Code
3F002509
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Laboratory medicine
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Keywords
chytridiomycosis
amphibian
pathogenesis
skin
Project description
The pathogenesis of chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is poorly understood. We aim at unraveling the mechanisms used by the fungus to induce epidermal changes in amphibians.