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Projects
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RISE – EXPOSE: Rotifer In SpacE; EXPOsition of bdelloid rotifers to the vacuum of space and cosmic radiations outside the International Space Station (ISS)
Heuskin, A.-C. (PI), Hespeels, B. (PI) & Berthe, J. (PI)
1/02/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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RISE-2021: Bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga: a new eukaryotic extremophile model organism to study the impact of radiation and micro-gravity on biological processes
Hespeels, B. (PI), Lucas, S. (PI), Heuskin, A.-C. (Support role), Van Doninck, K. (PI), Baatout, S. (PI), Coos, R. (Researcher), Cardinal, M. (Technician) & Grailly, S. (Technician)
1/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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RISE 2016-2018: Breaking bad? Genomic evolution and protective mechanisms in asexual bdelloid rotifers exposed to charged particle beams.
Hespeels, B. (PI), Van Doninck, K. (CoI), Lucas, S. (CoI), Heuskin, A.-C. (Support role), BOPP, C. (Researcher), BAUMLE, V. (Researcher), Baatout, S. (CoI), Baselet, B. (Researcher), Moreels, M. (Researcher), Terwagne, M. (Support role), Bruneau, L. (Technician), RIGAUX, C. (Researcher) & BRUNETTI, E. (Researcher)
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Rotifers in space: transcriptomic response of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga aboard the International Space Station
Moris, V. C., Bruneau, L., Berthe, J., Coos, R., Baselet, B., Heuskin, A.-C., Caplin, N., Demets, R., Krause, J., Zuijderduijn, L., Tortora, A., Herova, M., Penninckx, S., Parmitano, L., Tabury, K., Baatout, S., Van Doninck, K. & Hespeels, B., 1 Jul 2025, In: BMC biology. 23, 1, p. 182Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ant-icipating the fallout: a study on the radioresistance of the black garden ant Lasius niger
Vastrade, M., Cornet, V., Heuskin, A.-C. & Hespeels, B., 3 Oct 2024, In: Belgian Journal of Zoology. 154, p. 161-178 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: Adineta vaga under fire: simulating the impact of radiation (Hydrobiologia, (2023), 10.1007/s10750-023-05324-1)
Perrot, A., Hespeels, B., Van Doninck, K. & Heuskin, A. C., Jul 2024, In: Hydrobiologia. 851, 12-13, p. 3183 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Ionizing radiation responses appear incidental to desiccation responses in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga
Moris, V., Bruneau, L., Berthe, J., Heuskin, A.-C., Penninckx, S., Ritter, S., Weber, U., Durante, M., Danchin, E. G. J., Hespeels, B. & Van Doninck, K., Dec 2024, In: BMC biology. 22, 1, 11.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adineta vaga under fire: simulating the impact of radiation
Perrot, A., Hespeels, B., Van Doninck, K. & Heuskin, A. C., 16 Aug 2023, In: Hydrobiologia. 851, 12-13, p. 3165-3182 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Bdelloid rotifers and P. polycephalum as model for space research
Hespeels, B. (Speaker)
2 Sept 2025 → 4 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Bdelloid and Kubik, toward new discoveries
Hespeels, B. (Speaker)
16 Apr 2025 → 17 Apr 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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ESA Exploration Science Workshop 2024
Hespeels, B. (Contributor)
26 Nov 2024 → 28 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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ESA Open Days 2024
Hespeels, B. (Contributor)
6 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Ant-icipating the fallout
Hespeels, B. (Speaker)
29 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Thesis
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Asexual bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga submitted to desiccation: gateway to genetic exchanges and mechanisms of extreme resistance.
Hespeels, B. (Author), Van Doninck, K. (Supervisor), Danchin, E. (Jury), Schön, I. (Jury), De Bolle, X. (Jury) & Depiereux, É. (President), 21 Oct 2016Student thesis: Doc types › Doctor of Sciences
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Contribution à l'amélioration de la résistance aux pathogènes chez la chicorée industrielle à l'aide de marqueurs moléculaires de classe 1.
Hespeels, B. (Author), Van Cutsem, P. (Supervisor) & Dauchot, N. (Co-Supervisor), 2009Student thesis: Master types › Master in Biochemistry and molecular and cellular Biology
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Press/Media
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New Biology Findings from University of Namur Published (Back to the roots, desiccation and radiation resistances are ancestral characters in bdelloid rotifers)
Hespeels, B., Heuskin, A.-C., Lucas, S., Bailly, J., Cornet, V. & Penninckx, S.
21/04/23
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Press/Media: Expert Comment