Welcome to Guy Smagghe's Lab

Guy Smagghe

Prof. dr. ir.

Ivan Meeus

Dr.

Bumblebees, pathogens/parasites, diagnostics, spillover, host-microbe interactions, molecular biology

Olivier Christiaens

dr. Ir.

RNAi, insects, receptors, molecular biology, bioinformatics

Kristof De Schutter

Oscar Mayunzu

U.Nairobi, Kenia

Dong Wei

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Kevin Maebe

Adinda Vanommeslaeghe

MSc

Deborah Ruth Amulen

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MSc (Uganda), bees, honey, socio-economics, pesticides, IPM

Anneleen Parmentier

lic.

bumblebees, host-microbe interactions; gut microbiome, sequencing

Benigna Van Eynde

ir.

RNAi, Crangon crangon, pathogens

Elias Van de Vijver

ir.

IPM, wheat, aphids, beetles, parasitic wasps

Evelien Vanrymenant

ir.

phenolics

Freja Scheys

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MSc; insects, glycobiology

Haidong Wang

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MSc (China); bumblebees, pathogens, spillover

Henry Mwaka

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MSc, RNAi, banana weevil, nematodes, IPM

Janine Palma

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MSc (Brazil); Lepidoptera genetics

Jeroen De Zaeytijd

ir.

insect glycosylation, insecticidal proteins, lectins

Jessy Praet

lic.

bumblebees, host-microbe interactions, gut microbiome

Kaat Cappelle

ir.

RNAi, virus, bumblebees

Katterinne Prentice

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MSc (Peru); RNAi, African sweet potato weevils, IPM

Kevin Maebe

lic.

bumblebees, genetics, microsatellites

Kleber Pareira

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MSc (Brazil), RNAi

Maarten Ameye

ir.

aphids, Fusarium, wheat; volatiles, plant defence systems, priming, plant stress respons

Marina Haramboure

ir.

natural enemies, IPM, side-effects pesticides

Maxime Eeraerts

PhD

MSc, bumblebees, entomovectoring, biological control, trips, strawberries, pollination

Mona Jahani

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MSc (Iran/Belgium); IPM, biocontrol, entomovectoring

Nadin Shoker

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MSc (Syria/Belgium); phenolics; ACE, CCKR

Niels Piot

ir.

RNAi, bumblebees, virus

Noémi Van Bogaert

ir.

viroids, virus, spillover, transmission, insects

Saman Bahrami Kamangar

ir.

aphids, virus, transmission

Shen Ying

ir.

insect glycobiology, lectins

Tian Tian

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MSc (China), bumblebees, parasites, RNAi

Ting Wu

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phenolics

Tizi Clauvis Taning

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RNAi, Drosophila suzuki, IPM

Viet Dung Nguyen

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MSc (Vietnam); RNAi, Crustaceans

Xianyu Lin

ir.

RNAi, food uptake; Tribolium

Malgorzata Dubiel

Li Gang

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Simon Snoeck

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RNAi, bumblebees

Björn Vandekerkhove

Dr. Ir.

department coordinator

Leen Dierck

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administration/finances