Francisco Morales Yanez obtained on July 5 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-Engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Development of innovative nanobody-based strategies to improve the diagnosis of human toxocariasis
Promotors: Prof. dr. Serge Muyldermans & Prof. dr. Katja Polman
Tomasz Uchanski obtained on July 4 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-Engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Megabodies as next-generation tools in structural biology
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Jan Steyaert
Evangelia Bolli obtained on June 19 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-Engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Nanobody-mediated targeting of tumor-associated macrophages for cancer therapy
promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Jo Van Ginderachter
Gabriele Orlando obtained on May 23 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-Engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The role of dynamics in emergent protein properties
Promotors: Prof. dr. Wim Vrancken & Prof. dr. Tom Lenaerts
Sophia Jiyuan Zhang obtained on April 26 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bio-Engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Wet Coffee Processing: from Ecosystem Analysis to Starter Culture Development, a Metabolomic Approach
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
Florac De Bruyn obtained on March 8 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Wet coffee fermentation: from ecosystem analysis to starter culture development, a microbiological approach
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
Sander Wuyts obtained on February 4 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
A genome-based view on lactobacilli and their role in the carrot juice fermentation process
Joint PhD with Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotors: prof. dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst & prof. dr. ir. Sarah Lebeer
Jonas De Roos obtained on November 23 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Functional role of microorganisms and wooden barrels in lambic beer production
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Luc De Vuyst
Lina Wauters obtained on November 16 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen with the following doctoral thesis:
Biochemical, kinetic and structural characterization of the unusual GTPase cycle of Roco proteins
Joint PhD with Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Promotors: Prof. dr. ir. Wim Versées, Prof. dr. Peter J.M. van Haastert (RUG) & Prof. dr. Arjan Kortholt (RUG)
Despoina Angeliki Stavropoulou obtained on October 22 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Coagulase-negative staphylococci in fermented meat products: community dynamics and amino acid conversion
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Frédéric Leroy
