Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

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• Expanding the chemical space of sulfur-substituted or nocardicin-like monocyclic β-lactams in the context of antibiotic development

  Aug 19

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Kato Bredael

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: chemie en bioprocestechnologie

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Matthias D'hooghe (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. Stanislav Gobec (Promotor), University of Ljubljana, Slovenië

• Greenhouse gas fluxes in a semi-deciduous tropical forest of the Congo Basin

  Aug 20

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Roxanne Daelman

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Pascal Boeckx (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Marijn Bauters (Promotor), BW20

• Design of smart lactoferrin by nanobody mediated targeting of lactoferrin to intestinal Chlamydia suis

  Aug 24

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Margaux Verhaeghe

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Biotechnologie

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Daisy Vanrompay (Promotor admin), BW22 - Prof. dr. Bert Devriendt (Promotor), DI04 - Prof. dr. Jan Gettemans (Promotor), GE31

• Optimisation of agronomic and retting performance of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for long fibre production

  Aug 24

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Hanne Pappaert

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Leen De Gelder (Promotor admin), BW25 - Dr. ir. Veronique Troch (Promotor), Hogeschool Gent

• Carbon and forest composition dynamics in the Congo Basin

  Aug 31

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  William Verbiest

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Natuurlijke Rijkdommen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Wannes Hubau (Promotor admin), BW20 - Prof. dr. ir. Marijn Bauters (Promotor), BW20 - Prof. dr. Jean-François Bastin (Promotor), Université de Liège - Dr. Anaïs-Pasiphaé Gorel (Promotor), Université de Liège

• Introducing duckweed as a protein source for nutrient recovery and feed/food production

  Sep 01

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Marie Lambert

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Erik Meers (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Mia Eeckhout (Promotor), BW23 - Dr. Marcella Fernandes De Souza (Promotor), BW24 - Dr. Reindert Devlamynck (Promotor), Inagro

• The role of pH and phylloclimate in ontogenic resistance against Venturia inaequalis in apple

  Sep 09

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Seppe Top

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Kathy Steppe (Promotor admin), BW21 - Dr. ir. Willem Abts (Promotor), Bayer

• Arabinoxylan-targeted breeding in bread wheat exploiting an alien-introgression approach

  Sep 11

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Maria Chiara Piro

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Steven Maenhout (Promotor), BW21 - Em. Prof. dr. ir. Geert Haesaert (Promotor), voorheen BW21 - Dr. ir. Hilde Muylle (Promotor), ILVO

• Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on Congo basin rainforest composition and dynamics: a case study of the Tshopo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Sep 15

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Nestor Luambua Kashikija

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Natuurlijke Rijkdommen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Wannes Hubau (Promotor admin) (BW20) - Prof. dr. Corneille Ewango Ekokinya (Promotor) (University of Kisangani, DR Congo) - Dr. Hippolyte Nshimba (Promotor) (University of Kisangani, DR Congo) - Dr. ir. Hans Beeckman (Promotor) (Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika / Royal Museum of Central Africa)

• Exploring the potential of curcumin-based benzothiazepane analogues as selective anticancer agents in advanced in vitro colon cancer models

  Sep 16

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Julie De Munck

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. John Van Camp (Promotor admin), BW23 - Prof. dr. ir. Matthias D'hooghe (Promotor), BW24

• Modulating the Maillard reaction in skim milk powder via dry heating and its effect on the heat stability of recombined filled evaporated milk

  Sep 22

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Zijun Zhao

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: levensmiddelenwetenschappen en voeding

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Paul Van der Meeren (Promotor admin), BW24 - Prof. dr. ir. Bruno De Meulenaer (Promotor), BW23

• Dynamical properties of cellular automata and Boolean networks: classification, damage spreading, and Lyapunov exponents.

  Sep 23

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Milan Vispoel

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen: Wiskundige Modellering

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Jan Baetens (Promotor admin), BW26 - Dr. Aisling Daly (Promotor), BW26

• Root exudation of leafy vegetables in soilless cultivation

  Sep 29

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Brechtje de Haas

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Emmy Dhooghe (Promotor admin), BW21 - Prof. dr. Danny Geelen (Promotor), BW21

• Microbiota interactions with plant bioactives in the context of gut-liver axis: towards the development of a small intestine model

  Oct 02

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Auriane Bron

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. ir. Tom Van de Wiele (Promotor admin), BW25 - Prof. dr. Stéphanie Blanquet-Diot (Promotor), Université Clermont Auvergne, Frankrijk

• Towards sustainable cell and gene therapy manufacturing: Bayesian optimisation, hybrid modelling and AQbD-driven soft sensing as enabling methodologies

  Oct 15

  Faculty

  Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  Doctoral candidate

  Evan Claes

  Academic degree

  Doctor in de Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen

  Promotor(s)

  Prof. dr. Jan Verwaeren (Promotor admin), BW26 - Prof. dr. Thomas De Beer (Promotor), FW02 - Dr. Jan Schrooten (Promotor), Antleron NV