Much appreciated visit and seminar given by Vercus Lumami Kapepula from Centre de Recherche en Hydrobiologie, DRC and UCLouvain!

Lab meeting and research plans for 2022! Maarten Vanhove Kelly THYS Armando J. CRUZ-LAUFER Nikol KMENTOVA

Introduced "Victoria perch" is well-known, but did you ever ask if its monogenean parasites went through a founder effect en route? Also perhaps intrasp. hybrids in these diplectanid flatworms. Kelly THYS 1st PhD MS! BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt tinyurl.com/cvh86pcs

Please let me introduce you two the morphotypes of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre infecting Lates niloticus in Lake Albert! Check out the rest of the story in our preprint! Kelly THYS Maarten Vanhove BiTElab Maarten Van Steenberge Nathan Vranken biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Almost "full house" to discuss Dr Fortunate Mafeta Phaka's PhD close to submission. Almost there! And then it is up to the jury... #zoology #biodiversity #flatwormsofinstagram #biodiversitypolicy #bioculturaldiversity BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt NWU - North-West University Herps & Friends @ NWU Simona Georgieva

Honoured to welcome Molly McDonough from Chicago State University, Adam W. Ferguson from Field Museum and Stephan Koblmüller from EcoEvoGraz Uni Graz/University of Graz to BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt! Could not be prouder of my team. #collectionsareessential

In person conferences such as @ICOPAnhagen is not only about attending amazing sessions but also, very importantly, meeting up with old friends and making new ones. Great evening yesterday with the groups of @Bernd_AquatEcol Chelsea L. Wood & Maarten Vanhove

Proud of the team representing BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt at the @ICOPAnhagen (including Tiziana Gobbin remotely)! #ICOPA2022 #ICOPAnhagen #collectionsareessential Nikol KMENTOVA Armando J. CRUZ-LAUFER Kelly THYS

Honoured to be able to show the world of ecology our signature approach to historical fish collections together with one of the best parasitologists I know! Chelsea L. Wood UW SAFS University of Washington #collectionsareessential BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

1st yr PhD & publishing in a top parasitological journal! Kelly THYS​ sheds light on genetics of the flatworm Dolicirroplectanum lacustre & suggests a potential founder effect resulting from its introduction into Lake Victoria. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The BMRI winners for 2023 are: Jadon Beerlandt (KULeuven), Bram Martin (UGent), Michiel Perneel & Jens Dujardin (VLIZ), Kelly Thys (UHasselt), Ilias Semmouri (UGent), and Joëlle De Weerdt (VUB). Congratulations to all the winners! #VMSD23 Thanks to DEME Group and Antea Group

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Proud to see Kelly THYS, a PhD student co-supervised with Nikol KMENTOVA from BiTElab CMK UHasselt Universiteit Hasselt & Maarten Van Steenberge from @RBINSmuseum, present on monogenean flatworms failing to diverge and the link with the host gill environment at #XVISFB !

Earlier this week we heard from Kelly Thys who attended the 7th Pan African Fish & Fisheries Association conference at the University of Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo), thanks to the the #FSBITravelGrant. We also supported Miriam Shigoley's attendance 👇

Next up are interviews with the 6 winners of the Brilliant Marine Research Idea grants 2023: Jadon Beerlandt, Bram Martin, Michiel Perneel & Jens Dujardin, Kelly Thys, Intissar Semmouri en Joëlle De Weerdt. Thanks to DEME Group. #VMSD24