Projects
Adaption and speciation in unicellular algae and their interaction with ecology Ghent University
The population of micro-algae and how population differentiation ultimately leads to speciation is investigated. Population differentiation will be determined for natural populations, experimental evolution used to estimate adaptation rates, and their consequences for the community level determined. Finally, niche differentiation and the evolution of reproductive barriers in closely related species will ben ivestigated.In parallel, sex and ...
Ecology from Farm to Fork Of microbial drug Resistance and Transmission Ghent University
EFFORT studies the complex epidemiology and ecology of antimicrobial resistance and the interactions between bacterial communities, commensets and pathogens in animals, the food chain and the environment. This will be conducted by a combination of epidemiological and ecological studies using newly developed molecular and bio-informatics technologies, EFFORT will include an exposure assessment of humans from animal/environmental sources.
Adaptation and speciation in unicellular algae and their interaction with ecology Ghent University
Two model species of unicellular algae will be used to study population differentiation and adaptation by (1) determining the genetic structure of natural populations from contrasting environments and (2) experimental evolution, after which consequences of adaptation and genetic diversity for invasion resistence and productivity are determined experimentally. Finally, niche differentiation and reproductive isolation between closely related ...
Evolution and ecology of zoonotic wildlife pathogens. University of Antwerp
Ecology and Evolution of Fishes of the Southern Ocean – A multidimensional molecular approach KU Leuven
The Antarctic and the surrounding Southern Ocean contain delicate and unique ecosystems, characterised by a cold climate, a seasonal photoperiod, remote location and a endemic fauna. Compared to other oceans, the Southern Ocean exhibits low species richness, but despite this, the Southern Ocean is still characterized as an evolutionary hotspot. The adaptive radiation of the notothenioids, the predominant clade of fishes in the Southern Ocean ...