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Researcher

Gust Bilcke

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24 Results

2025

Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom reproduction in the global ocean

Gust BilckeLucia Campese

Conserved genetic markers reveal widespread diatom sexual reproduction in the global ocean

Gust BilckeLucia CampeseRossella AnnunziataLuz Amadei MartínezCamilla BorgonuovoNadine RijsdijkPeter ChaerleKoen Van den BergeSofie D'hondtDaniele Iudicone et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Distinct interspecies thermal resistance strategies exhibited by euplanktonic, tychoplanktonic and benthic diatoms under marine heatwaves

Feichao DuYuhang LiGust BilckeShinya SatoKuidong Xu

A1 Journal Article in MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Molecular fingerprints of cell size sensing and mating type differentiation in pennate diatoms

Darja BelišováGust BilckeSien AudoorSofie D'hondtLieven De VeylderKlaas VandepoeleWim Vyverman

A1 Journal Article in NEW PHYTOLOGIST

2024

Culturing diatoms

Daniel VaulotGust BilckePeter ChaerleAngela FalciatorePriscillia GourvilMichael W. LomasIan ProbertWim Vyverman

Bookchapter in Diatom photosynthesis : from primary production to high-value molecules

Molecular fingerprints of cell size sensing and mating type differentiation in pennate diatoms

Darja BelišováGust BilckeSien AudoorSofie D'hondtLieven De VeylderKlaas VandepoeleWim Vyverman

Size and life cycle dynamics of the model diatom Cylindrotheca closterium

Darja BelišováWim VyvermanGust BilckeLieven De Veylder

Transcriptional chronology reveals conserved genes involved in pennate diatom sexual reproduction

Sien AudoorGust BilckeKaterina ParganaDarja BelišováSander ThierensMichiel Van BelLieven SterckNadine RijsdijkRossella AnnunziataMaria Immacolata Ferrante et al.

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Transcriptional responses to salinity‐induced changes in cell wall morphology of the euryhaline diatom Pleurosira laevis

Shiho KamakuraGust BilckeShinya Sato

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Transcriptome profiling of Cylindrotheca closterium and Seminavis robusta

Darja BelišováGust BilckeSien AudoorSofie D'hondtLieven De VeylderKlaas VandepoeleWim Vyverman

2023

Cylindrotheca closterium as a novel model to study diatom life cycle

Sien AudoorWim VyvermanGust Bilcke

Diatom adhesive trail proteins acquired by horizontal gene transfer from bacteria serve as primers for marine biofilm formation

Jirina Zackova SuchanovaGust BilckeBeata RomanowskaAli FatlawiMartin PippelAlastair SkeffingtonMichael SchroederWim VyvermanKlaas VandepoeleNils Kröger et al.

A1 Journal Article in NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Editorial : Unicellular organisms as an evolutionary snapshot toward multicellularity

Pina MarottaAntonella RuggieroGust Bilcke

Editorial material

Scaling the invisible wall : molecular acclimation of a salinity‐tolerant diatom to freshwater

Gust BilckeShiho Kamakura

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

2022

Cellular hallmarks and regulation of the diatom cell cycle

Petra BulánkováGust BilckeWim VyvermanLieven De Veylder

Bookchapter in The molecular life of diatoms

Life cycle regulation

Gust BilckeMaria Immacolata FerranteMarina MontresorSam De DeckerLieven De VeylderWim Vyverman

Bookchapter in The molecular life of diatoms

2021

Diurnal transcript profiling of the diatom Seminavis robusta reveals adaptations to a benthic lifestyle

Gust BilckeCristina OsunaMarta Santana SilvaNicole PoulsenSofie D'hondtPetra BulánkováWim VyvermanLieven De VeylderKlaas Vandepoele

A1 Journal Article in PLANT JOURNAL

Life history regulation of the benthic pennate diatom Seminavis robusta : a transcriptomic, comparative genomic and physiological study

Gust BilckeWim VyvermanLieven De VeylderLieven Clement

Light intensity and spectral composition drive reproductive success in the marine benthic diatom Seminavis robusta

Gust BilckeLore Van CraenenbroeckAlexandre Castagna Mourão e LimaCristina OsunaKlaas VandepoeleKoen SabbeLieven De VeylderWim Vyverman

A1 Journal Article in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Mating type specific transcriptomic response to sex inducing pheromone in the pennate diatom Seminavis robusta

Gust BilckeKoen Van den BergeSam De DeckerEli BonneureNicole PoulsenPetra BulánkováCristina OsunaJack DickensonKoen SabbeGeorg Pohnert et al.

A1 Journal Article in ISME JOURNAL

2020

Distinctive growth and transcriptional changes of the diatom Seminavis robusta in response to quorum sensing related compounds

Frederike Stock genannt SchroerGust BilckeSam De DeckerCristina OsunaKoen Van den BergeEmmelien VancaesterLieven De VeylderKlaas VandepoeleSven MangelinckxWim Vyverman

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms

Cristina OsunaGust BilckeEmmelien VancaesterSam De DeckerAtle M. BonesPer WingeNicole PoulsenPetra BulánkováBram VerhelstSien Audoor et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms (vol 11, 3320, 2020)

Cristina Maria Osuna CruzGust BilckeEmmelien VancaesterSam De DeckerAtle M. BonesPer WingeNicole PoulsenPetra BulánkováBram VerhelstSien Audoor et al.

2019

Associated bacteria affect sexual reproduction by altering gene expression and metabolic processes in a biofilm inhabiting diatom

Emilio CirriSam De DeckerGust BilckeMarkus WernerCristina OsunaLieven De VeylderKlaas VandepoeleOliver WerzWim VyvermanGeorg Pohnert

A1 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY