Projects
The role of epigenetics in life history evolution. KU Leuven
Adaptations and responses of organisms to cope with variation in environmental conditions have interested biologists for over a century. In this study, we focus on the annual killifish genus Nothobranchius. All species are endemic to temporary ponds native to the African continent. These fishes have evolved a wide array of adaptations to survive in this harsh environment. When their habitat is inundated, dormant eggs buried in the ...
Population and landscape genetics in the water flea Daphnia KU Leuven
Summary
The population genetic structure of natural populations in landscapes is the result of a complex interaction between ecological and evolutionary processes such as gene flow, genetic drift and selection, which in turn are shaped by landscape characteristics (environmental gradients and geography), historical processes, or their combined effects. Understanding the relative role of these processes is fundamental to improve our ...
Expansion of the hatchery capacity in Flanders for fundamental and applied research on potential aquaculture species for Flanders Ghent University
Ontwikkeling van een spatio-temporeel ecohydrologisch model voor het beheer van tijdelijke oppervlaktewatersystemen onder scenarios van klimaatsverandering. KU Leuven
Innovative Multi-purposE off-shoRe platforMs: plAnnIng, Design and operation Flanders Marine Institute
Micro B3 (biodiversity, bioinformatics, biotechnology) Flanders Marine Institute
Geography of Inshore Fisheries and Sustainability Flanders Marine Institute
Microbial metacommunity ecology: lineage sorting, dispersion and evolution in the water columnbiofilm ecotone of shallow lakes. KU Leuven
Cryopreservation van genotypes bij Daphnia magna. KU Leuven
The water flea Daphnia magna is an important model organism in many research areas, such as ecology, ecotoxicology, evolutionary biology and eco-genomics and most of these applications use clonal lines produced via asexual reproduction. To date, maintenance of the clonal lines can only be achieved through continuous culturing. This is a labor-intensive process and entails the risk of losing important lines because of contamination, ...