Miscellaneous

Master dissertation subjects available

Recently some new Master dissertation subjects have been added to the website http://fbwsrv02.ugent.be/masterproef/nl/onderwerpen, for students wanting to make their Bioscience Engineering Master dissertation in our research group. The following topics can now be chosen:

  • Pesticides in aquatic ecosystems – from patterns to predictionsBiodiversity vs. Chemodiversity – exploring a new ecotoxicological conceptBack to the future: paleo-ecotoxicology.
  • The role of algal toxins in host-microbial interactions in the development of a sustainable larviculture of mussels and brine shrimp
  • Microplastics in the marine environment
  • Samen sterker? Het effect van metaalmengsels op de garnaal
  • Metal toxicology in freshwater sediments: environmental and biological factors affecting the sensitivity of benthic invertebrates
  • Marine toxins in the Belgian coastal zone from microalgae
  • Microplastic vervuiling op stranden en rond koraalriffen in Kenia? Een blinde vlek
  • Is 1 + 1 steeds gelijk aan 2? Modelleren van interactiepatronen in toxische mengsels met behulp van biologische netwerken
  • Virtual ecosystems for the ecological risk assessment of chemicals
  • Environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect and predict harmful aquatic species invasions
  • What does not kill me, makes me stronger: trans-generational inheritance of co-tolerance against heat and chemical pollution in aquatic organisms
  • Experimental validation of biotic ligand model predictions of aquatic metal mixture toxicity
  • Development of the marine free living flatworm Macrostomum lignano as an epigenetic model species
  • Impact van persistente organische polluenten op de marine primaire productie
For more information, see the website or contact Michiel.Vandegehuchte atugent2

Check out our project websites

LMAE at SETAC Longbeachsetaclogo2

The research group Environmental Toxicology will be presenting some of its research at the SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting in Longbeach, California from 11-15 November 2012. Come and see us at these dates and places!

Ghent University signs cooperation agreements with the Flanders Marine Institute

image marineugentOn August 23, 2012 the Ghent University signed a unique cooperation agreement with the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ).24 research units from five faculties, united in the cluster 'Marine@UGent' will collaborte intensively with the VLIZ  on marine and coastal research topics. A warehouse at the 'Marine Station Oostende' (Oosteroever) will be arranged for the Ghent University researchers. It is expected that this and all other actions framed by this agreement will lead to a lot of new research findings.

"This multidisciplinarity and the desire to cooperate more actively on sea and coastal-related themes make this a unique consortium. By joining forces with the VLIZ we can also tie in more closely with the central supporting role and tasks that the Flanders Marine Institute plays" says Professor Colin Janssen, Chairman of Marine@UGent and also Vice-President of the VLIZ and head of the Lab of Environmental Toxicology at Ghent University.

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