Projects
Microbial Resource Management: investigating the microbial diversity in order to predict the ecosystem functionality Ghent University
Using the human gut as a model system, we will investigate how microbial communities - characterized by different structures and functionalities - react under changing environmental conditions and biological invasion, in order to derive predictive ecological models. We will validate the obtained results working with human microbiota-associated mouse models challenged with physiologically relevant stressors.
The microbial ecology of industrial activated sludge plants – linking microbial data (e.g. filamentous organisms) to external factors University of Antwerp
Microbial profiles across the gastrointestinal tract, and associations with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Hasselt University
Microbial collaboromes as a novel biotherapeutic strategy to support the human gut microbiome Ghent University
Microbial collaboromes as a novel biotherapeutic strategy to support the human gut microbiome
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Microbial diversity within an Eco-Health context: effects of anthropogenic stress and host phylogeny on the microbiome and microparasites of a keystone freshwater invertebrate. KU Leuven
Exploring the Molecular Basis of the Microbial Wine Terroir: from vineyard soil to high quality wine KU Leuven
Microbial flow cytometry for medical applications: modulation of the oral microbiome Ghent University
High-accuracy long-read amplicon sequencing for strain level analyses of microbial succession during colonization of the human gut. Ghent University
During the past decades it became clear that bacterial communities on and in the body have a huge impact on human health and well-being. Despite our exponentially increased knowledge on the human gut microbiome, little is known about the exact colonization of the gut by microbial strains. Knowledge on the consecutive sequence of different bacterial species and families could lead to more adequate treatments of diseases linked to so-called ...
Microbiomes of meat-processing environments: influences of microbial diversity, structure, and variability on pathogen survival, transmission, and evolution Ghent University
Our aim is to gain a better understanding of the effect of microbiome diversity, structure and functioning on the ecology and evolution of food pathogens in meat-processing environments. We will investigate microbiome temporal and spatial variability and functional profiles, pathogen population metagenome dynamics, and how microbiome structure affects the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of the pathogen.