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Thierry Backeljau is affiliated with the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Belgium. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental and biological sciences, focusing primarily on biodiversity, taxonomy, and ecological interactions.

Backeljau's publication record includes work in the following main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study demonstrate a range of expertise in:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Paleontology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

The main topics they have explored include:

  • Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Key recent papers contributed to by Backeljau include:

  • "Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics," 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "A century of coping with environmental and ecological changes via compensatory biomineralization in mussels," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Integrative taxonomy of the new millipede genus Coxobolellus, gen. nov. (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pseudospirobolellidae), with descriptions of ten new species," 2020, Invertebrate Systematics
  • "Intermediate gastropod hosts of major feline cardiopulmonary nematodes in an area of wildcat and domestic cat sympatry in Greece," 2020, Parasites & Vectors
  • "Exploring the bushmeat market in Brussels, Belgium: a clandestine luxury business," 2020, Biodiversity and Conservation

Throughout their career, Backeljau has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Piyatida Pimvichai
  • Marc De Meyer
  • Ann Vanderheyden
  • Nathalie Smitz
  • Sophie Gombeer

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • ZooKeys
  • Tropical Natural History
  • Invertebrate Systematics
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Parasites & Vectors

Best Publications

  • Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from molluscs.

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  • Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north‐west Europe

    J. Pinceel;K. Jordaens;N. Van Houtte;A. J. De Winter

  • Dispersal and gene flow in free-living marine nematodes

    Sofie Derycke;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Tom Moens

  • Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource

    Anthony Herrel;Katleen Huyghe;Bieke Vanhooydonck;Thierry Backeljau

  • 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

  • Mitochondrial DNA variation and cryptic speciation within the free-living marine nematode Pellioditis marina

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Andy Vierstraete;T Backeljau

  • Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities.

    Thomas Merckx;Caroline Souffreau;Aurelien Kaiser;Lisa F Baardsen

  • Exploring the use of cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 (COI) for DNA barcoding of free-living marine nematodes.

    Sofie Derycke;Jan Vanaverbeke;Annelien Rigaux;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom

    Griet Casteleyn;Frederik Leliaert;Thierry Backeljau;Ann-Eline Debeer

  • Shells from aquaculture: a valuable biomaterial, not a nuisance waste product

    James P. Morris;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Gauthier Chapelle

  • Phylogeography of the Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina species complex: evidence for long‐distance dispersal, and for range expansions and restricted gene flow in the northeast Atlantic

    Sofie Derycke;Thomas Remerie;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau;Andy Vierstraete

  • Synchronization of hatching date with budburst of individual host trees (Quercus robur) in the winter moth (Operophtera brumata) and its fitness consequences

    Stefan Van Dongen;Thierry Backeljau;Erik Matthysen;Andre A. Dhondt

  • Rangewide phylogeography of a terrestrial slug in Europe: evidence for Alpine refugia and rapid colonization after the Pleistocene glaciations.

    Jan Pinceel;Kurt Jordaens;Markus Pfenninger;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics.

    Melody S. Clark;Lloyd S. Peck;Jaison Arivalagan;Jaison Arivalagan;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Extreme mtDNA divergences in a terrestrial slug (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae): accelerated evolution, allopatric divergence and secondary contact.

    J. Pinceel;K. Jordaens;T. Backeljau;T. Backeljau

  • Identification of Belgian mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) by DNA barcoding

    V. Versteirt;Z. T. Nagy;P. Roelants;L. Denis

  • Identifying insects with incomplete DNA barcode libraries, African fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a test case.

    Massimiliano Virgilio;Massimiliano Virgilio;Kurt Jordaens;Floris C. Breman;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Confirmation of Anopheles varuna in vietnam, previously misidentified and mistargeted as the malaria vector Anopheles minimus.

    W Van Bortel;R E Harbach;H D Trung;P Roelants

  • Associations between shell strength, shell morphology and heavy metals in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda, Helicidae)

    Kurt Jordaens;Hans De Wolf;Bart Vandecasteele;Ronny Blust

  • Genetic population structure of the winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.)(Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in a fragmented landscape

    S van Dongen;T Backeljau;E Matthysen;A A Dhondt;A A Dhondt

  • The Proposed Dropping of the Genus Crassostrea for All Pacific Cupped Oysters and Its Replacement by a New Genus Magallana: A Dissenting View

    B. L. Bayne;M. Ahrens;S. K. Allen;M. Anglès D'Auriac

  • 18S rRNA suggests that Entoprocta are protostomes, unrelated to Ectoprocta

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Verhagen
Ron Verhagen University of Antwerp
Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Frederik Hendrickx
Frederik Hendrickx Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Marc Coosemans
Marc Coosemans Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Erik Matthysen
Erik Matthysen University of Antwerp
Sofie Derycke
Sofie Derycke Ghent University
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Luc Lens
Luc Lens Ghent University
Tom Moens
Tom Moens Ghent University
Erik Verheyen
Erik Verheyen Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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