We are very happy to welcome Laura Ostolaza Perez-Cruz from the University of South Bohemia (Czech Republic) to the LAB team. Laura joins us for a two-month research internship through the Erasmus+ programme. During her stay, she will work together with our PhD student Theresia Kimario on projects involving turquoise killifish and brine shrimp. We […]
More good news for our future PhD student Prajna Bandyopadhyay! Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) has awarded her a DOCT.IN PhD fellowship. This fellowship will support the CERUNA PhD fellowship that was previously awarded by the University of Namur and provides support for her upcoming doctoral research on sleep and cognition in upside-down jellyfish. 🪼 Congratulations, Prajna,
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Today marked the final day of our three-day Training School on ecotoxicology, organized within the framework of COST Action CA21111 OneHealthdrugs. The course introduced PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and other early-career scientists to the fundamentals of ecotoxicology through lectures, interactive case studies, and hands-on laboratory sessions. Participants explored how chemicals move through the environment, how
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I am honored to have been part of a team that received the KU Leuven Team Science Award 2026. The award recognizes our collaborative efforts to establish the turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) as a research model and to develop a highly multidisciplinary network around this species, including the creation of a dedicated culturing facility. The
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More good news for the organization of our upcoming conference Fish Physiology in Support of Sustainable Aquaculture! The Research Council of the University of Namur has awarded us a €2,500 subsidy through the FSR–École Doctorale programme to support the event, which will take place in Namur from 7–9 July 2026. We are very grateful for
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Our PhD student Nicole Goede presented her work at the 36th Annual Meeting of SETAC Europe in Maastricht. Her poster, “Bugs on drugs: Short-term exposure of fluoxetine and clobazam impacts the activity and foraging behavior of the northern damselfly under different temperature scenarios” showcased research conducted during her research stay at the Swedish University of
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Our PhD student Noémie Buratto was recently invited for an interview on Café Nemo, a really cool science communication video podcast exploring fascinating topics in marine and aquatic biology! In the episode, Noémie introduces listeners to the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana, the model species she uses to investigate the impacts of plastic and chemical pollution
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This week, I was back at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Umeå, where I met with Prof. Tomas Brodin to discuss our upcoming research on European eels. The project is supported by FORMAS and will investigate important questions related to eel ecology and conservation. It was great to reconnect with colleagues and
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I am pleased to share that three companion papers have been published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy as part of the collaborative framework of COST Action CA21111 OneHealthdrugs. Together, these articles present a strategic roadmap for the discovery and development of high-quality drug candidates against kinetoplastid diseases, covering the journey from initial compound identification
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A team of representatives from the Young Zoologists Group of the Royal Belgian Zoological Society (RBZS) presented the society during the Ecology & Evolution in the Anthropocene symposium at UCLouvain. Through their poster, Maxence Jaquet (UNamur), Mario Dries (UNamur), and Anaïs Beaumariage (ULiège) highlighted the activities and opportunities offered by the Young Zoologists Group to
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