Staff directory

Nathalie Smitz

Biology
Invertebrates
  • Lombal, A.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Grootaert, P. & Backeljau, T. 2023. ‘DNA-based species identification of mosquitoes collected with Malaise traps in the botanic garden Jean Massart (Diptera: Culicidae)’. Benelux Congress of Zoology 2023. Book of abstracts. Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schols, R.Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A. & Huyse, T. 2023. ‘Swimmer's itch in Belgium: A first record of Tricholbilharzia regenti’. The Danish Society of Parasitiology Symposion. Book of abstracts. Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 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’. 22nd ESOVE Conference. Book of abstracts. 85.
  • Deblauwe, I.,  De Wolf, K.,  Schneider, A.,  De Witte, J.,  Vanslembrouck, A.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Smitz, N.De Meyer, M.,  Backeljau, T.,  Müller, R. & Van Bortel, W. 2022. ‘From a long-distance threat to the invasive front: a review of the invasive Aedes mosquito species in Belgium between 2007 and 2020’. 5th International Workshp on Aedes albopictus. Book of abstracts. 79.
  • Smitz, N.Meganck, K.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Lombal, A.,  Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2022. ‘The Belgian Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern’. Empowering Biodiversity Research 2022 Conference. Book of abstracts.
  • Meganck, K.,  Gombeer, S.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.,  Backeljau, T. & De Meyer, M. 2022. ‘The Belgian Barcoding Facility for Organisms and Tissues of Policy Concern’. International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity. Book of abstracts. 233.
  • Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.,  Deblauwe, I.,  De Wolf, K.,  Gombeer, S.,  Meganck, K.,  Schneider, A.,  De Witte, J.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Backeljau, T.,  De Meyer, M.,  Müller, R.,  Rebolledo Gonzaliez, J. & Van Bortel, W. 2022. ‘MEMO and MEMO+: Identification of introduction pathways and surveillance of exotic Aedes mosquito species in Belgium’. International Conference on DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity. Book of abstracts. 136-137.
  • 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.