Laboratory of Nematology
Research of the Laboratory of Nematology is focused on the interactions between nematodes and (a)biotic environmental factors. The goal is to develop methodologies and strategies for durable plant parasitic nematode control with a minimal negative impact on the environment.
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ESN Bursaries for Paula Harkes and Amalia Diaz
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Student symposia
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Testimonial Robetauli Mastiur Simangunsong
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Nematode in the picture: Aquatides aquaticus (Thorne, 1930) Heyns, 1968
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Course: Identification of terrestrial and freshwater nematodes for ecologists / environmentalists (still a few places available)
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Publication: Heligmosomoides polygyrus Venom Allergen-like Protein-4 (HpVAL-4) is a sterol binding protein
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Excellent Education Prize 2018 for "NEM-20306 Research Methodology in Plant Sciences"
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Publication: Crystal Structure of BmVAL-1, a vaccine candidate for lymphatic filariasis
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Publication: Genome-wide association mapping of the architecture of susceptibility to the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Publication: Parallel adaptations and common host cell responses enabling feeding of obligate and facultative plant parasitic nematodes
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Student symposium
Education
Are you interested in doing a thesis?
The Laboratory of Nematology provides the possibility for students to do their BSc or MSc thesis in collaboration with our group.
Click here to find a variety of possible BSc thesis subjects.
Click here to find a variety of possible MSc thesis subjects.
Recent PhD dissertation
Latest Publications
NEW publication
Chemical differentiation of Bolivian Cedrela species as a tool to trace illegal timber trade
New publication by Kathelyn Paredes-Villanueva, Edgard Espinoza, Jente Ottenburghs, Mark G Sterken, Frans Bongers, Pieter A Zuidema 2018
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Heligmosomoides polygyrus Venom Allergen-like Protein-4 (HpVAL-4) is a sterol binding protein
International Journal for Parasitology 48 (2018)5. - ISSN 0020-7519 - p. 359 - 369.
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Crystal structure of Brugia malayi venom allergen-like protein-1 (BmVAL-1), a vaccine candidate for lymphatic filariasis
International Journal for Parasitology 48 (2018)5. - ISSN 0020-7519 - p. 371 - 378.
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor negatively regulates early IL-10-mediated responses
Future Science OA 14 (2018)4. - ISSN 2056-5623
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The Transcriptomes of Xiphinema index and Longidorus elongatus Suggest Independent Acquisition of Some Plant Parasitism Genes by Horizontal Gene Transfer in Early-Branching Nematodes
Genes 8 (2017)10. - ISSN 2073-4425 - 17 p.