Current PhD Projects

Qian Chen
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)
Beneficial effects of the rhizosphere microbiota on stress tolerance and nutrient efficiency of fodder grasses

D. Edisa Garcia-Hernandez
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Matty Berg (ConsEco/VU Amsterdam), Chris Smit (ConsEco)
The adaptive capacity of salt marsh biomes to summer inundation stress

Betty E. Hornix
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio)
The functional relationship between sensory cortex functioning and social behaviour

Kevin G.O. Ike
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Sietse de Boer (NeuBio), Bauke Buwalda (NeuBio)
Identification and validation of translational measures for social withdrawal in mice

R.R. (Raj) Jagesar
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), Marco Spruit (Utrecht University), Jacob Vorstman (UMCU)
Innovations in passive mobile health systems

Xiu Jia
Supervisors: Joana Falcao Salles (GREEN), Dick van Elsas (GREEN)
A functional perspective of microbial community assembly

Niels Jongs
Supervisors: Martien Kas (NeuBio), René Eijkmans (UMCU), Jacob Vorstman (UMCU)
Data science based innovations in healthcare

Emilian S. Kihwele
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Eric Wolanski (James Cook University, Australia), Grant Hopcraft (University of Glasgow)
The role of water resources on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and socio-economic development of the people in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, Tanzania

Astrid J. Kruitwagen
Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Bart Pannebakker (WUR)
Biological control of the new invasive pest species spotted wing Drosophila

Helen Kruize
Supervisors: Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Michael Fontaine (GREEN), Sander van Doorn (TRÊS)
Diversity and evolutionary transitions between network architectures of the chemotactic signaling pathway across bacteria

Sidi Yahya Lemrabott
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Theunis Piersma (ConsEco)
The interaction between top-predators (rays and sharks) and their prey - Consequences for the food web structure and ecosystem functioning of Banc d’Arguin

Xuan Li
Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Louis van de Zande (EGDB), Daniel Bopp (University of Zurich)
Genomic localization and characterization of male-determining factors in the housefly

Xiaoyan Long
Supervisors: Jan Komdeur (BPE), Franjo Weissing (TRÊS), Tamás Szekély (University of Bath)
The evolution of sex roles in birds in relation to sex-specific mortalities

Aurore D.C. Panel
Supervisors: Bregje Wertheim (EGDB), Marcel Dicke (WUR), Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Bart Pannebakker (WUR)
Fundamentals of D. suzukii biology in the Netherlands

Valentina Pegoretti
Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Jon Laman (UMCG), Wia Baron (UMCG)
TNFR2 as a target for MS treatment

Frank Raven
Supervisors: Eddy van der Zee (NeuBio), Robbert Havekes (NeuBio), Peter Meerlo (NeuBio)
The impact of sleep deprivation on synaptic plasticity critical for learning and memory formation

Tom Sarraude
Supervisors: Ton Groothuis (EGDB), Suvi Ruuskanen (University of Turku)
Maternal thyroid hormones in birds - Investigating the mechanisms, function and environmental correlates

Martijn A. Schenkel
Supervisors: Leo Beukeboom (EGDB), Ido Pen (TRÊS), Jean-Christophe Billeter (EGDB)
Is sex chromosome evolution driven by sexual antagonism? - A test with houseflies

Anna C.H. Schleimer
Supervisors: Per Palsbøll (GREEN), Martine Bérubé (GREEN), Phil Hammond (University of St. Andrews), Christian Ramp (University of St. Andrews)
Population structure and demographics of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the North Atlantic

Karin J. van der Reijden
Supervisors: Han Olff (ConsEco), Laura Govers (ConsEco), Adriaan Rijnsdorp (WUR)
North Sea bottom community

Laura van Rosmalen
Supervisors: Roelof Hut (NeuBio), Louis van de Zande (EGDB)
Functional neurogenetics of mammalian photoperiodism as a tool to study latitudinal adaptation in voles

J.F. (Fransje) van Weerden
Supervisors: Rineke Verbrugge (ALICE-AI), Charlotte Hemelrijk (TRÊS)
Modelling reactions to disturbances in group-living animals

Liping Wang
Supervisors: Theo Elzenga (GREEN), Luit de Kok (GREEN)
Selection of grasses with natural high nutritional value under mild stress conditions to improve fodder quality for dairy cattle

Yingying Wu
Supervisors: Uli Eisel (NeuBio), Regien Schoemaker (NeuBio/UMCG)
Analyzing the biological function of microglia hyper-ramification in neurodegeneration and depression
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