Prof. dr. Karen SMEETS
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Prof. dr. Karen SMEETS
Professor
Prof. dr. Karen SMEETS
Research
Discipline codes: Aquatic biology (01070101), Animal developmental and reproductive biology (01060103), Invertebrate biology (01060111), Toxicology and toxinology not elsewhere classified (03051099), Stem cell biology (03012114), Ecotoxicology (01060406)
Supervised PhDs
In vivo prediction and discrimination of carcinogenic compounds using Schmidtea mediterranea's stem cell dynamics
Jan-Pieter Ploem for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Understanding the Presence and Impact of Silver Nanoparticles in Food Additive E174
Sandra De Vos for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Nano- and microplastics and the human intestinal barrier: the role of shape, size and chemical composition
Margo Witters for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Impact of weathered-like micro- and nanoplastics on the aquatic model systems S. mediterranea and D. magna.
Julie Tytgat for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Reactive oxygen species as multifaceted regulators in directing anterior-posterior tissue formation during regeneration.
Martijn Heleven for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Bioresponsive nanocarriers as a therapy for wound healing and angiogenesis
Elke Pirlet for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Neuronal control of gut regeneration: a (r)evolutionary question?
Charlotte Segnana for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for tissue regeneration
Suresh Ajmeera for the title Doctor of Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Tiered testing of the cytotoxicity effects of micro- and nanoplastics using intestinal in vitro models
Inés Tejeda for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Potential effect of temperature-increasing on morpho-physiological traits in the Cuban land snail Polymita muscarum
Mario Juan Gordillo Perez for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Effects of different micro - nano - plastics on regeneration process in planarians
Liliana Alejandra Caceres Sanchez for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Bioresponsive nanocarriers as a therapy for cancer and wound healing
Marnix Persy for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
An in-depth mechanistic study on how nanoparticles interfere with cell cycle dynamics and developmental processes in stem cells
Anke Huysmans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Assessment of anthropogenic impacts on the aquatic environment and biodiversity in the Katangese Copperbelt Area: a community-based ichthyoparasitological approach (DR Congo)
Kapepula Kasembele for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Comparative analysis of metal toxicity responses in aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate model organisms
Sanaha Majid for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
A flatworm’s choice: developing a model system to study the ecology and evolution of host preference using cichlid fishes and their monogenean parasites
Armando Cruz Laufer for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor
The role of the exposome on molecular biomarkers: focus on mitochondria and telomeres in different stages of life
Charlotte Cosemans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
A spatiotemporal blueprint of the planarian redox status: from drivers to physiological responses
Vincent Jaenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
More than a gut feeling: microbiota, redox molecules and their impact on planarian responses
Karolien Bijnens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Does size matter? A study on the in vivo effects of inorganic and organic nanoparticles in Schmidtea mediterranea
Nathalie Leynen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Schmidtea mediterranea's coping strategy against carcinogens: joint forces of stem cell’s intra- and extracellular cues
Annelies Wouters for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
ROS and neuronal signalling: two keys to successful regeneration?
Nicky Pirotte for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Cadmium-induced stem cell proliferation: Schmidtea mediterranea's regenerative defence against carcinogenesis
Andromeda Van Roten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Planarian stem cells: a (pluri)potent tool to characterize and circumvent carcinogenic exposures?
An-Sofie Stevens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Mitochondrial DNA content in association with the exposome and its potential as a mediator between exposure and outcome
Nicky Pieters for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2014
Supervised as Copromotor
Cadmmium-induced nephrotoxicity: from defence strategy to acclimation
Ambily Ravindran Nair for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2013
Supervised as Copromotor
Stem cell-mediated defence as balance between damage and repair during cadmium stress
Olivier DeGheselle for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
Projects
39 research projects have been found
IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2024-2028 (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028
A hidden threat to inflammatory bowel disease: how micro- and nanoplastics affect the foundations of the gut barrier - a study in human intestinal models (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027
Learning from animals how to regenerate: multidisciplinary training programme in regenerative biology (Research)
01/03/2023 - 28/02/2027
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Parasite Specialist Group (IUCN SSC PSG) (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026
NANOSTEM: An in-depth mechanistic study on how NANOparticles interfere with cell cycle dynamics and developmental processes in STEM cells (Research)
01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026
Tiered testing of the cytotoxicity effects of micro- and nanoplastics using intestinal in vitro models (Research)
01/06/2022 - 02/06/2026
MULTISCALE - The UHasselt MultiScale Optical Imaging Core: Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and analysis of 'big' 4D datasets (Research)
01/05/2022 - 30/04/2026
MULTISCALE - Infrastructure for nano- to centimeter length scale microscopy and big data analysis of optical imaging data (Research)
01/04/2022 - 31/03/2026
Feasibility study for assessing microplastics via human biomonitoring (Research)
11/10/2023 - 12/04/2025
The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC): 2021-2024 (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Can tissue regeneration be induced via redox manipulation? An indepth characterization of the redox signature during the initial steps of regeneration. (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
NEED - Bioresponsive nanocarriers as a therapy for cancer and wound healing. (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Impact of weathered-like micro- and nanoplastics on the aquatic model systems S. mediterranea and D. magna. (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024
The next generation of transmission electron microscopy: from biomedicine to nanomaterials. A state-of-the art electron microscopy system for cryo-EM and correlative light and electron microscopy. (Research)
01/05/2020 - 30/04/2024
IOF mandate Research Institute: Centre for Environmental Sciences 2019-2023 (Research)
01/07/2019 - 31/12/2023
The few or the many: Evolution, predictors, and drivers of host specificity in African parasitic flatworms belonging to Cichlidogyrus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) (Research)
16/01/2019 - 15/01/2023
Development of a Rapid Point of Care Device for Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Morocco (Education)
01/01/2018 - 31/08/2022
An in depth localisation study of silver nanoparticles in pluripotent stem cells and developing tissues of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, an invertebrate model system for toxicological studies. (Research)
01/01/2019 - 30/06/2022
Profiling stem-cell-specific activities in an in vivo biocompatibility study of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Research)
01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021
Nathalie Leynen: Does size matter? A study on the in vivo effects of inorganic and organic nanoparticles in Schmidtea mediterranea (Research)
01/10/2020 - 31/12/2020
The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) (Research)
01/01/2019 - 31/12/2020
Physico-chemical characterization and risk assessment of the fraction of nanoparticles in the food additive E174 (silver) in a legislative context. (Research)
01/10/2019 - 31/12/2020
Uptake, translocation and toxicity of microplastics isolated from shellfish in human gut cells. (Research)
01/05/2019 - 31/10/2020
ROS-responsive nanocarriers for actively targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. (Research)
01/10/2019 - 01/10/2019
Planarians activate their regenerative power to circumvent cancer: the meaning of stem cell potency and its micro-environment (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2019
Metal Mixture Toxicity and Defense Mechanism in Zebra fish (Danio rerio) and other Model Species. (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2018
New alternative carcinogenic prediction assay using flatworm stem cell proliferation patterns. (Research)
01/03/2017 - 30/06/2018
The role of redox-directed stem cell processes: an in vivo perspective (Research)
01/01/2015 - 31/12/2017
Planarians activate their regenerative power to circumvent cancer: the meaning of stem cell potency, differentiation and upstream ROS signaling (Research)
01/10/2015 - 30/09/2017
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2024 - 2025
Academic year 2024 - 2025
Academic year 2023 - 2024
Academic year 2023 - 2024
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