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Overview

Wim De Coen is affiliated with the European Chemicals Agency in Finland, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work often addresses public health concerns, environmental factors, and agricultural sustainability.

The scientist's recent research publications include:

  • One Health collaboration with and among EU Agencies - Bridging research and policy, 2022, One Health
  • The framework for action of the Cross-agency One Health Task Force, 2024, One Health
  • Scientific cooperation among Europe's One Health agencies, 2025, One Health

De Coen's research themes are diverse but closely linked by a focus on intertwined human, animal, and environmental health, often under the One Health paradigm. Key topics in their work include:

  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Animal disease management and epidemiology
  • Agriculture sustainability and environmental impact
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Nutrition, genetics, and disease

Subfields of study that underpin this research showcase an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of peers, reflecting a networked and cross-disciplinary research environment. Notable co-authors include:

  • S L A M Bronzwaer
  • Ole Heuer
  • Ian Marnane
  • Ana Maria Centola Vidal
  • Mike Catchpole

All recent publications by Wim De Coen have appeared in the journal One Health, indicating a consistent focus on integrative health research that bridges policy and scientific inquiry across European agencies and institutions. This focus aligns with their commitment to addressing the complex dynamics of health in the context of environmental and societal factors.

Best Publications

  • The missing biomarker link: Relationships between effects on the cellular energy allocation biomarker of toxicant‐stressed Daphnia magna and corresponding population characteristics

    Wim M. De Coen;Wim M. De Coen;Colin R. Janssen

  • Recent advances in recognition elements of food and environmental biosensors: a review

    Bieke Van Dorst;Jaytry Mehta;Karen Bekaert;Elsa Rouah-Martin

  • Development of a screening assay to identify teratogenic and embryotoxic chemicals using the zebrafish embryo

    Ingrid W.T. Selderslaghs;An R. Van Rompay;Wim De Coen;Hilda E. Witters

  • Arabidopsis thaliana plants acclimated to low dose rates of ultraviolet B radiation show specific changes in morphology and gene expression in the absence of stress symptoms

    Kathleen Hectors;Els Prinsen;Wim De Coen;Marcel A. K. Jansen

  • Perfluorinated Substances in Human Food and Other Sources of Human Exposure

    Wendy D’Hollander;Pim de Voogt;Wim De Coen;Lieven Bervoets

  • Locomotor activity in zebrafish embryos: a new method to assess developmental neurotoxicity.

    Ingrid W.T. Selderslaghs;Jef Hooyberghs;Jef Hooyberghs;Wim De Coen;Hilda E. Witters

  • Perfluorinated chemicals infiltrate ocean waters: link between exposure levels and stable isotope ratios in marine mammals.

    Kristin Inneke Van de Vijver;Philippe Tony Hoff;Krishna Das;Walter Van Dongen

  • Estrogen-like properties of fluorotelomer alcohols as revealed by mcf-7 breast cancer cell proliferation.

    Marleen Maras;Caroline Vanparys;Frederik Muylle;Johan Robbens

  • Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid in bib (Trisopterus luscus) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) from the Western Scheldt and the Belgian North Sea: Distribution and biochemical effects

    Philippe T. Hoff;Kristin Van de Vijver;Walter Van Dongen;Eddy L. Esmans

  • New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring

    Guido Persoone;Colin Janssen;Wim De Coen

  • Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and organohalogen pollutants in liver of three freshwater fish species in Flanders (Belgium): relationships with biochemical and organismal effects.

    Philippe Tony Hoff;Karen Van Campenhout;Kristin Van de Vijver;Adrian Covaci

  • Omics in algae: paving the way for a systems biological understanding of algal stress phenomena?

    An Jamers;Ronny Blust;Wim De Coen

  • Molecular impact of propiconazole on Daphnia magna using a reproduction-related cDNA array.

    Anneleen Soetaert;Lotte N. Moens;Karlijn Van der Ven;Koen Van Leemput

  • A biology-based approach for mixture toxicity of multiple endpoints over the life cycle

    Tjalling Jager;Tine Vandenbrouck;Jan Baas;Wim M. De Coen

  • An omics based assessment of cadmium toxicity in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    An Jamers;Ronny Blust;Wim De Coen;Julian L. Griffin

  • Linking Molecular and Population Stress Responses in Daphnia magna exposed to cadmium

    Richard E Connon;Helen L. Hooper;Richard M. Sibly;Fei Ling Lim

  • Tissue-specific Cu bioaccumulation patterns and differences in sensitivity to waterborne Cu in three freshwater fish: rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), and gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio).

    Gudrun De Boeck;Wouter Meeus;Wim De Coen;Ronny Blust

  • Tissue distribution of perfluorinated chemicals in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the Dutch Wadden Sea.

    Kristin Inneke Van de Vijver;Philippe Hoff;Krishna Das;Sophie Brasseur

  • The use of biomarkers in Daphnia magna toxicity testing. I. The digestive physiology of daphnids exposed to toxic stress

    Wim M. De Coen;Colin R. Janssen

  • Molecular responses during cadmium-induced stress in Daphnia magna: integration of differential gene expression with higher-level effects.

    Anneleen Soetaert;Tine Vandenbrouck;Karlijn van der Ven;Marleen Maras

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Colin R. Janssen
Colin R. Janssen Ghent University
Ron Verhagen
Ron Verhagen University of Antwerp
Lieven Bervoets
Lieven Bervoets University of Antwerp
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Jurgen Del-Favero
Jurgen Del-Favero University of Antwerp
Stefan Voorspoels
Stefan Voorspoels Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Guy Smagghe
Guy Smagghe Ghent University
Paul Schepens
Paul Schepens University of Antwerp

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