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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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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Congratulations to our PhD student Nicole Goede, who has been awarded a €750 conference travel grant by the Fonds Adrien Bauchau. The grant will support Nicole’s participation in the 36th Annual Meeting of SETAC Europe in Maastricht, where she will present her research on the ecological effects of pharmaceutical pollutants. Well deserved, Nicole, and we
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I am delighted to share that the Research Council of the University of Namur has awarded a CERUNA PhD fellowship to Prajna Bandyopadhyay. Prajna will join our team in September 2026 to work on a PhD project investigating sleep and cognition in upside-down jellyfish. This fascinating system offers exciting opportunities to better understand the links
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I had the pleasure of serving on the examination committee for the public PhD defense of Dr. Setondé Constant Gnansounou at the University of Namur. His thesis, “Enhancing the Sustainable Use and Resilience of Mangroves in the Anthropocene: An Integrative Social-Ecological Approach” addressed important questions at the interface of ecology, sustainability, and environmental management. Congratulations
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We are very pleased to have received €2,500 in Mobility and Congress funding from the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) to support the organization of our upcoming conference Fish Physiology in Support of Sustainable Aquaculture, which will take place in Namur from 7–9 July 2026. This support will help us bring together researchers working
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