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Researcher

Marleen Brunain

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34 Results

2026

Evaluation of 10-year selection for virus resistance in a mass breeding program

Emma BossuytMarleen BrunainLina De SmetEllen DanneelsDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

2024

Comprehensive approach to phenotype Varroa destructor reproduction in honey bee drone brood and its correlation with decreased mite reproduction (DMR)

Regis LefebreDavid Claeys BoúúaertEmma BossuytLina De SmetMarleen BrunainEllen DanneelsDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in INSECTS

Known and novel viruses in Belgian honey bees : yearly differences, spatial clustering, and associations with overwintering loss

Ward DeboutteLina De SmetMarleen BrunainNikolas BaslerRiet De RyckeLena SmetsDirk de GraafJelle Matthijnssens

A1 Journal Article in MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM

2023

Can a simple selection program predict winter mortality? Preliminary evaluation of the Flemish honey bee breeding program steers towards selection by exclusion

David Claeys BoúúaertEllen DanneelsValérie VillersMarleen BrunainRegis LefebreLina De SmetDirk de Graaf

A2 Journal Article in BEE WORLD

2022

Dynamics in vertical transmission of viruses in naturally selected and traditionally managed honey bee colonies across Europe

David Claeys BoúúaertLina De SmetMarleen BrunainBjørn DahleTjeerd BlacquièreAnne DalmonDaniel DezmireanDylan ElenJanja FilipiAlexandru Giurgiu et al.

Virus prevalence in egg samples collected from naturally selected and traditionally managed honey bee colonies across Europe

David Claeys BoúúaertLina De SmetMarleen BrunainBjørn DahleTjeerd BlacquièreAnne DalmonDaniel DezmireanDylan ElenJanja FilipiAlexandru Giurgiu et al.

A1 Journal Article in VIRUSES-BASEL

2020

Comparison between Apicystis cryptica sp. n. and Apicystis bombi (Arthrogregarida, Apicomplexa): Gregarine parasites that cause fat body hypertrophism in bees

Karel SchoonvaereMarleen BrunainFemke BaekeMichiel De BruyneRiet De RyckeDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

Nationwide screening for bee viruses and parasites in Belgian honey bees

Severine MatthijsValerie De WaeleValerie VandenbergeBenedicte VerhoevenJacqueline EversMarleen BrunainClaude SaegermanPaul J. J. De WinterStefan RoelsDirk de Graaf et al.

A1 Journal Article in VIRUSES-BASEL

2018

Characterization of native honey bee subspecies in Republic of Benin using morphometric and genetic tools

Felicien AmakpeLina De SmetMarleen BrunainFranciscus JacobsBrice SinsinDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL SCIENCE

2017

Nosema neumanni n. sp. (Microsporidia, Nosematidae), a new microsporidian parasite of honeybees, Apis mellifera in Uganda

Moses ChemurotLina De SmetMarleen BrunainRiet De RyckeDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY

2016

Belgian honey bee winter mortality during 2012-2013 : a case-control study and spatial analysis

Sophie RoelandtEstelle MerocFlavien RiocreuxDirk de GraafKim Bach NguyenMarleen BrunainBenedicte VerhoevenMarc DispasStefan RoelsYves Van der Stede

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Discovery of Lake Sinai virus and an unusual strain of acute bee paralysis virus in West African apiaries

Felicien AmakpeLina De SmetMarleen BrunainJorgen RavoetFranciscus JacobsWim ReybroeckBrice SinsinDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in APIDOLOGIE

First detection of Paenibacillus larvae the causative agent of American Foulbrood in a Ugandan honeybee colony

Moses ChemurotMarleen BrunainAnne M AkolTine DescampsDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in SPRINGERPLUS

2015

Bee pathogens found in Bombus atratus from Colombia : a case study

Viviana GamboaJorgen RavoetMarleen BrunainGuy SmaggheIvan MeeusJudith FigueroaDiego RiañoDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

2013

Extending the honey bee venome with the antimicrobial peptide apidaecin and a protein resembling wasp antigen 5

Matthias Van VaerenberghDries CardoenEllen FormesynMarleen BrunainGonzalez Van DriesscheS BlankE SpillnerPeter VerleyenTom WenseleersLiliane Schoofs et al.

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

2011

Development of the Osteocranium in Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858) Callichthyidae, Siluriformes

Frank HuysentruytTom GeerinckxMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Polar tube protein gene diversity among Nosema ceranae strains derived from a Greek honey bee health study

Fani HatjinaGeorgios TsoktouridisMaria BougaLeonidas CharistosVassiliki EvangelouDimitrios AvtzisIvan MeeusMarleen BrunainGuy SmaggheDirk de Graaf

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

2010

Cranial architecture of tube-snouted Gasterosteiformes (Syngnathus rostellatus and Hippocampus capensis)

Heleen LeysenPhilippe JoukMarleen BrunainJoachim ChristiaensDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

JH WerrenS RichardsCA DesjardinsO NiehuisJ GadauJK ColbourneLW BeukeboomC DesplanCG ElsikCJP Grimmelikhuijzen et al.

A1 Journal Article in SCIENCE

Insights into the venom composition of the ectoparasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis from bioinformatic and proteomic studies

Dirk de GraafMaarten AertsMarleen BrunainCA DesjardinsFranciscus JacobsJH WerrenBart Devreese

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Two novel proteins expressed by the venom glands of Apis mellifera and Nasonia vitripennis share an ancient C1q-like domain

Dirk de GraafMarleen BrunainB ScharlakenN PeirenBart DevreeseDG EboWJ StevensCA DesjardinsJH WerrenFranciscus Jacobs

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

2009

Lessons from the first international proficiency test for the detection of spores from the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae

Dirk de GraafWolfgang RitterFranciscus JacobsMarleen Brunain

A1 Journal Article in ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

Ontogeny of the cranial musculature in Corydoras aeneus Callichthyidae, Siluriformes

Frank HuysentruytMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in Journal of Fish Biology

2008

First molecular confirmation of deformed wing virus infections of honeybees from a Belgian apiary reveals the presence of black queen cell virus and Varroa destructor virus 1

Dirk de GraafMarleen BrunainH IMBERECHTSFranciscus Jacobs

A1 Journal Article in VLAAMS DIERGENEESKUNDIG TIJDSCHRIFT

Implementation of quality control and biosafety measurements in the diagnosis of honey bee diseases

Dirk de GraafMarleen BrunainFranciscus Jacobs

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Ontogeny of the Chondrocranium in Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858) (Call ichthyidae, Siluriformes)

Frank HuysentruytMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Reference gene selection for insect expression studies using quantitative real-time PCR: The head of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, after a bacterial challenge

Bieke ScharlakenDirk de GraafKaren GoossensMarleen BrunainLuc PeelmanFranciscus Jacobs

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

2007

A head with a suckermouth: a functional-morphological study of the head of the suckermouth armoured catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)

Tom GeerinckxMarleen BrunainA HERRELPeter AertsDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Cytochrome b sequence analysis reveals differential molecular evolution in African mole-rats of the chromosomally hyperdiverse genus Fukomys (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from the Zambezian region

Paul Van DaeleE VERHEYENMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Development of the osteocranium in the suckermouth armored catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)

Tom GeerinckxMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Selection of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in honey bee head tissue using quantitative real-time PCR

Bieke ScharlakenDirk de GraafKaren GoossensMarleen BrunainLuc PeelmanFranciscus Jacobs

Stability of reference genes for expression studies in the honey bee head after a bacterial challenge using quantitative real-time PCR

Bieke ScharlakenDirk de GraafKaren GoossensMarleen BrunainLuc PeelmanFranciscus Jacobs

2006

Molecular cloning and expression of icarapin, a novel IgE-binding bee venom protein

Nico PeirenDirk de GraafMarleen BrunainCH BRIDTSDG EBOWJ STEVENSFranciscus Jacobs

A1 Journal Article in FEBS LETTERS

2005

Development of the chondrocranium in the suckermouth armored catfish Ancistrus cf. triradiatus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes)

Tom GeerinckxMarleen BrunainDominique Adriaens

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY