Publications
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Scientific publications
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Make it a standard? The creation and variability assessment of a consensus standard protocol for Tenebrio molitor larvae feeding trials
D. Deruytter, C.I. Rumbos, C. Adamaki-Sotiraki, L. Tourni, V. Ageorges, C.L. Coudron, W. Yakti, C. Ulrichs, T. Spranghers , S. Berrens, M. Van Peer, S. Bellezza Oddon , I. Biasato 05/11/2024The Nutritional Quality of Commercially Bred Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Compared to European Union Nutrition Claims
Isabelle Noyens, Meggie Van Peer, Sarah Goossens, Carmen Ter Heide and Sabine Van Miert 05/10/2024Overview of in vitro-in vivo extrapolation approaches for the risk assessment of nanomaterial toxicity
Rahmasari Nur Azizah, Geert R. Verheyen, Ziv Shkedy, Sabine Van Miert 30/07/2024Optimizing substrate moisture content for enhanced larval survival and growth performance in Hermetia illucens: exploring novel approaches
L. Frooninckx, L. Broeckx, S. Goossens, A. Wuyts & S. Van Miert 24/06/2024Ammonia emissions related to black soldier fly larvae during growth on different diets
C.L. Coudron, S. Berrens, M. Van Peer, D. Deruytter, J. Claeys, and S. Van Miert 02/03/2024Towards good practices for research on Acheta domesticus, the house cricket
M. Van Peer, S. Berrens, C. Coudron, I. Noyens, G.R. Verheyen, and S. Van Miert 07/02/2024Testing for in vitro genetic toxicity in high dimensional nanomaterial dose-response experiments
Rahmasari Nur Azizah, Geert R. Verheyen, Ziv Shkedy & Sabine Van Miert 22/02/2024Insect as food and food ingredients: current status of insect farming for food application (chapter 2)
Van Peer, M., Van Miert,S. 01/12/2023The Impact of Non-Concentrated Storage on the Centrifugation Yield of Microchloropsis gaditana: A Pilot-Scale Study
Verspreet J., Schoeters F., Bastiaens L. 17/01/2024Spatio-temporal techno-economic assessment of the algae-based supply chain: A proof-of-concept for North-West Europe
De Meyer A., Bastiaens L., Schoeters F., Van Dael M. 13/11/2023The need for dedicated pilot plant infrastructure for insect rearing and processing: a case-study from Belgium
L. Frooninckx, J. De Smet, S. Van Miert and M. Van Der Borght 13/10/2023Standardising black soldier fly larvae feeding experiments: an initial protocol and variability estimates. Insects as Food and Feed
D. Deruytter , L. Gasco , W. Yakti, H. Katz, C.L. Coudron, A. Gligorescu, L. Frooninckx, I. Noyens, J.J.A. Van Loon, M. Meneguz, F. Grosso, S. Bellezza Oddon, I. Biasato, M. Mielenz, T. Veldkamp, G.W. Vandenberg, D.G.A.B. Oonincx and G. Bosch 01/10/2023Biological nitrogen recirculation to food protein – A review
Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Daniel Pleissner, Agris Pentjuss, Janusz Gołaszewski f, Anna Karwowska f, Elina Dace g i, Maximillian Pahmeyer a, Sabine Van Miert, Lotte Frooninckx, Laurens Broeckx, Volker Heinz, Sergiy Smetana 15/09/2023The potential of black soldier fly to recycle nitrogen from biowaste
Lotte Froonickx, Siebe Berrens, Laurens Broeckx and Sabine Van Miert 26/08/2023Pilot-scale cultivation of the red alga Porphyridium purpureum over a two-year period in a greenhouse
Schoeters, F., Spit J., Swinnen E., De Cuyper, A., Vleugels, R., Noyens, I., Van Miert, S. 02/08/2023The nutritional profile, mineral content and heavy metal uptake of yellow mealworm reared with supplementation of agricultural sidestreams
Isabelle Noyens, Floris Schoeters, Meggie Van Peer, Siebe Berrens, Sarah Goossens & Sabine Van Miert 18/07/2023Effect of heat treatment on microbiological safety of supermarket food waste as substrate for black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)
Van Looveren, N., Verbaet, L., Frooninckx, L., Van Miert, S., Van Campenhout, L., Van Der Borght, M., Vandeweyer, D. 01/06/2023The Application of Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Oil in Cosmetic Formulations
G.R. Verheyen, F. Meersman, I. Noyens, S. Goossens, S. Van Miert 18/01/2023Microalgal cultivation on grass juice as a novel process for a green biorefinery
F. Schoeters, E. S.J. Thoré, A. De Cuyper, I. Noyens, S. Goossens, S. Lybaert, E. Meers, S. Van Miert, M. Fernandes de Souza 01/01/2023Mutual Influence between Polyvinyl Chloride (Micro)Plastics and Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens L.)
Lievens, S., Poma, G., Frooninckx, L., Van der Donck, T., Seo, J.W., De Smet, J., Covaci, A., Van Der Borght, M. 25/09/2022Determining the Effect of Different Reproduction Factors on the Yield and Hatching of Tenebrio Molitor Eggs
L. Frooninckx, S. Berrens, M. Van Peer, A. Wuyts, L. Broeckx, S. Van Miert 08/07/2022Pilot-Scale Cultivation of the Snow Alga Chloromonas typhlos in a Photobioreactor
F. Schoeters, J. Spit, R. Nur Azizah, S. Van Miert 09/06/2022Impact of Particle Size on Toxicity, Tissue Distribution and Excretion Kinetics of Subchronic Intratracheal Instilled Silver Nanoparticles in Mice.
F. Rosário, J. Creylman, G. Verheyen, S. Van Miert, C. Santos, P. Hoet, H. Oliveira 18/05/2022Insects as Diet and Therapy: Perspectives on Their Use for Combating Diabetes Mellitus in Tanzania
G.R. Verheyen, L. Pieters, S. Maregesi, S. Van Miert 08/12/2021Growth of Black Soldier Fly larvae reared on organic sidestreams
Broeckx L, Frooninckx L, Slegers L, Berrens S, Noyens Isabelle, Goossens S, Verheyen G, Wuyts A, Van Miert S. 23/11/2021Valorisation potential of using organic side streams as feed for Tenebrio molitor, Acheta domesticus and Locusta migratoria
Van Peer M, Frooninckx L, Coudron C, Berrens S, Alvarez C, Deruytter D, Verheyen G, Van Miert S 05/09/2021Real-time Monitoring of Microalgal Biomass in Pilot-Scale Photobioreactors Using Nephelometry
Eli S.J. Thoré, F. Schoeters, J. Spit, S Van Miert 28/08/2021Waste Is the New Wealth – Recovering Resources From Poultry Wastewater for Multifunctional Microalgae Feedstock
Eli S.J. Thoré, F. Schoeters, A. De Cuyper, R. Vleugels, I. Noyens, P. Bleyen, S. Van Miert 06/07/2021Basics of edible insect rearing: production practices (chapter 4)
C.L. Coudron, D. Deruytter, M. Van Peer, T. Spranghers, S. Van Miert and J. Claeys 01/01/2021Glycine-acyl surfactants prepared from black soldier fly fat, coconut oil and palm kernel oil
G.R. Verheyen, M. Theunis, S. Vreysen, T. Naessens, I. Noyens, T. Ooms, S. Goossens, L. Pieters, K. Foubert, S. Van Miert 09/04/2020Development of a classification model for the antigenotoxic activity of flavonoids
Emmy Tuenter, Jan Creylman, Geert Verheyen, Luc Pieters, Sabine Van Miert 01/05/2020Consumer perception of insects in non-food products
M. Lenaerts, F. Meersman , G.R. Verheyen, S. Van Miert 25/07/2019Risks related to the presence of Salmonella sp. during rearing of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) for food or feed: Survival in the substrate and transmission to the larvae
Wynants E, Frooninckx L, Van Miert S, Geeraerd A, Claes J, Van Campenhout L. 01/06/2019Mining a Nanoparticle Dataset, Compiled Within the MODENA-COST Action
Creylman J, Verheyen GR, Van Miert S. 01/01/2019EU US Roadmap Nanoinformatics, chapter 6 Nanochemoinformatics and Statistical Modelling
Tomasz Puzyn, Geert Verheyen, Sabine Van Miert, Baoshan Xing, Sarfraz Iqbal, Qing Zhao, Vladimir Lobaskin, Gianpietro Basei, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Yoram Cohen 15/11/2018Insects as an alternative source for the production of fats for cosmetics
Verheyen GR, Ooms T, Vogels L, Vreysen S, Van Miert S, Meersman F. 28/03/2018Assessing the microbiota of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on organic waste streams on four different locations at laboratory and large scale
Wynants E, Frooninckx L, Crauwels S, Verreth C, De Smet J, Sandrock C, Wohlfahrt J, Van Schelt J, Depraetere S, Lievens B, Van Miert S, Claes J, Van Campenhout L. 14/11/2018Testing the mutagenicity potential of chemicals
Verheyen GR, Van Deun K, Van Miert S. 15/05/2017Evaluation of in silico tools to predict the skin sensitisation potential of chemicals. SAR and QSAR
Verheyen GR, Braeken E, Van Deun K, Van Miert S. 20/01/2017Evaluation of existing (Q)SAR models for skin and eye irritation and corrosion to use for REACH registration
Verheyen GR, Braeken E, Van Deun K, Van Miert S. 04/01/2017Reports
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ValuSect WP5 - Literature review: defining knowledge gaps on the sustainable production of insects for feed
Meggie Van Peer, Carl Coudron, Carlos Alvarez, Jelle Adema, Alison Kingston-Smith and Sabine Van Miert 27/06/2022Onderzoek frass - restsubstraat van insectenkweek
OVAM 11/03/2022ValuSect WP2 - Literature review: processing of insects as a whole or as fractions
Isabelle Noyens, Sabine Van Miert, Christine Brombach, Manuela Rossi, Nathalie Haas, Manfred Beckman, Carlos Alvarez, Eduarda Neves, Natalia Naranjo-Guevara, Kim Garrelts, Sonja Floto-Stammen, Marcel Roosen 01/10/2021ValuSect WP1 - Literature search on sustainable production of insects for food
Meggie Van Peer, Carl Coudron, Carlos Alvarez, Alison Kingston-Smith, Kristof Severijns, Geert Verheyen, Natalia Naranjo Guevara, Lotte Frooninckx, Sabine Van Miert 29/09/2021Entomospeed - Groei, voederconversie en afvalreductie van BSF-larven gekweekt op mycelium van Aspergillus niger
Lotte Frooninckx, Ann Wuyts, Meggie Van Peer 01/11/2018Entomospeed - Groei, voederconversie, afvalreductie en samenstelling van BSF larven gekweekt op swill (3)
Lotte Frooninckx, Meggie Van Peer 01/04/2018Entomospeed - Groei, voederconversie en afvalreductie van BSF larven gekweekt op swill (2)
Lotte Frooninckx, Ann Wuyts 01/12/2017Entomospeed - Groei, voederconversie, afvalreductie en samenstelling van BSF larven (1)
Lotte Frooninckx, Mik Van Der Borght & Laurens Broeckx 01/10/2017Other publications
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