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Researcher
Bram Vanthournout
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27
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2023
Influence of core type and shell thickness on avian-inspired structural colors produced from melanin nanoparticle assemblies
Saranshu Singla
Zepeng Yang
Anvay Patil
Hao Guo
Bram Vanthournout
K. Zin Htut
Matthew Shawkey
Mesfin Tsige
Ali Dhinojwala
A1
Journal Article
in
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
2023
Mechanism of structural colors in binary mixtures of nanoparticle-based supraballs
Christian M. Heil
Anvay Patil
Bram Vanthournout
Saranshu Singla
Markus Bleuel
Jing-Jin Song
Ziying Hu
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Matthew Shawkey
Sunil K. Sinha
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE ADVANCES
2023
Rapid and reversible humidity-dependent colour change by water film formation in a scaled springtail
Bram Vanthournout
Frans Janssens
Gerben Debruyn
Johan Mertens
Karen De Clerck
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
2023
2022
A combination of red structural and pigmentary coloration in the eyespot of a copepod
Nicholas M. Justyn
Kyle B. Heine
Wendy R. Hood
Jennifer A. Peteya
Bram Vanthournout
Gerben Debruyn
Matthew Shawkey
Ryan J. Weaver
Geoffrey E. Hill
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
2022
Hydrophobic melanin via post-synthetic modification for controlled self-assembly
Xuhao Zhou
Shengyi Su
Bram Vanthournout
Ziying Hu
Florencia A. Son
Kexin Zhang
Zofia E. Siwicka
Xinyi Gong
Navjit Paul
Karthikeyan Gnanasekaran
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ACS NANO
2022
Modeling structural colors from disordered one-component colloidal nanoparticle-based supraballs using combined experimental and simulation techniques
Anvay Patil
Christian M. Heil
Bram Vanthournout
Saranshu Singla
Ziying Hu
Jan Ilavsky
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Matthew Shawkey
Sunil K. Sinha
Arthi Jayaraman
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ACS MATERIALS LETTERS
2022
Structural color production in melanin‐based disordered colloidal nanoparticle assemblies in spherical confinement
Anvay Patil
Christian M. Heil
Bram Vanthournout
Markus Bleuel
Saranshu Singla
Ziying Hu
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Matthew Shawkey
Sunil K. Sinha
Arthi Jayaraman
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
2022
2021
Evolution of eggshell structure in relation to nesting ecology in non‐avian reptiles
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Jonathan Goldenberg
Asritha Nallapaneni
Dilworth Y. Parkinson
Chenhui Zhu
Bram Vanthournout
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
2021
Non-iridescent structural color control via inkjet printing of self-assembled synthetic melanin nanoparticles
Ziying Hu
Nathan P. Bradshaw
Bram Vanthournout
Chris Forman
Karthikeyan Gnanasekaran
Matthew P. Thompson
Paul Smeets
Ali Dhinojwala
Matthew Shawkey
Mark C. Hersam
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
2021
Springtail coloration at a finer scale : mechanisms behind vibrant collembolan metallic colours
Bram Vanthournout
Anastasia Rousaki
Thomas Parmentier
Frans Janssens
Johan Mertens
Peter Vandenabeele
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
2021
Substrate thermal properties influence ventral brightness evolution in ectotherms
Jonathan Goldenberg
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Karen Bisschop
Bram Vanthournout
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
2021
Thermoregulation and heat exchange in ospreys (Pandion haliaetus)
Svana Rogalla
Matthew Shawkey
Bram Vanthournout
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
2021
2020
Bioinspired chemoenzymatic route to artificial melanin for hair pigmentation
Claudia Battistella
Naneki C. McCallum
Bram Vanthournout
Christopher J. Forman
Qing Zhe Ni
James J. La Clair
Michael D. Burkart
Matthew Shawkey
Nathan C. Gianneschi
A1
Journal Article
in
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
2020
2019
Evidence for faster X chromosome evolution in spiders
Jesper Bechsgaard
Mads Fristrup Schou
Bram Vanthournout
Frederik Hendrickx
Bjarne Knudsen
Virginia Settepani
Mikkel Heide Schierup
Trine Bilde
A1
Journal Article
in
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2019
The golden age of arthropods : ancient mechanisms of colour production in body scales
Liliana D'Alba Altamirano
Bo Wang
Bram Vanthournout
Matthew Shawkey
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
2019
2018
Male spiders control offspring sex ratio through greater production of female-determining sperm
Bram Vanthournout
Mette Marie Busck
Jesper Bechsgaard
Frederik Hendrickx
Andreas Schramm
Trine Bilde
A1
Journal Article
in
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
2018
2017
The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution
Evelyn E Schwager
Prashant P Sharma
Thomas Clarke
Daniel J Leite
Torsten Wierschin
Matthias Pechmann
Yasuko Akiyama-Oda
Lauren Esposito
Jesper Bechsgaard
Trine Bilde
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC BIOLOGY
2017
2016
Benefits of group living include increased feeding efficiency and lower mass loss during desiccation in the social and inbreeding spider Stegodyphus dumicola
Bram Vanthournout
Michelle Greve
Anne Bruun
Jesper Bechsgaard
Johannes Overgaard
Trine Bilde
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
2016
Hidden suppression of sex ratio distortion suggests Red queen dynamics between Wolbachia and its dwarf spider host
Bram Vanthournout
Frederik Hendrickx
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2016
2015
Comparative genomic study of arachnid immune systems indicates loss of beta-1,3-glucanase-related proteins and the immune deficiency pathway
J Bechsgaard
Bram Vanthournout
P Funch
S Vestbo
RA Gibbs
S Richards
KW Sanggaard
JJ Enghild
T Bilde
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2015
Endosymbiont dominated bacterial communities in a dwarf spider
Bram Vanthournout
Frederik Hendrickx
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2015
Selection for costly sexual traits results in a vacant mating niche and male dimorphism
Frederik Hendrickx
Bram Vanthournout
Michael Taborsky
A1
Journal Article
in
EVOLUTION
2015
2014
Flow cytometric sexing of spider sperm reveals an equal sperm production ratio in a female-biased species
Bram Vanthournout
Kim Deswarte
Hamida Hammad
T Bilde
Bart Lambrecht
Frederik Hendrickx
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOLOGY LETTERS
2014
Sex ratio bias caused by endosymbiont infection in the dwarf spider Oedothorax retusus
Bram Vanthournout
Viki Vandomme
Frederik Hendrickx
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY
2014
Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk
Kristian W Sanggaard
Jesper S Bechsgaard
Xiaodong Fang
Jinjie Duan
Thomas F Dyrlund
Vikas Gupta
Xuanting Jiang
Ling Cheng
Dingding Fan
Yue Feng
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
2014
2012
Sex ratio distortion in the male dimorphic dwarf spider Oedothorax gibbosus: mechanisms and the role of endosymbiont bacteria
Bram Vanthournout
Frederik Hendrickx
Dissertation
2012
2011
Spiders do not escape reproductive manipulations by Wolbachia
Bram Vanthournout
Janne Swaegers
Frederik Hendrickx
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
2011