Projects
Assessing the conservation status of wild banana genetic resources by means of population genetics and distribution modelling KU Leuven
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are wild plant species that are closely related or ancestral to cultivated plants. Because they often have high allelic diversity compared to their associated crop, they are an important source for the improvement of multiple agronomic traits such as yield or the resistance against biotic or abiotic stresses. Loss of genetic diversity due to increasing anthropogenic pressure now threatens their long term survival. ...
Genetics in everyday life. A qualitative study of individuals at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA) and Huntington’s disease (HD) about fears of genetic discrimination KU Leuven
For decades, as our understanding of human genetics has continued to advance, socio-ethical and legal scholars have raised questions and concerns about the ethical and social implications (ELSI issues) of genetics. One specific ELSI concern is that increased knowledge and applications of human genetics might lead to new forms of negative treatment, discrimination, and stigmatisation. In the nineties, several Western countries responded to ...
Molecular genetic research into the complex genetics of frontotemporal lobar dementia. University of Antwerp
An integrated approach of genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics in the study of Alzheimer dementia and related phenotypes. University of Antwerp
Molecular genetic research into the complex genetics of frontotemporal lobar dementia. University of Antwerp
Distribution and genetic cargo of bacterial mobile genetic elements along the Mekong river ecosystem as affected by anthropogenic activities. KU Leuven
The 4900 km long Mekong river in South-East Asia, passes countries like China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, with diverse landscapes and diverse (human) functionalities. The river though has become under serious pressure due to agricultural, domestic and industrial pollution, building of dams, climate change, salination and others. Microbes adapt to environmental changes which is pivotal for river health and resilience as they govern ...
Genetic rescue of the grayling (Hipparchia semele) based on genetic monitoring Research Institute for Nature and Forest
World-wide systematic characterization of TMEM106B and ATXN2 genetic status towards implementation of genetic testing of modifiers in clincal practice. University of Antwerp
Evolutionary and population genetic consequences of social structure and genetic relatedness on disease and adaptive landscapes of human genome KU Leuven
Research under this program will focus on the effect of social structure and kinship on processes that cause genetic differentiation within and among human populations, including those that affect the entire genomes and those resulting in differences among individual loci, those under the influence of selection and those that cause disease. I am interested to know how deviations from panmixia, including sexspecific demographic processes, in ...