Lucia Vergauwen
History
- Member for
- 5 years 18 weeks
Professional information
- Own research projects
- Participation in other projects
- Position in the lab
- PhD student
- Curriculum Vitae
I studied Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp. The ecotox part of my life started as I did my thesis - titled: Effects of copper on zebrafish (Danio rerio); copper homeostasis and differential gene expression - at the E,B&T lab. I graduated as a Master in 2006. By then I already knew that a nice future was in store for me residing amongst the people of this lab, as I had received an FWO grant to start my PhD. During my PhD I find myself surrounded by hundreds of zebrafish, trying to unravel the mechanisms of cadmium and temperature as separate and combined stressors to this freshwater fish.
- Selected publications
Hagenaars, A., Vergauwen, L., De Coen, W., Knapen, D, 2011. Structure-activity relationship assessment of four perfluorinated chemicals using a prolonged zebrafish early life stage test. Chemosphere 82, 764-772.
Vergauwen L, Benoot D, Blust R & Knapen D. 2010. Long-term warm or cold acclimation elicits a specific transcriptional response and affects energy metabolism in zebrafish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 157(2): 149-157.
Knapen D, Vergauwen L, Laukens K & Blust R. 2009. Best practices for hybridization design in two-colour microarray analysis. Trends in Biotechnology, 27(7): 406-414.
- Selected presentations
Vergauwen L, Knapen D, De Boeck G & Blust R. 2009. The thermal acclimation response in zebrafish: A study on the physiological, biochemical and gene expression level. 26th ESCPB Congress, Innsbruck, Austria. September 6-9, 2009.
Vergauwen L & Knapen D. 2009. Microarray data analysis using R and Bioconductor: demo. Short course 5: Microarray technology – from experimental design to applications. SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting, Götheborg, Sweden. May 30 - June 4, 2009.
Vergauwen L, Benoot D, Knapen D & Blust R. 2009. An integrated study to the effects of temperature acclimation in zebrafish. SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting, Göteborg, Sweden. May 31 – June 4, 2009.
Vergauwen L, Benoot D, Timmers M, Knapen D & Blust R. 2008. A systems biology approach to the effects of chemical and non-chemical stressors in zebrafish. Annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Marseille, France. July 6-10, 2008.
Vergauwen L & Knapen D. 2008. Technical aspects of microarray experiments. Ecological Genomics: Techniques and methods from model organisms, Turku, Finland. May 7-11, 2008.
Vergauwen L & Knapen D. 2008. Microarray data analysis using R and Limma: a demo. Ecological Genomics: Techniques and methods from model organisms, Turku, Finland. May 7-11, 2008.
- Awards
Setac Young Scientist Award 2009: best platform presentation at the SETAC Europe 19th Annual Meeting.