Biological control of mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins : an update for the pre-harvest approach
Chimeric LysR-type transcriptional biosensors for customizing ligand specificity profiles toward flavonoids
Generalized osteosclerotic condition in the skeleton of Nanophoca vitulinoides, a dwarf seal from the Miocene of Belgium...
Ultra-fast, sensitive and quantitative on-chip detection of group B streptococci in clinical samples
PCR enables sensitive and specific detection of infectious disease agents, but application in point-of-care diagnostic testing remains scarce. A compact tool that runs PCR assays in less than a few minutes and that relies on mass-producible, disposable reactors could revolutionize while-you-wait molecular testing. We here exploit well-established s...
Prevention is better than cure : non-targeted and sensitive screening of impurities in plasma-derived immunoglobulin wit...
Self-incompatibility in Papaver pollen : programmed cell death in an acidic environment
Self-Incompatibility (SI) is a genetically controlled mechanism that prevents self-fertilisation and thus encourages outbreeding and genetic diversity. During pollination, most SI systems utilise cell-cell recognition to reject incompatible pollen. Mechanistically, one of the best-studied SI systems is that of Papaver rhoeas (poppy), which involves...
Modelling leaf dispersal and nutrient return in tree species mixtures
The endocast of StW 573 ('Little Foot') and hominin brain evolution
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Design and visualization of second generation cyanoisoindole based fluorescent strigolactone analogs
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Strigolactones (SLs) are a family of terpenoid allelochemicals that were recognized as plant hormones only a decade ago. They influence a myriad of both above- and belowground developmental processes, and are an important survival strategy for plants in nutrient-deprived soils. A rapidly emerging approach to gain knowledge on hormone signaling is t...
Predator size and prey size-gut capacity ratios determine kill frequency and carcass production in terrestrial carnivoro...
Carnivore kill frequency is a fundamental part of predator-prey interactions, which are important shapers of ecosystems. Current field kill frequency data are rare and existing models are insufficiently adapted to carnivore functional groups. We developed a kill frequency model accounting for carnivore mass, prey mass, pack size, partial consumptio...
