luis Reynaldo Ferracciu Alleoni
- Beneficial features of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and health in challenging conditions: A methodical review(2020)
Authors: Ewa Olenska, Wanda Malek, Igorzata Wojcik, Izabela Swiecicka, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Nanoparticle treatment of maize analyzed through the metatranscriptome: compromised nitrogen cycling, possible phytopathogen selection, and plant hormesis(2020)
Authors: Wouter SILLEN, Sofie THIJS, Gennaro Roberto ABBAMONDI, Roberto De la Torre Roche, Nele WEYENS, Jason C. White, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Enhancing the Rice Seedlings Growth Promotion Abilities of Azoarcus sp. CIB by Heterologous Expression of ACC Deaminase to Improve Performance of Plants Exposed to Cadmium Stress(2020)
Authors: Helga Fernandez-Llamosas, Juan Ibero, Sofie THIJS, Valeria IMPERATO, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Eduardo Diaz, Manuel Carmona
- Phytostabilization of Pb and Cd polluted soils using Helianthus petiolaris as pioneer aromatic plant species(2020)
Authors: Anabel SARAN, L. Fernandez, F. Cora, M. Savio, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, L. J. Merini
Pages: 459 - 467 - Trifolium repens-Associated Bacteria as a Potential Tool to Facilitate Phytostabilization of Zinc and Lead Polluted Waste Heaps(2020)
Authors: Ewa Olenska, Valeria IMPERATO, Wanda Malek, Tadeusz Wlostowski, Malgorzata Wojcik, Izabela Swiecicka, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- Comparison of Two Inoculation Methods of Endophytic Bacteria to Enhance Phytodegradation Efficacy of an Aged Petroleum Hydrocarbons Polluted Soil(2020)
Authors: Malgorzata Pawlik, Tomasz Plociniczak, Sofie THIJS, Isabel Pintelon, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Zofia Piotrowska-Seget
- The first mitochondrial genomes of endosymbiotic rhabdocoels illustrate evolutionary relaxation of atp8 and genome plasticity in flatworms(2020)
Authors: Marlies MONNENS, Sofie THIJS, Andrew G. Briscoe, Miriam Clark, Emily Joy Frost, D. Tim J. Littlewood, Mary Sewell, Karen SMEETS, Tom ARTOIS, Maarten VANHOVE
Pages: 454 - 469 - Intrinsic electrical properties of cable bacteria reveal an Arrhenius temperature dependence(2020)
Authors: Robin BONNE, Ji-Ling HOU, Jeroen HUSTINGS, Koen WOUTERS, Mathijs Meert, Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez, Rob CORNELISSEN, Filippo MORINI, Sofie THIJS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, et al.
- Fenton-Mediated Biodegradation of Chlorendic Acid - A Highly Chlorinated Organic Pollutant - By Fungi Isolated From a Polluted Site(2019)
Authors: Inge JAMBON, Sofie THIJS, Giselle Torres-Farrada, Francois RINEAU, Nele WEYENS, Robert CARLEER, Pieter SAMYN, Jaco VANGRONSVELD