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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
21193
World Ranking
2756
National Ranking
69

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  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Gert Flik is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad disciplines, they have contributed notably to subfields including Ecology, Cell Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

The central topics of Flik's work revolve around physiological and biochemical adaptations, with extensive applications in zebrafish biomedical research. Other main research themes include fish ecology and management studies, aquaculture nutrition and growth, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, reproductive system and pregnancy studies, and cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism.

Flik has published several peer-reviewed papers in various scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • Water temperature affects osmoregulatory responses in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.), 2020, Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Triploidy in zebrafish larvae: Effects on gene expression, cell size and cell number, growth, development and swimming performance, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Early Life Glucocorticoid Exposure Modulates Immune Function in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Larvae, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Loss of sdhb in zebrafish larvae recapitulates human paraganglioma characteristics, 2020, Endocrine Related Cancer
  • Melatonin as an anti-stress signal: effects on an acute stress model and direct actions on interrenal tissue in goldfish, 2024, Frontiers in Endocrinology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Flik include Jan Zethof, Ruud van den Bos, Marnix Gorissen, Juriaan R. Metz, and Dylan J. M. Bergen. These partnerships have been involved in producing multiple works together.

The venues where Flik's research appears cover a range of journals such as the Journal of Thermal Biology, Frontiers in Immunology, PLoS ONE, Endocrine Related Cancer, and Frontiers in Endocrinology, indicating engagement with different scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • CHELATOR: an improved method for computing metal ion concentrations in physiological solutions.

    T. J. M. Schoenmakers;G. J. Visser;G. Flik;A. P. R. Theuvenet

  • The stress response of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) to air exposure and confinement

    RJ Arends;JM Mancera;JL Munoz;SE Wendelaar Bonga

  • The movement of cadmium through freshwater trout branchial epithelium and its interference with calcium transport

    P.M. Verbost;J. van Rooij;G. Flik;R.A.C. Lock

  • The impact of calcium, magnesium, zinc, and copper in blood and seminal plasma on semen parameters in men

    Wai Yee Wong;Gert Flik;Pascal M.W. Groenen;Dorine W. Swinkels

  • CRF and stress in fish.

    Gert Flik;Peter H.M. Klaren;Erwin H. Van den Burg;Juriaan R. Metz

  • Interactions between the immune system and the hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal axis in fish

    F.A.A. Weyts;N. Cohen;G. Flik;B.M.L. Verburg-van Kemenade

  • Cadmium inhibition of Ca2+ uptake in rainbow trout gills

    P.M. Verbost;G. Flik;R.A.C. Lock;S.E. Wendelaar Bonga

  • Increased Leptin Expression in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) after Food Intake But Not after Fasting or Feeding to Satiation

    Mark O. Huising;Mark O. Huising;Edwin J. W. Geven;Corine P. Kruiswijk;Sander B. Nabuurs

  • Phylogeny and evolution of class-I helical cytokines.

    Mark O Huising;Corine P Kruiswijk;Gert Flik

  • Pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons to study the microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

    Maartje Ahj van Kessel;Bas E Dutilh;Bas E Dutilh;Kornelia Neveling;Michael P Kwint

  • Two divergent leptin paralogues in zebrafish (Danio rerio) that originate early in teleostean evolution.

    Marnix Gorissen;Nicholas J Bernier;Sander B Nabuurs;Gert Flik

  • Structural characterisation of a cyprinid (Cyprinus carpio L.) CRH, CRH-BP and CRH-R1, and the role of these proteins in the acute stress response

    M.O. Huising;J.R. Metz;C van Schooten;A.J. Taverne-Thiele

  • Zebrafish development and regeneration : new tools for biomedical research

    Sebastiaan A. Brittijn;Suzanne J. Duivesteijn;Mounia Belmamoune;Laura F.M. Bertens

  • 12 Calcium Transport Processes in Fishes

    Gert Flik;Pieter M. Verbost;Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga

  • Cadmium inhibits plasma membrane calcium transport

    P. M. Verbost;G. Flik;R. A. C. Lock;S. E. Wendelaar Bonga

  • CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN FISH GILLS AND INTESTINE

    G. Flik;P. M. Verbost

  • Neuroendocrine-immune interactions in fish : a role for interleukin-1

    Marc Y Engelsma;Mark O Huising;Mark O Huising;Willem B van Muiswinkel;Gert Flik

  • Characterization of branchial transepithelial calcium fluxes in freshwater trout, Salmo gairdneri

    S. F. Perry;G. Flik

  • Cortisol stimulates whole body calcium uptake and the branchial calcium pump in freshwater rainbow trout.

    G. Flik;S. F. Perry

  • CRF and stress in fish

    G. Flik;B.M.L. Verburg-van Kemenade;E.H. van den Burg;P.H.M. Klaren

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark O. Huising
Mark O. Huising University of California, Davis
Huub F. J. Savelkoul
Huub F. J. Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research
Adelino V.M. Canario
Adelino V.M. Canario University of Algarve
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Marc H.G. Berntssen
Marc H.G. Berntssen National Institute of Nutrition
Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Radboud University
Stefan Schulte-Merker
Stefan Schulte-Merker University of Münster
Manuel Yúfera
Manuel Yúfera Spanish National Research Council
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Jan H.W.M. Rombout
Jan H.W.M. Rombout Wageningen University & Research

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