Stijn Wittouck postdoc researcher FWO Research Stijn Wittouck Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Expertise My area of expertise is computational microbiology, more specifically the analysis of genome, amplicon and metagenome sequencing data of bacteria with the…

Jonas Lescroart unpaid staff Research Jonas Lescroart Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The use of alternative genomic markers to reconstruct the complex evolutionary history of neotropical small felids. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Tracing the evolutionary origin of species can b…

Kurt Jordaens onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Kurt Jordaens First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae) Bron Genome - ISSN 0831-2796-62:10 (2019) p. 677-687 Auteur(s) Gontran Sonet, Yannick De Smet, Min Tang, Massimiliano Virgilio, Andrew Don…

Jamie Lustermans postdoctoral scholarship hold. Research Jamie Lustermans Research team Geobiology Expertise To determine electric interactions between cable bacteria and associated bacteria, light microscopy and more advanced microscopy types such as Electron- and Raman microscopy will be used comb…

Sophie Gryseels Publicaties Sophie Gryseels Public health risks of traditional zootherapeutic practices in Africa Bron One Health - ISSN 2352-7714-21 (2025) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Léa Fourchault, Abdallah Lamane, Nguinwa Mbakop Dimitri Romaric, Ganiyat Temidayo Saliu, Sophie Gryseels, Erik K. Verheyen, F…

Frederik Van de Perre onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Frederik Van de Perre Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Bron Ecological Solutions and Evidence - ISSN 2688-8319-5:3 (2024) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Yntze van D…

Michaël Meeus doctoral scholarship holder Research Michaël Meeus Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Into the wild: the role of virus exchange as a driver of adaptive genetic introgression between the European wildcat, Felis silvestris, and the domestic cat, Felis catus. 01/11/2025 - …

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research Hannes Svardal Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My main expertise is evolutionary genomic analysis of whole-genome sequencing data. I have been working on a variety of organisms including plants, monkeys and fishes. We al…

Els De Keyzer senior onderzoeker Publicaties Els De Keyzer Lake Tanganyika : status, challenges, and opportunities for research collaborations Bron Journal of great lakes research - ISSN 0380-1330-49:6 (2023) p. 1-13 Auteur(s) Harris Phiri, Deo Mushagalusa, Cyprian Katongo, Claver Sibomana, Migeni Z…

Anne Laudisoit onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Anne Laudisoit Evaluation of metatranscriptomic sequencing protocols to obtain full-length RNA virus genomes from mammalian tissues Bron PLoS ONE - ISSN 1932-6203-20:5 (2025) p. 1-15 Auteur(s) Yiqiao Li, Mariana Polychronopoulou, Ine Boonen, Antonios…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Research projects Hannes Svardal The molecular and phenotypic basis of rapid adaptation to heavy fishing Besides their role as a model system in speciation research, Lake Malawi cichlids are food for millions of people, and subject to a recent and strong i…

Sophie Gryseels Research Sophie Gryseels Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise I study the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and their hosts. I am interested in unraveling evolutionary histories of pathogens by using archived samples from which we can characterize historical viru…

Valentina Burskaia unpaid staff Research Valentina Burskaia Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise Stunning beauty of living creatures raises an inevitable question: how is it made? According to the second law of thermodynamics, in a closed system entropy always increases irrever…

Genevieve Diedericks projectcoördinator Publicaties Genevieve Diedericks Genomic insights into the population structure and adaptive variation of Mullus barbatus in the Mediterranean Sea Bron BMC Ecology and Evolution - ISSN 2730-7182-25:1 (2025) p. 1-18 Auteur(s) Piergiorgio Massa, Henrique Leitã…

Hannes Svardal associate research professor Svardal lab Hannes Svardal Evolutionary population genomics In the Svardal lab we are interested how the astonishing natural diversity we see on earth came into being, by which forces it formed and how it is changing today. Hence, we are trying to understa…

Peter De Rijk external postdoc researcher About Peter De Rijk Peter De Rijk Contact Campus Drie Eiken Show email address Tel. +3232651040 Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk, BEL My work is focused on the design, development and implementation of work-flows and software tools to enhance the research o…

Matisse Van Hee predoc researcher FWO Research Matisse Van Hee Research team Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (LAMB) Exploring the molecular mechanisms and diversity of non ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) in Lactobacillaceae. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Lactobacillaceae…

Tim Heupink senior researcher Research Tim Heupink Research team Global Health Institute (GHI) Mycobacterium Tuberculosis transmission dynamics among university students in Ethiopia: a whole genome sequencing study. 01/01/2019 - 28/01/2022 Abstract Where TB occurs in high incidence settings like Eth…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content Next-Generation Sequencing Next-Generation Sequencing The LMM houses both second and third generation sequencers in a spacious room with dedicated space for DNA/RNA isolation and quantification. In addition, the following equipment are re…

Sophie Gresham unpaid staff Research Sophie Gresham Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Charting the genomic landscape of hybridisation and genetic introgression across the Lake Malawi cichlid adaptive radiation. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2024 Abstract Recent genome studies suggest that hybrid…

Kurt Jordaens unpaid staff Publications Kurt Jordaens First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae) Source Genome - ISSN 0831-2796-62:10 (2019) p. 677-687 Author(s) Gontran Sonet, Yannick De Smet, Min Tang, Massimiliano Virgilio, Andrew Donovan Yo…

Alex Hooft van Huysduynen expert Research Alex Hooft van Huysduynen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Characterising genetic and phenotypic signatures of fisheries-induced life history evolution in commercially important Malawi cichlid fish. 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024 Abstract We current…

Laboratory of Medical Microbiology search menu search content ECCMID 2023 recap ECCMID 2023, the 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, has come to an end and what a success it has been! 12 of our LMM colleagues were present to share the findings of their research en …

Sophie Gryseels Publications Sophie Gryseels Public health risks of traditional zootherapeutic practices in Africa Source One Health - ISSN 2352-7714-21 (2025) p. 1-9 Author(s) Léa Fourchault, Abdallah Lamane, Nguinwa Mbakop Dimitri Romaric, Ganiyat Temidayo Saliu, Sophie Gryseels, Erik K. Verheyen…

Wilson Sawasawa unpaid staff Research Wilson Sawasawa Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) The molecular basis of human-induced life history adaptation. 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2024 Abstract We currently lack a detailed understanding of how organisms rapidly adapt to environmental changes. Ho…