Ongoing Projects
DNA barcoding of selected vertebrates from the Congo Basin (BarCoVer)
Partners: Georges Lenglet (RBINS), Michel Louette, Dr. Jos Snoeks, Wim Wendelen & Dr. Emmanuel Vreven (RMCA), Dr. Herwig Leirs, (University of Antwerp), Dominique Adriaens (Ghent University), Marc Colyn (Station Biologique de Paimpont, France), Nicola M. Anthony (University of New Orleans, USA)
Source: JEMU Flagship project (2008-2010).
JEMU team: Zoltan Nagy, Gontran Sonet,Jeroen Van Houdt and Floris Breman.
Photo: Erik Verheyen (RBINS)
Molecular archives of climatic history: Exploring patterns of genomic differentiation in endemic species radiations of ancient lakes (MOLARCH)
Partners: Koen Martens and Isabel Schoen (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), Kenneth Irvine (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Risto Väinölä, (University of Helsinki, Finland); Emmanuel Paradis, (Université Montpellier II, France); Christian Sturmbauer, (Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria); Associated partners: Ellinor Michel, (Natural History Museum London, UK); Dmitry Yurievich Sherbakov, (Limnological Institute, Russia); Ben Ngatunga (Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania); Dirk Verschuren, (Ghent University, Belgium).
Source: project coordinator, EUROCORES Program EuroDIVERSITY, contract No. ERAS-CT-2003-980409 of the European Commission, DG Research, FP6 (2006-2008).
Providing Access To Biodiversity Data On African Muridae
Partners: Georges Lenglet (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), Herwig Leirs (Antwerp University, Wim Wendelen & Emmanuel Gilissen (Royal Museum for Central Africa-Tervuren).
Source: Belgian Biodiversity platform, project for the digitalization of specimen collections (2007).
Photo: Erik Verheyen (RBINS)
Ecological genetics, patterns and processes of genetic variation in natural populations
Partners: Filip Volckaert en Dr. De Meester (coordinators) (Catholic University Leuven), Thierry Backeljau, Konjev Desender (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) en Erik Matthyssen (University of Antwerpen).
Source: Research Foundation – Flanders network (1998-2007).
Photo: Sylvestre Gambalemoke (Univ.Kisangani)
Providing templates for future biodiversity projects on the small mammal and fish faunas from the area of Kisangani (DR Congo)
Partners: Herwig Leirs (University of Antwerp), Jos Snoeks (Royal Museum for Central Africa-Tervuren) and Akaibe Migumiru Dudu (University of Kisangani, DR Congo).
Source: DGDC-RBINS-GTI project (2006-2007).
Photo: Jos Snoeks (RMCA)
Is there a genetic basis for the multiple origins of similar phenotypes in cichlid fishes?
Partners: Jos Snoeks (RMCA-Tervuren), Dominique Adriaens and Ann Huysseune (University of Ghent) and Frans Witte (University of Leiden, the Netherlands)
Source: Belgian Science Policy (Research project) (2005-2009).
