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Researcher
Vanessa Franssens
- Disciplines:Other biological sciences, Other natural sciences
Affiliations
- Department of Biology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2020 → 29 Feb 2020 - Molecular Biotechnology of Plants and Micro-organisms (Division)
Member
From1 Feb 2017 → 31 Dec 2019 - Animal Physiology and Neurobiology (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2002 → 31 Dec 2006
Projects
1 - 5 of 5
- The role of organelle contact sites in Parkinson’s disease-associated α-synuclein toxicity: insights from a yeast modelFrom13 Sep 2018 → 10 Nov 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Development and validation of a humanized Schizosaccharomyces pombe yeast model for the study of tau-mediated cytotoxicity.From1 Sep 2015 → 24 Feb 2021Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects, FWO fellowships
- Characterization of the impact of proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaeFrom3 Mar 2015 → 25 Oct 2019Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- Humanized yeast models to study alpha-synuclein and synphilin-1 inclusions and the involvement of the cytoskeleton in their formation.From1 Oct 2012 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: FWO fellowships
- Yeast-based models to study the Alzheimer's disease associated protein Pin 1.From1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2012Funding: Private funding of national origin - undefined
Publications
11 - 20 of 31
- Real-Time kHz to GHz Monitoring of Incubated Yeast Cell Growth Using Interdigitated Capacitors(2018)
Authors: Mojtaba Chehelcheraghi, Vanessa Franssens, Bart Nauwelaers
Pages: 1144 - 1147Number of pages: 4 - Yeast cell growth monitoring using microwave measurements correlated to optical absorbance(2018)
Authors: Xiue Bao, Ju Zheng, Juncheng Bao, Meng Zhang, Dries Kil, Vanessa Franssens, Bob Puers, Dominique Schreurs, Bart Nauwelaers
Pages: 903 - 906 - Role of the ribosomal quality control machinery in nucleocytoplasmic translocation of polyQ-expanded huntingtin exon-1(2017)
Authors: Ju Zheng, Vanessa Franssens, Joris Winderickx
Pages: 708 - 717 - The yeast protein kinase Sch9 adjusts V-ATPase assembly/disassembly to control pH homeostasis and longevity in response to glucose availability(2017)
Authors: Tobias Wilms, Erwin Swinnen, Elja Eskes, Vanessa Franssens, Joris Winderickx
- Yeast models of Parkinson's disease-associated molecular pathologies(2017)
Authors: Vanessa Franssens, Joris Winderickx
Pages: 74 - 83 - Yeast buddies helping to unravel the complexity of neurodegenerative disorders(2017)
Authors: Gernot Fruhmann, David Seynnaeve, Ju Zheng, Karen Ven, Tobias Wilms, Beidong Liu, Joris Winderickx, Vanessa Franssens
Pages: 288 - 305 - Yeast as a Model for Alzheimer's Disease: Latest Studies and Advanced Strategies(2016)
Authors: Vanessa Franssens, Joris Winderickx
Pages: 197 - 215 - A genome-wide imaging-based screening to identify genes involved in synphilin-1 inclusion formation in saccharomyces cerevisiae(2016)
Authors: Ju Zheng, Vanessa Franssens, Joris Winderickx
- The peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerase Pin1/Ess1 inhibits phosphorylation and toxicity of Tau in a yeast model for Alzheimer's disease(2015)
Authors: Joris Winderickx, Vanessa Franssens
Pages: 144 - 160 - Protein aggregation in unicellular eukaryotes(2014)
Authors: Joris Winderickx, Vanessa Franssens
Pages: 117 - 150