NAmur Research Institute for LIfe Sciences
Completed PhD theses in the area of INFECTIOLOGY
Characterization of the early immune response against intranasal Brucella infection in mice
PhD thesis defended by Aurore DEMARS (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE & Dr. Eric MURAILLE) - 14/12/2020
Synthesis and characterization of novel glycogold nanoparticles as antibiofilm and antibacterial agents
PhD thesis defended by Tao WANG (Prof. Stéphane VINCENT) - 28/10/2020
Role of DNA methylation and CpG sites in the viral telomerase RNA promoter during Gallid herpesvirus type 2 induced lymphomagenesis
PhD thesis defended by Srdan PEJAKOVIC (Prof. Benoît MUYLKENS) - 29/09/2020
Canine rabies in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: assessment of maintenance factors transmission and modelling control vaccination schemes
PhD thesis defended by Eric KAZADI KAWAYA (Prof. Nathalie KIRSCHVINK) - 20/05/2020
Identification of bacterial genes indispensable to pulmonary Brucella infection in mouse experimental model
PhD thesis defended by Georges POTEMBERG (Prof. Xavier DE BOLLE) - 16/04/2020
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
