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Ellen Decaestecker

Ellen Decaestecker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4842
World Ranking
7827
National Ranking
101

Overview

Ellen Decaestecker is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in research spanning Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly contributions emphasize the study of aquatic ecosystems, gut microbiota, evolutionary genetics, and microbial community ecology.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

They delve into specific subfields such as ecology, genetics, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, and pollution. The prominent topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Ellen Decaestecker has published numerous scientific papers, including the following notable recent works:

  • "Locally adapted gut microbiomes mediate host stress tolerance", 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Diet and Genotype of an Aquatic Invertebrate Affect the Composition of Free-Living Microbial Communities", 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The bacterioplankton community composition and a host genotype dependent occurrence of taxa shape the Daphnia magna gut bacterial community", 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Human impact on symbioses between aquatic organisms and microbes", 2021, Aquatic Microbial Ecology
  • "Hierarchical eco-evo dynamics mediated by the gut microbiome", 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Their research frequently appears in a range of publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The ISME Journal
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Collaborations are a significant part of their research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Isabel Vanoverberghe (16 joint publications)
  • Shira Houwenhuyse (11 joint publications)
  • Luc De Meester (11 joint publications)
  • Robby Stoks (9 joint publications)
  • Martijn Callens (8 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Host–parasite ‘Red Queen’ dynamics archived in pond sediment

    Ellen Decaestecker;Sabrina Gaba;Sabrina Gaba;Joost A. M. Raeymaekers;Robby Stoks

  • The impact of human activities and lifestyles on the interlinked microbiota and health of humans and of ecosystems

    Lucette Flandroy;Theofilos Poutahidis;Gabriele Berg;Gerard Clarke

  • Urbanization drives cross-taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales.

    Elena Piano;Elena Piano;Caroline Souffreau;Thomas Merckx;Thomas Merckx;Lisa F. Baardsen

  • Host–parasite coevolution and patterns of adaptation across time and space

    S Gandon;A Buckling;Ellen Decaestecker;T Day

  • The evolution of virulence when parasites cause host castration and gigantism

    Dieter Ebert;Hans Joachim Carius;Tom Little;Ellen Decaestecker

  • Life history and eco-evolutionary dynamics in light of the gut microbiota

    Emilie Macke;Aurélie Tasiemski;François Massol;Martijn Callens

  • In deep trouble: Habitat selection constrained by multiple enemies in zooplankton

    Ellen Decaestecker;Luc De Meester;Dieter Ebert

  • Host-genotype dependent gut microbiota drives zooplankton tolerance to toxic cyanobacteria.

    Emilie Macke;Martijn Callens;Luc De Meester;Ellen Decaestecker

  • Daphnia magna transcriptome by RNA-Seq across 12 environmental stressors

    Luisa Orsini;Donald Gilbert;Ram Podicheti;Mieke Jansen

  • Ecological implications of parasites in natural Daphnia populations

    Ellen Decaestecker;Steven Declerck;Luc De Meester;Dieter Ebert

  • Cyclical Parthenogenesis in Daphnia: Sexual Versus Asexual Reproduction

    Ellen Decaestecker;Luc De Meester;Joachim Mergeay

  • Analysing eco‐evolutionary dynamics—The challenging complexity of the real world

    Luc De Meester;Kristien I. Brans;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Lynn Govaert;Caroline Souffreau

  • Food availability affects the strength of mutualistic host-microbiota interactions in Daphnia magna.

    Martijn Callens;Emilie Macke;Koenraad Muylaert;Peter Bossier

  • Pesticide exposure strongly enhances parasite virulence in an invertebrate host model

    Anja Coors;Ellen Decaestecker;Mieke Jansen;Luc De Meester

  • Dispersal-mediated trophic interactions can generate apparent patterns of dispersal limitation in aquatic metacommunities.

    Dino Verreydt;Luc De Meester;Ellen Decaestecker;María‐José Villena

  • Microbiota inoculum composition affects holobiont assembly and host growth in Daphnia

    Martijn Callens;Martijn Callens;Hajime Watanabe;Yasuhiko Kato;Jun Miura

  • Bisulfite Sequencing with Daphnia Highlights a Role for Epigenetics in Regulating Stress Response to Microcystis through Preferential Differential Methylation of Serine and Threonine Amino Acids

    Jana Asselman;Jana Asselman;Dieter Im De Coninck;Eline Beert;Colin R. Janssen

  • EVIDENCE FOR STRONG HOST CLONE‐PARASITE SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN THE DAPHNIA MICROPARASITE SYSTEM

    Ellen Decaestecker;Adelien Vergote;Dieter Ebert;Luc De Meester;Luc De Meester

  • Global cytosine methylation in Daphnia magna depends on genotype, environment, and their interaction

    Jana Asselman;Dieter I.M. De Coninck;Michiel B. Vandegehuchte;Mieke Jansen

  • Locally adapted gut microbiomes mediate host stress tolerance.

    Shira Houwenhuyse;Robby Stoks;Shinjini Mukherjee;Ellen Decaestecker

  • Haunted by the past: Evidence for dormant stage banks of microparasites and epibionts of Daphnia

    Ellen Decaestecker;Christophe Lefever;Luc De Meester;Dieter Ebert

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Robby Stoks
Robby Stoks KU Leuven
Dieter Ebert
Dieter Ebert University of Basel
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham
Tom J. Little
Tom J. Little University of Edinburgh
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame

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