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Researcher
Chris Callewaert
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Patents
66
Results
2025
Chronological age estimation from human microbiomes with transformer-based Robust Principal Component Analysis
Tyler Myers
Se Jin Song
Yang Chen
Britta De Pessemier
Lora Khatib
Daniel McDonald
Shi Huang
Richard Gallo
Chris Callewaert
Aki S. Havulinna
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
2025
Comparative whole metagenome analysis in lesional and non-lesional scalp areas of psoriasis capitis patients and healthy individuals
Britta De Pessemier
Celia Diez Lopez
Steff Taelman
Merel Verdonck
Yang Chen
Annelies Stockman
Jo Lambert
Tom Van de Wiele
Chris Callewaert
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
2025
Environmental and skin–nasal microbiome variation in South African children with atopic dermatitis
Yang Chen
Anna Dan Nguyen
Nonhlanhla Lunjani
Gillian Ndhlovu
Drishti Kaul
Britta De Pessemier
Teruaki Nakatsuji
Murunwa Madzinga
Evgeniya Sovershaeva
Carol Hlela
et al.
U
Journal Article
in
BMC Microbiology
2025
Growth and biofilm formation potential of Malassezia species in an in vitro artificial sebum model
Britta De Pessemier
Merel Verdonck
Karl-Jan Spittaels
Yorick Minnebo
Tom Coenye
Tom Van de Wiele
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2025
Skin microbiome-editing with novel antibiotics towards lower mosquito attraction
Magali De Muynck
Joni Bert
Roberto Vázquez
Chris Callewaert
Marie Joossens
Yves Briers
C3
Conference
2025
Unravelling the hidden side of laundry : malodour, microbiome and pathogenome
Celia Diez Lopez
Florence Van Herreweghen
Britta De Pessemier
Yorick Minnebo
Steff Taelman
Kara Judge
Karen Ransley
Christopher Hammond
Matthew Batson
Michiel Stock
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC BIOLOGY
2025
2024
Comparative whole metagenome sequencing analysis in psoriasis capitis patients and healthy individuals
Britta De Pessemier
Celia Diez Lopez
Steff Taelman
Annelies Stockman
Jo Lambert
Tom Van de Wiele
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2024
The influence of lifestyle and environmental factors on host resilience through a homeostatic skin microbiota : an EAACI Task Force Report
Inge Kortekaas Krohn
Chris Callewaert
Hafsa Belasri
Britta De Pessemier
Celia Diez Lopez
Charlotte G. Mortz
Liam O'Mahony
Marina Pérez‐Gordo
Milena Sokolowska
Zsofia Unger
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
ALLERGY
2024
Young ESDR : engaging and nurturing the next-generation skin research community
Clarisse Ganier
Chris Callewaert
Eniko Sonkoly
Tiago R. Matos
Beatrice Dyring-Andersen
Neil Rajan
Newsarticle
2024
2023
Sniffing out safety : canine detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection from armpit sweat
Chris Callewaert
Maria Pezavant
Rony Vandaele
Bart Meeus
Ellen Vankrunkelsven
Phaedra Van Goethem
Alain Plumacker
Benoit Misset
Gilles Darcis
Sonia Piret
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
2023
The impact of the skin microbiome in psoriasis capitis
Chris Callewaert
Britta De Pessemier
C3
Conference
2023
2022
Expert considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-CoV-2-infections
Sebastian Meller
Maryam Sultan Ali Al Khatri
Hamad Khatir Alhammadi
Guadalupe Alvarez
Guillaume Alvergnat
Leucio Camara Alves
Chris Callewaert
Charles G. B. Caraguel
Paula Carancci
Anne-Lise Chaber
et al.
Editorial material
2022
Impact of the skin microbiome in Psoriasis capitis
Britta De Pessemier
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2022
MinION (TM) nanopore sequencing of skin microbiome 16S and 16S-23S rRNA gene amplicons
Miquel Rozas
Francois Brillet
Chris Callewaert
Bernhard Paetzold
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
2022
The Gut-Skin axis in common skin disorders
Britta De Pessemier
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2022
2021
Auto-deconvolution and molecular networking of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry data
Alexander A. Aksenov
Ivan Laponogov
Zheng Zhang
Sophie L. F. Doran
Ilaria Belluomo
Dennis Veselkov
Wout Bittremieux
Louis Felix Nothias
Melissa Nothias-Esposito
Katherine N. Maloney
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
2021
Gut-skin axis : current knowledge of the interrelationship between microbial dysbiosis and skin conditions
Britta De Pessemier
Lynda Grine
Melanie Debaere
Aglaya Maes
Bernhard Paetzold
Chris Callewaert
A1
Journal Article
in
MICROORGANISMS
2021
The future of functional clothing for an improved skin and textile microbiome relationship
Rosanna Broadhead
Laure Craeye
Chris Callewaert
A1
Journal Article
in
MICROORGANISMS
2021
2020
Algorithmic learning for auto-deconvolution of GC-MS data to enable molecular networking within GNPS
Alexander A. Aksenov
Ivan Laponogov
Zheng Zhang
Sophie LF Doran
Ilaria Belluomo
Dennis Veselkov
Wout Bittremieux
Louis Felix Nothias
Mélissa Nothias-Esposito
Katherine N. Maloney
et al.
Preprint
2020
Biological and chemical processes that lead to textile malodour development
Florence Van Herreweghen
Caroline Amberg
Rita Marques
Chris Callewaert
A1
Journal Article
in
MICROORGANISMS
2020
Dietary emulsifiers alter composition and activity of the human gut microbiota in vitro, irrespective of chemical or natural emulsifier origin
Lisa Miclotte
Chris Callewaert
Kim De Paepe
Leen Rymenans
Jeroen Raes
Andreja Rajkovic
John Van Camp
Tom Van de Wiele
Preprint
2020
Dietary emulsifiers alter composition and activity of the human gut microbiota in vitro, irrespective of chemical or natural emulsifier origin
Lisa Miclotte
Kim De Paepe
Leen Rymenans
Chris Callewaert
Jeroen Raes
Andreja Rajkovic
John Van Camp
Tom Van de Wiele
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
2020
Home chemical and microbial transitions across urbanization
Laura-Isobel McCall
Chris Callewaert
Qiyun Zhu
Se Jin Song
Amina Bouslimani
Jeremiah J. Minich
Madeleine Ernst
Jean F. Ruiz-Calderon
Humberto Cavallin
Henrique S. Pereira
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY
2020
IL-4R alpha blockade by dupilumab decreases Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases microbial diversity in atopic dermatitis
Chris Callewaert
Teruaki Nakatsuji
Rob Knight
Tomasz Kosciolek
Alison Vrbanac
Paul Kotol
Marius Ardeleanu
Thomas Hultsch
Emma Guttman-Yassky
Robert Bissonnette
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
2020
Publisher correction : Zeb2 drives invasive and microbiota-dependent colon carcinoma
Karolina Slowicka
Ioanna Petta
Gillian Blancke
Esther Hoste
Emilie Dumas
Mozes Sze
Hanna-Kaisa Vikkula
Enrico Radaelli
Jody J. Haigh
Sven Jonckheere
et al.
Correction
2020
Skin microbiome and its interplay with the environment
Chris Callewaert
Katia Ravard Helffer
Philippe Lebaron
A1
Journal Article
in
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY
2020
Zeb2 drives invasive and microbiota-dependent colon carcinoma
Karolina Slowicka
Ioanna Petta
Gillian Blancke
Esther Hoste
Emilie Dumas
Mozes Sze
Hanna-Kaisa Vikkula
Enrico Radaelli
Jody J. Haigh
Sven Jonckheere
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE CANCER
2020
2019
A microbiome-based index for assessing skin health and treatment effects for atopic dermatitis in children
Zheng Sun
Shi Huang
Pengfei Zhu
Feng Yue
Helen Zhao
Ming Yang
Yueqing Niu
Gongchao Jing
Xiaoquan Su
Huiying Li
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
MSYSTEMS
2019
Dupilumab decreases Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases microbial diversity in patients with atopic dermatitis
Chris Callewaert
R. Knight
T. Nakatsuji
J. D. Hamilton
E. Guttman-Yassky
R. Bissonnette
J. Silverberg
J. Krueger
R. Gallo
C3
Conference
2019
From jungle to city : effect of urbanization on the skin microbiome
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2019
IL-4Rα blockade decreases Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases microbial diversity in atopic dermatitis
Chris Callewaert
C3
Conference
2019
The impact of skin care products on skin chemistry and microbiome dynamics
Amina Bouslimani
Ricardo da Silva
Tomasz Kosciolek
Stefan Janssen
Chris Callewaert
Amnon Amir
Kathleen Dorrestein
Alexey V. Melnik
Livia S. Zaramela
Ji-Nu Kim
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC BIOLOGY
2019
2018
American Gut : an open platform for citizen science microbiome research
Daniel McDonald
Embriette Hyde
Justine W. Debelius
James T. Morton
Antonio Gonzalez
Gail Ackermann
Alexander A. Aksenov
Bahar Behsaz
Caitriona Brennan
Yingfeng Chen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
MSYSTEMS
2018
Best practices for analysing microbiomes
Rob Knight
Alison Vrbanac
Bryn C. Taylor
Alexander Aksenov
Chris Callewaert
Justine Debelius
Antonio Gonzalez
Tomasz Kosciolek
Laura-Isobel McCall
Daniel McDonald
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
2018
Dupilumab-mediated IL-4Rα blockade decreases Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases microbial diversity in patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD)
Chris Callewaert
R. Knight
T. Nakatsuji
T. Kosciolek
A. Vrbanac
P. Kotol
M. Ardeleanu
T. Hultsch
E. Guttman-Yassky
R. Bissonnette
et al.
C3
Conference
2018
Impacts of the human gut microbiome on therapeutics
Yoshiki Vazquez-Baeza
Chris Callewaert
Justine Debelius
Embriette Hyde
Clarisse Marotz
James T. Morton
Austin Swafford
Alison Vrbanac
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Rob Knight
A1
Journal Article
in
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
2018
Microbial transplant to shift a malodorous armpit microbiome
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Thomas Van Keer
Murielle Meunier
Tess Plaquet
Stijn Hawinkel
Maarten Aerts
Peter Vandamme
Emma Hernandez Sanabria
Jon Sanders
et al.
C3
Conference
2018
2017
The microbiome and human biology
Rob Knight
Chris Callewaert
Clarisse Marotz
Embriette R. Hyde
Justine W. Debelius
Daniel McDonald
Mitchell L. Sogin
A1
Journal Article
in
ANNUAL REVIEW OF GENOMICS AND HUMAN GENETICS
2017
Towards a bacterial treatment for armpit malodour
Chris Callewaert
Jo Lambert
Tom Van de Wiele
A1
Journal Article
in
EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
2017
2016
FRT - Fondation René Touraine : an international foundation for dermatology
Thomas C. G. Bosch
Karsten Zengler
Shruti Naik
Tilo Biedermann
Heidi H. Kong
Karin Loser
Holger Brüggeman
Chris Callewaert
Jo Lambert
Tom Van de Wiele
Bibliography
2016
The effect of feed water dissolved organic carbon concentration and composition on organic micropollutant removal and microbial diversity in soil columns simulating river bank filtration
Cheryl Bertelkamp
JP van der Hoek
Klaas Schoutteten
Laurent Hulpiau
Lynn Vanhaecke
Julie Vanden Bussche
AJ Cabo
Chris Callewaert
Nico Boon
J Löwenberg
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CHEMOSPHERE
2016
2015
A laboratory-scale column study comparing organic micropollutant removal and microbial diversity for two soil types
Cheryl Bertelkamp
Klaas Schoutteten
Lynn Vanhaecke
Julie Vanden Bussche
Chris Callewaert
Nico Boon
Naresh Singhal
Jan Peter van der Hoek
Arne Verliefde
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
2015
Bacterial exchange in household washing machines
Chris Callewaert
Sam Van Nevel
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Michael S Granitsiotis
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
2015
Novel biocompatible nanocapsules for slow release of fragrances on the human skin
Baharak Hosseinkhani
Chris Callewaert
Nelleke Vanbeveren
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY
2015
The science of body odor : characterization and management of the axillary microbiome
Chris Callewaert
Nico Boon
Tom Van de Wiele
Dissertation
2015
2014
Artificial sweat composition to grow and sustain a mixed human axillary microbiome
Chris Callewaert
Benjamin Buysschaert
Els Vossen
Veerle Fievez
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS
2014
Characterisation of the human malodorous axillary microbiome and a novel treatment to obtain a better body odour
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Thomas Van Keer
Tess Plaquet
Murielle Meunier
JESSICA BOSTOEN
Lesley Verhofstadt
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2014
Deodorants and antiperspirants affect the axillary bacterial community
Chris Callewaert
Prawira Hutapea
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2014
Microbial odor profile of polyester and cotton clothes after a fitness session
Chris Callewaert
Evelyn De Maeseneire
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Arne Verliefde
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
2014
2013
Antiperspirants can change the axillary bacterial community and structure
Chris Callewaert
Prawira Partogi Hutapea
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2013
Axillary bacterial transplantation and bacteriotherapy as a promising technique to treat bromhidrosis
Chris Callewaert
Tess Plaquet
JESSICA BOSTOEN
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2013
Bacterial and odor profile of polyester and cotton clothes after a fitness session
Chris Callewaert
Evelyn De Maeseneire
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C1
Conference
2013
Characterization of Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium clusters in the human axillary region
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Michael S Granitsiotis
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
A1
Journal Article
in
PLOS ONE
2013
Moeder, waarom stinken wij?
Chris Callewaert
Newsarticle
2013
Probiotic cleaning: a novel way of hygienizing the indoor environment
Chris Callewaert
Kim De Paepe
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2013
The SCIN simulation: a novel in vitro technique to study microbial colonization in the axillary region
Chris Callewaert
Benjamin Buysschaert
Els Vossen
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2013
2012
Armpit microbial community switches opens perspectives for axillary odour enhancements
Chris Callewaert
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
Axillary bacteriotherapy as a successful technique towards bromhidrosis
Chris Callewaert
Tess Plaquet
JESSICA BOSTOEN
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
LCA studies of biofuels in multi-output biorefineries
Steven De Meester
Chris Callewaert
Herman Van Langenhove
Jo Dewulf
C3
Conference
2012
The bacterial fingerprint of the armpit and its variation in time
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C1
Conference
2012
The human axillary environment harbors 2 microbiome ecotypes
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
MS Granitsiotis
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
The human axillary environment harbors two microbiome ecotypes
Chris Callewaert
Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
The SCIN simulation: a novel in vitro technique to study the odour generation of microbial colonization on the skin
Chris Callewaert
Benjamin Buysschaert
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
Towards the interactome between skin microbial communities and the skin epidermal cells
Sergio Cornejo Rubin De Celis
Chris Callewaert
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2012
2011
Microbial colonization of an ex vivo skin fragment to simulate the axillary environment: a novel approach
Chris Callewaert
Mireille Van Gele
Tom Van de Wiele
Nico Boon
C3
Conference
2011
The resource footprint of biobased products: a key issue in the sustainable development of biorefineries
Steven De Meester
Chris Callewaert
Erwin De Mol
Herman Van Langenhove
Jo Dewulf
A1
Journal Article
in
BIOFUELS BIOPRODUCTS & BIOREFINING-BIOFPR
2011