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Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie (Uhasselt-CMKDK)
www.uhasselt.be/UH/Onderzoeksgroepen/DetOndgr.html?oid=52
English name: Research group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology
Previous name: Universiteit Hasselt; Departement Scheikunde, Biologie, Geologie; Onderzoeksgroep Biodiversiteit, Fylogenie en Populatiestudies (Uhasselt), more

Thesaurus terms (10) : Benthos; Biodiversity; Hermaphroditism; Morphology; Morphology; Nekton; Phylogeny; Plankton; Pollution effects; Taxonomy
MRG keywords (4) : Biodiversity; Molecular biology; Phylogeny; Pollutants
Taxonomic terms (6) : Kalyptorhynchia [WoRMS]; Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]; Proseriata [WoRMS]; Turbellaria [WoRMS]; Typhloplanida [WoRMS]; Umagillidae Wahl, 1910 [WoRMS]
Geographical terms (3) : ANE, Netherlands, Delta Area [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]; ISW, Indian Ocean [Marine Regions]
Address:
Universitaire Campus
Agoralaan, Gebouw D
3590 Diepenbeek
Belgium
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Type: Scientific
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Abstract:
The research group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology (CMKDK) was founded in 1976 and was formerly known as the research group Biodiversity, Phylogeny and Population Studies and the research group Zoology. The group conducts research on invertebrate animals, and in particular on free-living flatworms (Platyhelminthes).

The main focus lies on the following research topics:
  • biodiversity, including cryptic biodiversity;
  • phylogeny and phylogeography, based on molecular markers and morphological characteristics;
  • effect of pollution on several biological aspects of turbellarians: regeneration and stem cell dynamics, life history parameters, morphology, etc.;
  • molecular and cellular effects of pollution.


The marine research topics concern the biodiversity, phylogeny and biogeography of marine invertebrates, in particular of free-living flatworms. The toxicologal part of the research focuses on the stem cell-oriented coping capacity of regenerative animals towards carcinogenic and neurotoxic compounds and on the role of the redox balance in the process of regeneration, using marine and freshwater turbellarians as model systems.

The group is a member of the Centre for Environmental Sciences (CMK) UHasselt.
Projects (3)  Top | Persons 
  • BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
  • Ecotoxicological study on the effect of pollutants on Turbellaria, more
  • Fylogenie van de Typhloplanida en de Kalypthorhynchia (Plathelminthes) in een multidisciplinaire benadering, more
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