Prof. dr. Tom ARTOIS
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Prof. dr. Tom ARTOIS
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Prof. dr. Tom ARTOIS
Research
Discipline codes: Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified (01069999)
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 Copromotor
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the microturbellarian Proseriata, with an emphasis on the fauna of Cuba.
Claudia de la Caridad Sanjuan Hernandez for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Integrating fish parasite monitoring with stakeholder needs: towards a renewed health information system for sustainable aquaculture development in Africa
Miriam Shigoley for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Is it worth the hassle? Integrative taxonomy vs single-gene delineation in hyperdiverse species complexes: Gyratrix hermaphroditus as a model
Laura Vanstraelen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Schizorhynchia (Kalyptorhynchia, Rhabdocoela), an enigmatic taxon of turbellarians
Jhoe Steve Reyes Pajuelo for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Biodiversity on extensive green roofs in Flanders (Belgium): a study of arthropod and microbial communities
Thomas Van Dijck for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Biological Taxonomy
Vincent Cuypers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
Assessing the effects of global change on avian migratory pathways: the case of the European Nightjar.
Michiel Lathouwers 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
Assessment of macroinvertebrate biodiversity on green roofs
Jeffrey Jacobs for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
An integrated approach to control invasive faunistic aquatic alien species: a case study on Lithobates catesbeianus
Sarah Descamps for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Invasive Nile tilapia and their monogeneans in sub-Saharan Africa: reconstructing stocking using both host and parasite
Mare Geraerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
Living in the Anthropocene: wild boar and roe deer ecology in a human-dominated landscape
Jolien Wevers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Collection-based parasitology of invasive Nile tilapia and native cichlids in Central Africa to trace parasite co-introductions and transfer
Michiel Jorissen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
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 Copromotor
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 Copromotor
Molecular evolution of rhabdocoel flatworms as a case study on the acquisition of endosymbiosis
Marlies Monnens 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 Copromotor
On the taxonomy and phylogeny of marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes), with emphasis on the fauna of Cuba
Yander Diez Garcia for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Evidence-based species conservation: the case of the European Nightjar
Ruben Evens 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 Copromotor
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 Copromotor
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 Copromotor
Diversity and phylogeny of the limnoterrestrial Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes), an enigmatic group of minute metazoans
Albrecht Houben for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
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 Copromotor
Morphology of the testes and spermatogenesis in Acoela and Nemertodermaatida
Mieke Boone for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
Dealing with a taxonomic Gordian knot: phylogeny of and cryptic diversity in Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia)
Bart Tessens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Implementing flatworms in toxicology: the value of stem cell-oriented plasticity
Michelle Plusquin for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela): single escape from the marine environment?
Niels Van Steenkiste for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Old World true freshwater crabs, with emphasis on the fauna of Sri Lanka
Natalie Beenaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2009
Supervised as Promotor
Establishing Macrostomum lignano as a model organism for stem cell research: Characterisation of the stem cell system during embryonic and post embryonic development, regeneration and ageing
Maxime Willems for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2008
Supervised as Promotor
Projects
39 research projects have been found
DiSSCo Flanders 2.0: Enhancing access to Flemish collections through integration with DiSSCo (Research)
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Parasite Specialist Group (IUCN SSC PSG) (Research)
01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026
Integrating fish parasite monitoring with stakeholder needs: towards a renewed health information system for sustainable aquaculture development in Africa (Research)
01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Schizorhynchia (Kalyptorhynchia, Rhabdocoela), an enigmatic taxon of turbellarians (Research)
16/09/2024 - 06/09/2026
The Flemish contribution to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC): 2021-2024 (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the microturbellarian Proseriata, with an emphasis on the fauna of Cuba. (Research)
01/03/2021 - 31/12/2024
Taxonomic Disorder: A philosophical-taxonomic investigation into the role of values in species classification (Research)
01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023
Assessing the effects of global change on avian migratory pathways: the case of the European Nightjar. (Research)
01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023
A Statistical Framework for Camera Trap Data Analysis in Ecological Research (Research)
01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023
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
Effectiveness of management agreements for field and meadow birds (breeding ground, food and breeding success) (Research)
01/01/2018 - 29/04/2022
EcoCities: Green roofs and walls as a source for ecosystem services in future cities (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Reconstructing Nile tilapia stocking in Africa: parasites, nextgeneration-sequencing and museum collections (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
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
Molecular evolution and cophylogeny of rhabdocoel flatworms as a case study on the acquisition of endosymbiosis (Research)
01/10/2018 - 31/12/2020
Small worms and their problematic mitochondrial genomes: a long-range PCR approach. (Research)
01/03/2019 - 29/02/2020
Sketch Atlas: using video recordings for teaching sketch (hand) skills as a didactic feedback tool with tutorials + preparation development protocol for application in the Hasselt University learning environment (Education)
01/09/2017 - 31/10/2019
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
The microturbellarian fauna of Cuba, with an emphasis on the diversity and phylogeny of Thalassotyphloplanida. (Research)
01/07/2015 - 31/12/2018
Molecular evolution and cophylogeny of rhabdocoel flatworms as a case study on the acquisition of endosymbiosis (Research)
01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018
Tracing parasite transfer between invasive Nile tilapia and native cichlids in Central Africa after anthropogenic introductions (Research)
01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018
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
Cooperation in connection with the financing in 2016 of the Flemish participation in the ESFRI project EMBRC (Research)
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2016
Validation and valorisation of flatworms as model system in primary toxicity screenings (Research)
01/01/2011 - 31/12/2014
Biodiversity and phylogeny of the Typhloplanidae Graff, 1905 (Rhabdocoela: Dalytyphloplanida) (Research)
01/01/2009 - 31/12/2012
Phylogeny of symbiotic taxa within the Neodalyellida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora, Rhabdocoela), including aspects of co-evolution and cryptic biodiversity. (Research)
01/10/2009 - 30/09/2012
Bridging the Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls: Phylogenetics and evolutionary biogeography of freshwater fish fauna of Western Ghats Hotspot (India) (Research)
01/03/2012 - 31/05/2012
Phylogeny of the rhabdocoel turbellaria and the origin of the freshwater representatives (Research)
01/01/2008 - 31/12/2011
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2026 - 2027
Academic year 2025 - 2026
Academic year 2025 - 2026
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