Congratulations dr. Oerlemans!

March 25th 2019, Eline Oerlemans finalised her PhD about ‘Topical Lactobacillus applications for modulation of the vaginal and skin microbiota’ with a public defence. In this thesis the aim was to gain insight in the microbiome of different nongastrointestinal conditions. The following research questions were addressed: Which novel insights can microbiome analysis provide us about the …

Congratulations dr. Broeckx!

On the 21nd of March 2019, Géraldine Broeckx finalised her PhD entitled ‘ Optimizing the spray drying of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG as an important step towards the development of successfull pharmabiotics’ with a public defence.  This PhD was a unique collaboration between her promotors prof. Filip Kiekens for the formulation and prof. Sarah Lebeer for …

Comparing the healthy nose and nasopharynx microbiota reveals continuity as well as niche- specificity

How can bacteria in the respiratory tract maintain our health and prevent infections from occurring? To answer this question, a better characterization of the collection of bacteria that are present in this human body niche is necessary. A good starting point is the identification of all bacteria that are present under healthy conditions. Therefore, we …