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Professor, Hogeschool Gent
1 Sept 1998 → 31 Aug 2002
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FWOAL1178: Development of a Compact and Cost-Effective Polychromatic Digital Holographic Microscope (p-DHM) for Rapid Nanomotion-Based Testing of Antimicrobial and Chemotherapy Susceptibility
Willaert, R. (Administrative Promotor)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Fundamental
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OZR2975: Onderzoeksgroep Alliantie VUB-UGent: NanoMicrobiologie - NAMI
Willaert, R. (Administrative Promotor), Devreese, B. (Co-Promotor), Yvanoff, C. (Collaborator) & Vanden Boer, P. K. (Collaborator)
8/06/16 → 30/06/28
Project: Policy Based
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AIIESA30: PRODEX Experiment Arrangement: BoneChip
Willaert, R. (Administrative Promotor)
1/03/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3928: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UGent, RADONICIC Vjera
Willaert, R. (Administrative Promotor)
14/03/22 → 13/03/26
Project: Fundamental
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FWOSB126: The optical nanomotion detector: a microfluidics-based instrument to search for extra-terestrial life, human microbial infections and habitat contaminations in space
Willaert, R. (Administrative Promotor) & Radoničić, V. (Mandate)
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Fundamental
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Automated Open-Source Optical Nanomotion Platform for Rapid Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Ribeaud, M., Villalba, M. I., Marquette, P., Willaert, R. & Kasas, S., 14 Apr 2026, In: ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 4, 4, p. 1573-1577 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PARTICLE CHARACTERISATION
Willaert, R. (Inventor), Kasas, S. (Inventor), Vanden Boer, P. K. (Inventor), Malovichko, A. (Inventor), Alioscha-Perez, M. (Inventor) & Sahli, H. (Inventor), 2026, Patent No. EP3969604B1Research output: Patent
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Optical Nanomotion Detection Reveals Nanomechanical Vitality of Brewer’s Yeast During Cold Storage
Radonicic, V., Mieghem, T. V., Hofstraeten, L. V., Kasas, S. & Willaert, R. G., 3 Mar 2026, In: Fermentation. 12, 3, 19 p., 131.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid Optical Nanomotion-Based Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Kombucha-Associated Acetic Acid Bacteria and <i>Escherichia coli</i>
Córdoba, M. M., Radonicic, V., Kasas, S. & Willaert, R. G., 16 Apr 2026, In: Foods. 15, 8, p. 1-20 20 p., 1395.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single-cell mechanodynamics: Probing cellular function through nanomotion and intracellular mechanics
Willaert, R. G., Yvanoff, C. & Kasas, S., Dec 2026, In: Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 101, p. 1-12 12 p., 103381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Lrs14-like AbfR1 homolog from Metallosphaera sedula is a nucleoid-organizing protein
De Kock, V. (Creator), Willaert, R. (Creator), Gansemans, Y. (Creator), Van Nieuwerburgh, F. (Creator), Baes, R. (Creator) & Peeters, E. (Creator), European Nucleotide Archive, 29 May 2025
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/PRJEB83172
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Raw data underlying the results of the PhD chapter and article by Amber Bernauw entitled - Molecular mechanisms of regulation by a β-alanine-responsive Lrp-type transcription factor from Acidianus hospitalis
Bernauw, A. (Researcher), Crabbe, V. (Researcher), Ryssegem, F. (Researcher), Willaert, R. (Supervisor), Bervoets, I. (Supervisor) & Peeters, E. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 2023
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Prizes
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2nd poster prize XXIV. Annual Linz Winter Workshop, Linz, Austria
Willaert, R. (Recipient), 2 Feb 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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High-speed AFM and DNA origami to study single-protein – DNA interaction dynamics
Willaert, R. (Recipient), 4 Feb 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Department of Bio-engineering Sciences (Organisational unit)
Radonicic, V. (Speaker), Messens, J. (Chair), Willaert, R. (Supervisor), Devreese, B. (Supervisor), Torino, S. (Jury), De Malsche, W. (Jury), Kasas, S. (Jury), Wendland, J. (Jury), Van Damme, P. (Jury) & Audenaert, K. (Jury)
16 Feb 2026Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
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Optical and mechanical phenotyping of osteoblasts exposed to fluid flow shear stress
Yvanoff, C. (Speaker) & Willaert, R. (Contributor)
7 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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End of the FWO project - Progress meeting at the LBEM
Yvanoff, C. (Participant), Willaert, R. (Participant) & Kasas, S. (Participant)
22 Dec 2024 → 24 Dec 2024Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Research stay at the German aerospace research and technology centre (DLR)
Yvanoff, C. (Participant), Willaert, R. (Participant) & Kasas, S. (Participant)
3 Jul 2024 → 5 Jul 2024Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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DNA-binding properties of a novel crenarchaeal chromatin-organising protein in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Lemmens, L. (Contributor), Wang, K. (Contributor), Ruykens, E. A. (Contributor), Nguyen, V. T. (Contributor), Willaert, R. (Contributor), Lindås, A.-C. (Contributor), Couturier, M. (Speaker) & Peeters, E. (Contributor)
1 Aug 2022 → 4 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
Thesis
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Development of novel fluorescent reporters for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and their application to build a biosensor strain
Linussio, J. ((PhD) Student), Peeters, E. (Promotor), Willaert, R. (Jury) & Muyldermans, S. (Jury), Sybers, D. (Advisor), 27 Jun 2016Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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In vitro characterization of the architectural properties of the archaeal nucleoid-associated proteins Saci1012 and Saci0446
Ruykens, E. A. ((PhD) Student), Peeters, E. (Promotor) & Willaert, R. (Promotor), Lemmens, L. (Advisor), Muyldermans, S. (Jury) & Loris, R. (Jury), 10 Sept 2018Student thesis: Master's Thesis