Projects
Effects of veterinary antibiotics on plant-soil interaction, plant performance and plant community composition Vrije Universiteit Brussel
environment, where they affect soil bacteria and the performance of plants and animals. So far, the
basis for environmental risk assessments (ERA) relies on crop species, partly because the phototoxic
ABX-effects on wild species is still insufficiently understood.
We aim to explore ABX-effects on soil processes and on the ...
Preparing plant conservation for the future: Evolutionary aspects in ex-situ conservation and plant reintroduction Meise Botanic Garden
Plant conservation in a changing world: modelling range dynamics, climate adaptation, and effects of habitat fragmentation KU Leuven
Climate change can alter the physical and biological parameters of existing habitats, shifting environmental variables beyond the range for which native plant species are adapted. These changes compel plant species to either adapt to new conditions or migrate to areas where conditions remain suitable. Concurrently, habitat fragmentation reduces the amount of suitable habitat and impedes plant species' ability to migrate, thereby reducing the ...
An ecogenomische approach to adaptation in the spreading exotic plant species Sysimbrium austriacum subp. Chrysanthum Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Which genomic variation can be found in Sysimbrium austriacum (Jeweled rocket) populations from different regions? S. austriacum is an exotic species that has rencently spread along the Meuse, where conditions differ greatly from those in the area of origin of the species in the Pyrenees. The species was introduced more than a century ago near Verviers, probably together with sheep wool ...
An ecogenomic approach to adaptation in the spreading exotic plant species Sysimbrium austriacum subsp. chrysantum. KU Leuven
Managing plant species translocations: using genomic tools to unraveling interactions between adaptation to climate and adaptation to habitat fragmentation KU Leuven
Global warming is occurring to a rate that exceeds the potential of most species to evolve phenotypes adapted to warmer climates. Assisted migration, or the deliberate northward translocation of individuals, is a widely discussed conservation strategy aiming to introduce phenotypes pre-adapted to projected climate change. However, there is a critical lack of assisted migration studies integrating the effects of habitat fragmentation, another ...
An ecogenomic approach to adaptation in the spreading exotic plant species Sysimbrium subsp. chrysanthum. KU Leuven
Discovering the role of the circadian clock morning components in plant latitudinal adaptation KU Leuven
The main aim of my project is to better understand the functional basis for latitudinal adaptation of plants, with a focus on the morning transcription factor complex (especially LHY and CCA1) in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. I will base myself on previous reserach on control of photoperiodism, my supervisor’s recent and novel results on the clock involvement in twilight measurement as well as clock genes identified as being involved ...
Convergent evolution of host adaptation in plant pathogenic fungi. Ghent University
Plant-pathogenic fungi are causal agents of diseases of plants worldwide. Plants and pathogens adapt to each other in an co-evolutionary arms race. Here we will study the genomes of Cercospora spp. and Fusarium spp. that cause severe disease on sugarbeet. By genome comparison and transcriptomics we aim to characterize the effectors that these pathogens use to infect their shared host.