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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., Lucas, S., Heuskin, A., Van Doninck, K., Baatout, S., Coos, R., Cardinal, M. & Grailly, S.
1/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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RISE: Breaking bad? Genomic evolution and protective mechanisms in asexual bdelloid rotifers exposed to charged particle beams.
Hespeels, B., Van Doninck, K., Lucas, S., Heuskin, A., BOPP, C., BAUMLE, V., Baatout, S., Baselet, B., Moreels, M., Terwagne, M., Bruneau, L., RIGAUX, C. & BRUNETTI, E.
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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DNA repair during nonreductional meiosis in the asexual rotifer Adineta vaga
Terwagne, M., Nicolas, E., Hespeels, B., Herter, L., Virgo, J., Demazy, C., Heuskin, A-C., Hallet, B. & Van Doninck, K., Dec 2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 48Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ēngines of Ēternity: An Artistic Inquiry into Space Settlement Ideology Using Rotifer Experiments on Board the ISS
Vermeulen, A., Maranan, D. S., Steyaert, P., Versbraegen, N., Peeters, A., Verschuren, J., Pereira, F., Faber, N., Mirzada, F., Hespeels, B. & Doninck, K., 1 Sept 2022, 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC). Paris, FranceResearch output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Rotifer in space (RISE): a model organism for extreme stress conditions
Hespeels, B., Penninckx, S., Coos, R., Tabarrant, T., Lucas, S., Heuskin, A-C. & Van Doninck, K., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals homologous chromosomes and recombination in asexual rotifer Adineta vaga
Simion, P., Narayan, J., Houtain, A., Derzelle, A., Baudry, L., Nicolas, E., Arora, R., Cariou, M., Cruaud, C., Gaudray, F. R., Gilbert, C., Guiglielmoni, N., Hespeels, B., Kozlowski, D. K. L., Labadie, K., Limasset, A., Llirós, M., Marbouty, M., Terwagne, M., Virgo, J., & 7 others, Oct 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 41, eabg4216.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iron Ladies: How Desiccated Asexual Rotifer Adineta vaga Deal With X-Rays and Heavy Ions?
Hespeels, B., Penninckx, S., Cornet, V., Bruneau, L., Bopp, C., Baumlé, V., Redivo, B., Heuskin, A-C., Moeller, R., Fujimori, A., Lucas, S. & Van Doninck, K., 2020, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, p. 1792 1792.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Pushing the limits: bdelloid rotifers on the road to space conquest?
Cécile Bopp (Speaker) & Boris Hespeels (Speaker)
23 Mar 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Benelux Congress of Zoology 21st
Boris Hespeels (Speaker)
12 Dec 2014 → 13 Dec 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution
Boris Hespeels (Poster)
8 Jun 2014 → 12 Jun 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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13th International Rotifer Symposium ROTIFERA XIII
Boris Hespeels (Speaker)
18 Nov 2012 → 24 Nov 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Xème Réunion du groupe de contact FNRS, Oxidative stress and genotoxic response, "Is the genome integrity of bdelloid rotifers preserved following desiccation?" B. Hespeels, M. Knapen, C. Laurent, R. Koszul, K. Van Doninck
Boris Hespeels (Speaker)
11 May 2012Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Thesis
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Asexual bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga submitted to desiccation: gateway to genetic exchanges and mechanisms of extreme resistance.
Author: Hespeels, B., 21 Oct 2016Supervisor: Van Doninck, K. (Supervisor), Danchin, E. (External person) (Jury), Schön, I. (External person) (Jury), De Bolle, X. (Jury) & Depiereux, É. (President)
Student 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.
Author: Hespeels, B., 2009Supervisor: Van Cutsem, P. (Supervisor) & Dauchot, N. (Co-Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master types › Master in Biochemistry and molecular and cellular Biology
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