Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Hunt for ticks Wave your flag and hunt for ticks UAntwerp wants you to do scientific research in your own back garden The University of Antwerp is looking for volunteers to catch ticks in their own gardens for its new citizen science proj…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ticks and tick-borne diseases Research on ticks and tick-borne diseases at the University of Antwerp Direct link to publications on ticks and TBD In 2006 the Evolutionary Ecology Group led by Erik Matthysen started a research programme on…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content News NordTick 2023 In June 2023 our team attended the NordTick conference and final NorthTick meeting in Inverness, Schotland. Mats Van Gestel and Käthe Robert presented their research. Prof. Erik Matthysen presented our progress within …

Dieter Heylen unpaid staff Research Dieter Heylen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a disease transmitted to h…

Mats Van Gestel researcher - education supervisor Research Mats Van Gestel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Prioritizing Lyme borreliosis risk areas for forest and nature management based on novel insights in tick ecology. 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 Abstract Cases of Lyme borreliosis, a…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of Borrelia infections in wild birds Ecology of Borrelia garinii infections in wild birds PhD Student opportunities: * we welcome candidates who are eager in pursuing the link between bird infections (with ticks and with tick-born…

Gerardo Fracasso onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Gerardo Fracasso Effective methods of estimation of pathogen prevalence in pooled ticks Bron Pathogens - ISSN 2076-0817-12:4 (2023) p. 1-9 Auteur(s) Gerardo Fracasso, Marika Grillini, Laura Grassi, Francesco Gradoni, Graziana da Rold, Michela Berto…

Mats Van Gestel onderzoeker - onderwijsbegeleider Publicaties Mats Van Gestel Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Bron The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1-16…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content NorthTick Tick-Borne Infections in the North Sea Region - A Competence Network to Improve Public Service Delivery based on a One Health Perspective The overall aim of NorthTick is to reduce the number of tick-borne infections in humans an…

Gerardo Fracasso unpaid staff Publications Gerardo Fracasso Effective methods of estimation of pathogen prevalence in pooled ticks Source Pathogens - ISSN 2076-0817-12:4 (2023) p. 1-9 Author(s) Gerardo Fracasso, Marika Grillini, Laura Grassi, Francesco Gradoni, Graziana da Rold, Michela Bertola Cita…

Mats Van Gestel researcher - education supervisor Publications Mats Van Gestel Recreational hazard : vegetation and host habitat use correlate with changes in tick-borne disease hazard at infrastructure within forest stands Source The science of the total environment - ISSN 0048-9697-919 (2024) p. 1…

Sophie Philtjens Publicaties Sophie Philtjens An experimental test to compare potential and realised specificity in ticks with different ecologies Bron Evolutionary ecology - ISSN 0269-7653-30:3 (2016) p. 487-501 Auteur(s) Raoul Van Oosten, Dieter Heylen, Joris Elst, Sophie Philtjens, Erik Matthysen…

Erik Matthysen full professor Research Erik Matthysen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise - Evaluation of landscape connectivity. - Population viability analysisand genetic analysis of (natural) populations. Individual variation in phenotypic plasticy in relation to intrinsic …

Lena Krausser predoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Lena Krausser Ticks are unlikely to play a role in leprosy transmission in the Comoros (East Africa) as they do not harbour M. leprae DNA Bron Frontiers in Medicine - ISSN 2296-858X-10 (2023) p. 1-5 Auteur(s) Lena Krausser, Elien Chauvaux, Magalie Van Dyc…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Job Opportunities Vacancies Call for pre- and postdoctoral applicants We will welcome and support excellent young researchers with an application for pre- or postdoctoral fellowships, in particular for the EU-MSCA calls (postdocs: deadlin…

Sophie Philtjens Publications Sophie Philtjens An experimental test to compare potential and realised specificity in ticks with different ecologies Source Evolutionary ecology - ISSN 0269-7653-30:3 (2016) p. 487-501 Author(s) Raoul Van Oosten, Dieter Heylen, Joris Elst, Sophie Philtjens, Erik Matthy…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Main ongoing projects Some of our main research projects are: Dispersal and personality in great tits Host-parasite interactions in birds Ticks and tick-borne diseases Long-term population study in great and blue tits Effects of tropical …

Sophie Gryseels tenure track asst. professor Research Sophie Gryseels 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. 01/11/2024…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Research Projects in the UAntwerp database Ongoing projects 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. 01/11/2…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Citizen science and communication Citizen science and communication We put strong value on reaching on out with our science to the public. We participate in multiple annual public science events, such as Day of Science, Children's University and Studi…

Stefan Van Dongen associate professor Research Stefan Van Dongen Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Expertise My research focuses on evolutionary psychology, which entails the study of human behavior in an evolutionary context. On the basis of 3D shape analyses, questionnaires and gene…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Ecology of infections and host-parasite interactions In this research line we investigate how the population ecology of hosts and host-parasite interactions can explain spatial and temporal variation in the presence of an infection. We st…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO) EVECO links fundamental questions in population ecology and behavioural ecology to applied problems in health, agriculture or nature conservation. Major questions concern how the dynam…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content News in 2022 Webinar series on river basin management https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/global-change-ecology/news/2022/webinar-river-basin/ Behavioural responses of bioluminescent fireflies to artificial light at night https://www.uantwerp…

Evolutionary Ecology Group - EVECO search menu search content Host-parasite interactions in birds - Evolutionary Ecology Even though nestbox-breeding birds are among the most popular model systems for ecological and evolutionary research, host-parasite interactions have received limited attention ev…