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 January 9 2018 Liesbet Jacobs obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Landslides in the Rwenzori Mountains: field-based characterisation and susceptibility assessments in a data-scarce tropical environment
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Matthieu Kervyn & Dr. Olivier Dewitte
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 15 2017 Laurine Burdorf obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Long distance electron transport by cable bacteria: global distribution and environmental impact
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Filip Meysman
On December 15 2017 Nele Aernouts obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Housing the social. Investigating the role of 'commoning' in the development of social housing initiatives
Promotors: Prof. Dr. ir. Arch. Michael Ryckewaert, Prof. Dr. Bas Van Heur & Prof. Arch. Benoit Mortiz
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
On November 24 2017 Egon Deyaert obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Bioengineering Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Unravelling and modulating the Roco protein activation cycle
Promotor: Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Versées
On November 17 2017 Hannah Little obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
It's not all in your Mind: Modality Effects on the Emergence of Combinatorial Structure
Promotor: Prof. Dr. Bart De Boer
On November 9 2017 Sam De Craemer obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in blood and urine as exposure biomarkers in the Flemish population
Promotoren: Prof. Dr. Martine Leermakers & Prof. Dr. Yue Gao