Indra Bervoets obtained on April 6 2018 the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the follwing doctoral thesis:
A sigma factor toolbox for orthogonal expression in Escherichia coli
Promotor: Prof. dr. ir. Eveline Peeters & Prof. dr. Daniel Charlier
On March 26 2018 Charlotte Vanmarsenille obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bio-engineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Protecting chickens against Campylobacter jejuni by Camelidae-derived nanobodies
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent
Promotors: Prof. dr. Henri De Greve & Prof. dr. Frank Pasmans
On February 20th 2018 Nandita Bodra obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the follwowing doctoral thesis:
How Arabidopsis thaliana dehydroascorbate reductase 2 and mitogen activated kinase 4 cope with cysteine sulfur oxidation
Joint PhD with Universiteit Gent
Promotors: Prof. dr. Joris Messens & Prof. dr. Frank Van Breusegem
On February 8th 2018 Steven De Gieter obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Structural and Functional Characterization of the A. thaliana Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome
Promotor: Prof. dr. Remy Loris
On January 31 2018 Yaozhong HU obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Intrabody targeting hypoxia inducible factor-1α mediates transcriptional downregulation of target genes related to solid tumors
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Serge Muyldermans
Joint PhD with Tianjin University (China)
On January 15 2018 Joar Esteban Pinto Torres obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Glycolytic enzymes from Trypanosoma as targets for parasite detection and control
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Stafan Magez
On January 12 2018 Sotirios Gkekas obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unravelling the structure and function of the bacterial persistence regulator ObgE
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Versées
On January 11 2018 Imke Van Den Broeck obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
The assembly and biotechnological application of the bacterial functional amyloid curli
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Han Remaut
On December 15 2017 Julie Goossens obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Development of a Nanobody-based rapid antigen test to detect ac-tive Trypanosoma infections in livestock
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Stefan Magez
On December 6 2017 Brandán PEDRE PÉREZ obtained the academic degree of Doctor in Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Thiol switches in Corynebacterium glutamicum that fight off oxidative stress
Promotor: Prof. dr. Joris Messens
