Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center


	Research

Recently accomplished PhD studies

Defended
2016	Gladys Ludovese	Philippines	Application and mode of action of the poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) in Penaeus culture
	Hong Nguyen Thi Xuan	Vietnam	Phenotypic variation in Vibrio harveyi: virulence factors and immune response in Artemia franciscana
	Van Hung Nguyen	Vietnam	The role of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate as protection against Vibrio infections in blue mussel larvae
2015	Pande Gede Sasmita	Indonesia	The impact of pathogen-pathogen and host-pathogen signaling in larviculture of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
	Qian Yang	China	The impact of pathogen-pathogen and host-pathogen signaling on the virulence of Vibrio harveyi towards gnotobiotic brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) larvae
	Magdalena 'Lenny' Situmorang	Indonesia	Application of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate in growth and health promotion of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus culture
	Ioannis Theodorou	Greece	Risk analysis of the Mediterranean mussel farming in Greece
	Parisa Norouzitallab	Iran	Use of Artemia as model organism to study epigenetic control of phenotypes relevant for aquaculture species
	Truong-Quoc Thai	Vietnam	Application of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulating bacteria in crustacean larviculture
	Sofie Van Maele	Belgium	Morphological examination and immunostimulation of the gastrointestinal tract in an Artemia model
2014	Li Xuan	China	The impact of cell-to-cell signaling and host cues on the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum towards gnotobiotic sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae
	Julie Ekasarie	Indonesia	Biofloc technology as an integral approach to enhance production and ecological performance of aquaculture
	Stefanie Devos	Belgium	Genomic tools and sex determination in the extremophile brine shrimp Artemia franciscana
	Thanh Toi Huynh	Vietnam	Contribution of bacteria to the Artemia diet
	Yufeng 'Michael' Niu	China	Host-microbe interactions in brine shrimp Artemia cultured under gnotobiotic and conventional rearing conditions
	Hu Bing	China	Priming the immune system of Litopenaeus vannamei with bacterial heat shock protein 70 homologue DnaK against Vibrio campbellii and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection
2013	Maria Lourdes de Cobo Barcia	Ecuador	Intensification of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) larviculture
2013	João José Pereira Dantas Da Rocha Lima	Portugal	Development of techniques to culture shrimp haemocytes and purify white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in order to study WSSV-haemocyte interactions
2012	Ramin Manafar	Iran	Genetic diversity of Artemia populations in Lake Urmia, Iran
	Baruah Kartik	India	Induced heat shock protein production protects Artemia against vibriosis
	Ebrahim Hossein Najdegerami	Iran	The effects of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate on culture of larvae and juveniles of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt)
	Anamaria Rekecki	Belgium	Gnotobiotic sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) larvae as a model organism for studying host-bacterial (Vibrio anguillarum) interactions : a morphological study
	Noori Farzaneh	Iran	The use and effect of Artemia urmiana, enriched with HUFA, vit C & immunostimulants, on the performance of Caspian Sea Sturgeon larvae
2011	Natrah Ikhsan	Malaysia	Role of microalgae in bacterial control in fish and shrimp larviculture
	Han Yin	China	Involvement of quorum sensing in the virulence of Edwardsiella tarda and Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida towards cultured marine fish
	Gunasekara Asanka	Sri Lanka	A gnotobiotic food chain for the study of the functional rol of the microbial biota in laval aquaculture
	Hettipala Darshanee Ruwandeepika	Sri Lanka	Molecular characterisation of virulence factors of Vibrio harveyi
2010	De Schryver Peter	Belgium	Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate as a microbial agent in aquaculture
2010	Ryckaert Jana	Belgium	Heat Shock proteine gebaseerde modulatie van de vaccinatie efficiëntie tegen het regenboogforel 'try syndrome' in de regenboogforel
2009	Dang To Van Cam	Vietnam	Influence of selected probiotic bacteria on the performance of Penaeus monodon larvae
	Nhu Van, Can	Vietnam	Optimization of the larviculture of the tropical fish cobia Rachycentron canadum in Vietnam
	Nguyen Duy Hoa	Vietnam	Nutritional, zootechnical and endocrinological aspects of domestication of Tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon"
	Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh	Vietnam	Optimization of Artemia biomass production in salt ponds in Vietnam and use as feed ingredient in local aquaculture
	Dinh The Nhan	Vietnam	Optimization of hatchery protocols for Macrobrachium rosenbergii culture in Vietnam
2008	Van Stappen Gilbert	Belgium	Artemia biodiversity in Central and Eastern Asia
	Le Hong Phuoc	Vietnam	Single and dual experimental infection of specific pathogen-free Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp with White Spot Syndrome Virus and Vibrio species
	Liying Sui	China	Hatchery techniques for Chinese mitten crab eriocheir Chinensis
	Yeong Yik Sung	Malaysia	The role of heat shock proteins as immunostimulants in Artemia
	Qi Zhizong	China	The effect of different food on the health condition of larvae of Penaeus chinensis and the bacterial analysis in rearing water
2007	Agh Naser	Iran	Characterization of Artemia spp, from Iran
	Rahman Meezanur	Bangladesh	Differences in virulence between white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) isolates and testing of some control strategies in WSSV infected shrimp
	Defoirdt Tom	Belgium	Quroum sensing disruption and the use of short-chain fatty acids and polyhydroxyalkanoates to control luminescent vibriosis
	Soltanian Siyavash	Iran	Utilization of immunostimulans in Artemia and shrimp
	Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tinh	Vietnam	Quorum sensing control for microbial management of the aquaculture food chain rotifers – turbot
2006	Escobedo Bonilla Cesar	Mexico	Development and use of standardized white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) inoculation procedures for studies on pathogenesis and control
2005	Marques Antonio	Portugal	A gnotobiotic Artemia test system to study host-microbial interactions
2004	Truong Trong Nghia	Vietnam	Optimization of mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) larviculture in Vietnam
2003	Davis Jerome	South Africa	Developing hatchery techniques for the mud crab Scylla serrata in South Africa
2003	Rueda Rebeca	Mexico	Interaction between nutrition, oxidative status and condition of Solea spp. post-larvae and juveniles
2002	Nguyen Van Hoa	Vietnam	Seasonal farming of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana in artisanal salt ponds in Vietnam : effects of temperature and salinity
2002	Camargo Navarro William	Colombia	Characterisation of Artemia populations from Colombia for use in aquaculture