Dries Knapen
History
- Member for
- 3 years 48 weeks
Professional information
- Own research projects
- Participation in other projects
- Effects of perfluorinated organic compounds in aquatic organisms: a systems biology approach.
- Exposure routes of environmental microcontaminants with different modes of actions in the zebrafish
- Effect of temperature on metal toxicity to zebrafish: frome gene to organismal responses
- A systems biology approach to the importance of the exposure route on stress susceptibility in zebrafish
- Ecology, distribution and species diversity of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in Flanders
- Position in the lab
- Post-doc fellow
- Curriculum Vitae
I studied Biology at the University of Antwerp. Although my main subject was Organisms and Population Biology, I specialized in fish physiology and population genetics by doing my thesis on the consequences of genetic erosion on the fitness of the highly endangered bullhead Cottus gobio.
I graduated in 2000, and worked for about 6 months on a project entitled 'Loss of genetic variation in endangered and threatened endemic fish species: consequenses and measures'. In January 2001 I started my PhD on genetic adaptation to heavy metals in the gudgeon Gobio gobio at the Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology research group. My research wass carried out in close collaboration with the Molecular Laboratory of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and was funded by the IWT.
After obtaining my PhD in 2006 I started as a post-doctoral researcher at EBT. Apart from doing research, I'm currently doing a lot of teaching as well, mainly Biochemistry and Systems Biology.- Online bibliography
- http://anet.ua.ac.be/acadbib/uae/27902
- Selected publications
Knapen, D., Bervoets, L., Verheyen, E. & Blust, R. 2004
Resistance to water pollution in natural gudgeon (Gobio gobio) populations may be due to genetic adaptation. Aquatic Toxicology 67(2): 155-165.Knapen, D., Steen Redeker, E., Inácio, I., De Coen, W., Verheyen, E. & Blust, R. 2005
New metallothionein mRNAs in Gobio gobio reveal at least three gene duplication events in cyprinid metallothionein evolution. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 140: 347-355.- Selected presentations
Knapen, D. Genetic adaptation to contemporary water pollution in the gudgeon (Gobio gobio)? Departmental Research Day Biology, UA, Antwerp, Belgium. 19 May 2004.
Knapen, D., Verheyen, E. & Blust, R. Evidence for genetic adaptation to heavy metal pollution in natural gudgeon populations. SETAC Europe 15th Annual Meeting, Lille, France. 25 May 2005.
- Awards
Setac Young Scientist Award 2005: best platform presentation at the SETAC Europe 15th Annual Meeting.