NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences
Completed PhD theses in the area of INFECTIOLOGY
East Coast fever in the African Great Lakes region: Population genetics and epidemiology of Theileria parva and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
PhD thesis defended by Gaston AMZATI SEFU (Prof. Nathalie KIRSCHVINK) - 26/03/2020
Investigation de la réplication et du rôle du (p)ppGpp chez Brucella abortus
PhD thesis defended by Mathilde VAN DER HENST (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 15/11/2019
Synthesis of Heptose Mono- and Bisphosphate Analogues as Modulators of the Bacterial Innate Immunity and Inhibitors of the Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide
PhD thesis defended by Lina LIANG (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 24/10/2019
Foodborne diseases do not respect borders: the prevalence of foodborne zoonotic bacteria in imported products of animal origin into European Union
PhD thesis defended by Wiebke JANSEN (Prof. Benoît MUYLKENS) - 19/03/2019
Copper resistance in Caulobacter crescentus - Characterization of the Pco operon and of an ABC transporter permease
PhD thesis defended by Sébastien GILLET (Prof. Jean-Yves MATROULE) - 06/03/2019
Synthesis of unprecedented electron-deficient exo-glycals targeting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall
PhD thesis defended by Christophe FREDERIC (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 19/12/2018
Study of cell cycle regulators and DNA repair following alkylating stress in Brucella abortus
PhD thesis defended by Katy PONCIN (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 11/12/2018
Brucellosis at a livestock/human/wildlife interface in South Africa: understanding the epidemiology and control
PhD thesis defended by Grégory SIMPSON (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 28/11/2018
Polarity of envelope growth and heterogeneity of the outer membrane of Brucella abortus
PhD thesis defended by Victoria VASSEN (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 23/11/2018
Development of new debenzylative cyclization reactions and de novo synthesis of difluorinated glycomimetics
PhD thesis defended by Julien DELBROUCK (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 20/11/2018
Synthetic derivatives of natural polyphenols targeting the mycobacterial cell wall
PhD thesis defended by Sydney VILLAUME (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 15/10/2018
Study of the epigenetic silencing of a host microRNA in Marek’s disease
PhD thesis defended by Isabelle GENNART (Prof. Benoît MUYLKENS) - 19/06/2018
Characterization of phosphatases regulating Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle and development
PhD thesis defended by Jérôme COPPINE (Dr. Régis HALLEZ) - 18/06/2018
Pathogénie d'une dermatophytose (Trichophyton rubrum) sur épiderme humain reconstruit
PhD thesis defended by Emilie FAWAY (Prof. Yves POUMAY) - 07/03/2018
Evaluation of immune responses induced by vectored recombinant HVT vaccines using Gumboro disease as a model
PhD thesis defended by Fiona INGRAO (Prof. Benoît MUYLKENS) - 11/01/2018
Study of the relationships between Brucella and the mitochondrial population of infected cells
PhD thesis defended by Elodie LOBET (Prof. Thierry ARNOULD) - 19/12/2017
Growth control of Brucella abortus in human trophoblasts JEG-3 cells
PhD thesis defended by Thi Anh Phuong ONG (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 18/12/2017
Tn-seq on the pathogen Brucella abortus uncovers essential functions for culture and critical pathways for macrophages infection including pyrimidines biosynthesis
PhD thesis defended by Jean-François STERNON (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 18/10/2017
Discovery of novel inhibitors targeting the mycobacterial cell wall
PhD thesis defended by Jian FU (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 06/10/2017
Discovery of inhibitors of the bacterial lipopolysaccharide as anti-virulence agents
PhD thesis defended by Huixiao FU (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 05/10/2017
Deciphering the PTSNtr regulatory functions in Caulobacter crescentus: a pathway controlling cell cycle according to nutrient availability
PhD thesis defended by Kenny PETIT (Dr. Régis HALLEZ) - 29/05/2017
Decoding the regulation of (p)ppGpp, a universal alarmone controlling cell cycle progression in Caulobacter crescentus
PhD thesis defended by Séverin RONNEAU (Dr. Régis HALLEZ) - 15/12/2016
Impact de l'asthme allergique et de l'infection par Trypanosoma brucei sur le contrôle de l’infection par Brucella melitensis chez la souris
PhD thesis defended by Arnaud MACHELART (Prof. Jean-Jacques LETESSON) - 02/12/2016
Investigation of the surface lipoprotein export machinery of Bacteroidetes
PhD thesis defended by Frédéric LAUBER (Prof. Guy CORNELIS) - 10/10/2016
C. canimorsus interferes with coagulation by proteolytic cleavage of human coagulation factor X
PhD thesis defended by Katrin HACK (Prof. Guy CORNELIS) - 12/08/2016
Etude du lien entre le système phosphoénolpyruvate: sucre phosphotransférase et le métabolisme central chez Brucella abortus
PhD thesis defended by Simon MOUSSA (Prof. Jean-Jacques LETESSON) - 10/05/2016
Impact of Brucella melitensis infection on the splenic microarchitecture and splenic homeostasis in an experimental mouse model
PhD thesis defended by Abir KHADRAWIR (Prof. Jean-Jacques LETESSON) - 26/04/2016
Impact of DivK dimerization on Caulobacter crescentus cell cycle
PhD thesis defended by Lionel SCHILLE (Prof. Jean-Yves MATROULE) - 29/01/2016
CtrA-dependant cell cycle regulation of Brucella abortus in culture and during infection
PhD thesis defended by Nayla FRANCIS (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 01/12/2015
Revision of the erythritol catabolic pathway and of the central metabolism of the pathogen Brucella
PhD thesis defended by Thibault BARBIER (Prof. Jean-Jacques LETESSON) - 14/11/2015
