Staff directory

Nathalie Smitz

Biology
Invertebrates
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Gombeer, S.,  Gryseels, S.,  Chaber, A.,  Meganck, K.Smitz, N.,  Nebesse, C.,  Musaba, P.,  Ngoy, S.,  Backeljau, T.,  De Meyer, M. & Verheyen, E. 2022. ‘Using MiniION Nanopore sequencing to simultaneously identify multiple illegally imported wild meat samples in Brussels, Belgium’. International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity. Book of abstracts. 111-112.
  • Aydin, M.,  Biltekin, D.,  Breugelmans, K.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Gombeer, S.,  Meganck, K.Smitz, N.De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2022. ‘First record and DNA identification of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793), in the southern Black Sea’. 22nd International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. Book of abstracts. 42.
  • Deblauwe, I.,  De Wolf, K.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanslembrouck, A.,  Schneider, A.,  Dekoninck, W.,  De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Müller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2022. ‘Finding the balance between efficiency and budget: preventive invasive mosquito species (IMS) surveillance’. ESOVE. Book of abstracts. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Smitz, N.,  Lombal, A.,  De Wolf, K.,  Deblauwe, I.,  Kampen, H.,  Schaffner, F.,  De Witte, J.,  Schneider, A.,  Verlé, I.,  Vanslembrouck, A.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Meganck, K.,  Gombeer, S.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Werner, D.,  Muller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2022. ‘Population genetic structure of the exotic Asian bush mosquito, Aedes japonicus, in Belgium suggests multiple introduction pathways’. 22nd European ESOVE conference. Book of abstracts. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Lombal, A.,  Smitz, N.Meganck, K.,  Kassari, N.,  Dimzas, D.,  Diakou, A.,  Di Cesare, A.,  Traversa, D.,  De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2022. ‘DNA barcoding and identification of intermediate terrestrial host gastropods of metastrongyloid cat parasites in Greece’. 22nd European ESOVE conference. Book of abstracts. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.,  De Wolf, K.,  Deblauwe, I.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Meganck, K.,  Lombal, A.,  Vanslembrouck, A.,  De Witte, J.,  Schneider, A.,  Verlé, I.,  De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Muller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2022. ‘DNA identification and diversity of the vector mosquitoes Culex pipiens s.s. and Culex torrentium in Belgium’. 22nd European ESOVE conference. Book of abstracts. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Lombal, A.,  Meganck, K.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.,  Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2022. ‘BopCo, a barcoding facility for organisms and tissues of policy concern, and its role in the identification of vector species’. 22nd European ESOVE conference. Book of abstracts. Sofia, Bulgaria, 85.
  • Dimzas, D.,  Di Cesare, A.,  Morelli, S.,  Iorio, R.,  Backeljau, T.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Lombal, A.,  De Meyer, M.Meganck, K.Smitz, N.,  Kassari, N.,  Traversa, D. & Diakou, A. 2022. ‘Angiostrongylus chabaudi natural infection in wild caught gastropods’. Seventh European Dirofilaria and Angiostrongylus Days. Book of abstracts. Madrid, Spain., 82.
  • Dimzas, D.,  Di Cesare, A.,  Morelli, S.,  Iorio, R.,  Backeljau, T.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Lombal, A.,  De Meyer, M.Meganck, K.Smitz, N.,  Kassari, N.,  Traversa, D. & Diakou, A. 2022. ‘Metastrongyloid parasites of felines in naturally infected gastropods in Greece’. 15th ICZEGAR. Book of abstracts. Mytilini, Greece, 66.
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Lombal, A.,  Meganck, K.Smitz, N.,  Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2022. ‘A Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern’. Benelux Congress of Zoology 2022 - Diversity of model organisms and model organisms from diversity. Book of abstracts. Leuven, Belgium.