Staff directory

Fanny Kratz

Biology
Invertebrates
  • Sapion-Miranda, P.,  Gärtner, U.,  Taubert, A.,  Hermosilla, C.,  Kratz, F. & Hallinger, M.J. 2026. ‘First report on a Raillietiella orientalis and Kalicephalus sp. co-infection in a wild-caught red-tailed green rat snake (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)’. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 30. Elsevier Ltd. ISSN: 2213-2244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2026.101240. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224426000556?__cf_chl_tk=nHeYApb45a9noWIzr.uaS9AlypxxQgPyzFDqtwGfSgI-1781600155-1.0.1.1-1BXGqCNoQ_EYbOmyeD8jWKrsKq7aR7pwxOw3gyhPWWE  I.F. 2.31.
  • Henrard, A.Kratz, F.Smitz, N.,  Baert, L.,  Drumont, A. & Van Keer, K. 2024. ‘On the female specimen Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) misidentified as Nigma puella (Simon, 1870)’. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(2): 153-159. ISSN: 2795-8957.  (PR).
  • Kratz, F.Esselens, L.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Vanbergen, S.,  Deschepper, P.,  De Meyer, M.Virgilio, M.,  Bonte, J. & Dermauw, W. 2026. ‘Molecular origin tracing of Bactrocera dorsalis supports pathway analysis and surveillance in Belgium’. Neobiota 2026, International Conference on Biological Invasions. Book of abstracts. Brussels.
  • Kratz, F.Esselens, L.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Abir, H.,  Delatte, H.,  Addison, P.,  Cugala, D.,  Mwatawala, M.,  Barech, G.,  Khaldi, M.,  Smitz, N.De Meyer, M.,  Bonte, J.,  Dermauw, W. & Virgilio, M. 2026. ‘Improving surveillance of Dacus frontalis through DNA barcoding and ortholog-based phylogenomics’. Neobiota 2026, International Conference on Biological Invasions. Book of abstracts. Brussels.
  • Kratz, F.,  Cuypers, L.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Segers, B.,  Geraerts, M.,  Verheyen, E.,  Burelli, P.,  Hendrickx, F.,  Jordaens, K. & Gryseels, S. 2026. ‘INTERCEPT project: Monitoring the trade in exotic animals, wild meat and the pathogens they carry in Belgium’. Belgian Wildlife Disease Society Symposium. Book of abstracts. Bruxelles : RBINS.
  • Vanden Abeele, S.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Smitz, N.Kratz, F.,  Segers, B.,  De Meyer, M.,  Jordaens, K. & Hendrickx, F. 2026. ‘BopCo: Species identification services for biological samples of policy concern’. iBOL Europe Community meeting. Book of abstracts.
  • Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Kratz, F.,  Segers, B.,  Hendrickx, F. & Jordaens, K. 2026. ‘Molecular species validation and origin tracing to support active mosquito surveillance in Belgium’. Belgian Mosquito Scientific Day. Book of abstracts. Bruxelles : Sciensano.
  • Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Vanden Abeele, S.,  Kratz, F.,  Segers, B.,  Backeljau, T.,  De Meyer, M.,  Hendrickx, F. & Jordaens, K. 2026. ‘BopCo: the Belgian barcoding facility for organisms and tissues of policy concern’. Belgian Mosquito Scientific Day. Book of abstracts. Bruxelles : Sciensano.
  • Vanden Abeele, S.,  Vanderheyden, A.,  Dekoninck, W.,  Smitz, N.,  Kratz, F.,  Segers, B.,  Breugelmans, K.,  De Meyer, M. & Backeljau, T. 2025. ‘First record of three alien termite species (Insecta: Isoptera) in Belgium’. KBVE Symposium @RBINS - Invasive alien insects in Belgium. Book of abstracts.
  • Vanden Abeele, S.,  Backeljau, T.,  Breugelmans, K.,  De Meyer, M.Kratz, F.,  Segers, B.,  Smitz, N.,  Vanderheyden, A. & Hendrickx, F. 2025. ‘BopCo: an identification service for species of policy concern, including invasive alien insects’. KBVE Symposium @RBINS - Invasive alien insects in Belgium. Book of abstracts.