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
41 - 50 of 78
- 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
- Genomic Diversity of Two Hydrocarbon-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Pseudomonas Species Isolated from the Oil Field of Bóbrka (Poland)(2019)
Authors: Valeria IMPERATO, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, M. Breanne McAmmond, Yorben DOUWEN, Jonathan D. Van Hamme, Stanislaw W. Gawronski, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- Influence of Urbanization on Epiphytic Bacterial Communities of the Platanus x hispanica Tree Leaves in a Biennial Study(2019)
Authors: Jordan ESPENSHADE, Sofie THIJS, Stanislaw Gawronski, Hannelore BOVE, Nele WEYENS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Towards more predictive and interdisciplinary climate change ecosystem experiments(2019)
Authors: Francois RINEAU, Robert MALINA, Natalie BEENAERTS, Natascha ARNAUTS, Richard. D Bardgett, Matty P. Berg, Annelies Boerema, Liesbeth BRUCKERS, Jan CLERINX, Edouard L. Davin, et al.
Pages: 809 - 816 - Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by native Ganoderma sp. strains: identification of metabolites and proposed degradation pathways(2019)
Authors: Giselle Torres-Farrada, Ana M. Manzano-Leon, Francois RINEAU, Miguel Ramos Leal, Sofie THIJS, Inge JAMBON, Jenny PUT, Jan CZECH, Gilda Guerra Rivera, Robert CARLEER, et al.
Pages: 7203 - 7215 - Characterisation of the Carpinus betulus L. Phyllomicrobiome in Urban and Forest Areas(2019)
Authors: Valeria IMPERATO, Lukasz KOWALKOWSKI, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Stanislaw W. Gawronski, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- First high-quality draft genome of Ochrobactrum haematophilum P6BS-III, a highly glyphosate-tolerant strain isolated from agricultural soil in Argentina(2019)
Authors: Francisco MASSOT, Panos GKOREZIS, Breanne McAmmond, Jan D'HAEN, Jonathan Van Hamme, Luciano J. Merini, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS
- The Sycamore Maple Bacterial Culture Collection From a TNT Polluted Site Shows Novel Plant-Growth Promoting and Explosives Degrading Bacteria(2018)
Authors: Sofie THIJS, Wouter SILLEN, Sascha TRUYENS, Bram BECKERS, Jonathan van Hamme, Pieter van Dillewijn, Pieter SAMYN, Robert CARLEER, Nele WEYENS, Jaco VANGRONSVELD
- Tobacco, Sunflower and High Biomass SRC Clones Show Potential for Trace Metal Phytoextraction on a Moderately Contaminated Field Site in Belgium(2018)
Authors: Sofie THIJS, Nele WITTERS, Jolien JANSSEN, Ann RUTTENS, Nele WEYENS, Rolf Herzig, Michel Mench, Stijn Van Slycken, Erik MEERS, Linda Meiresonne, et al.
- Seed Endophyte Microbiome of Crotalaria pumila Unpeeled: Identification of Plant-Beneficial Methylobacteria(2018)
Authors: Ariadna S. Sánchez-López, Isabel Pintelon, Vincent STEVENS, Valeria IMPERATO, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Carmen González-Chávez, Rogelio Carrillo-González, Jonathan Van Hamme, Jaco VANGRONSVELD, Sofie THIJS