Department of Animal Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 1997 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026

• 298 Active
• 589 Finished

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  One Health and Distribution of AMR related plasmids

  Felle, S. (PhD candidate), Rebel, A. (Promotor), Brouwer, M. (Co-promotor) & Veldman, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Functional morphology of cuttlefish suction cups

  Koehnsen, A. (PhD candidate), Muijres, F. (Promotor) & Amador, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Disease and production monitoring using Big Data analytics.

  Wismandanu, O. (PhD candidate), Hogeveen, H. (Promotor), Schukken, Y. (Promotor) & van den Borne, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Bovine Virus Diarrhea 100%
  • Decision Making 10%
  • Herd 10%
  • Dairy Herds 10%
  • Milk Production 10%

• Consumer preference driven optimization of efficient pork production in China:A dynamic Decision Support Tool

  Bai, R. (PhD candidate), Hendriks, W. (Promotor), Kies, A. (Co-promotor) & Saatkamp, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Slaughter Weight 100%

• Functional morphology of cuttlefish suction cups

  te Lindert, S. (PhD candidate), Muijres, F. (Promotor) & Amador, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Network modelling of Caribbean long-spined sea urchins die-off and strategies for recovery

  van Touw, P. (PhD candidate), Murk, T. (Promotor), ten Bosch, Q. (Promotor), David, C.-L. (Co-promotor) & Hylkema, A. (Other)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Ionophore resistance genes and the molecular epidemiology of AMR plasmids carrying ionophore resistance in a One Health approach

  Schapendonk, C. (PhD candidate), Wells, J. (Promotor), Pikkemaat, M. (Co-promotor) & Stassen, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Swine Influenza A virus dynamics at pig farms

  Germeraad, E. (PhD candidate), van der Poel, W. (Promotor), Counotte, M. (Co-promotor) & de Swart, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Optimizing incubation and early life conditions for poultry species

  Pennings, A. (PhD candidate), Kemp, B. (Promotor), van den Brand, H. (Promotor) & Wijnen, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Unlocking sustainable dairy production

  van de Geest, W. (PhD candidate), de Boer, I. (Promotor) & de Olde, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Modelling impact of feed supplements on methane emissions in dairy cattle

  Vivares Martinez, G. (PhD candidate), Dijkstra, J. (Promotor) & Bannink, A. (Co-promotor)

  15/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Microbiome signatures of pig health

  Gujare, M. (PhD candidate), Kleerebezem, M. (Promotor), Smidt, H. (Co-promotor) & Wells, J. (Co-promotor)

  15/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Exploring the Genetic Mechanism of Environment Adaptation Based on Genomics in Great Tit

  Zhang, Z. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor), Bosse, M. (Co-promotor) & van Oers, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Nutrient flows on greenhouse gas emissions of the livestock sector in China

  Zhang, Y. (PhD candidate), Oosting, S. (Promotor) & van Middelaar, C. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• OR/ELSE

  Schultz, J. (PhD candidate), van der Meer, J. (Promotor), Aarts, G. (Co-promotor) & Poos, J. J. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Benthos 100%
  • Ecosystem Service 100%
  • Sand Extraction 100%
  • Ecosystem Function 50%
  • Food Web 50%

• Developing eDNA based biodiversity monitoring tools for off shore wind farms

  van Berkel, D. (PhD candidate), Murk, T. (Promotor) & Nijland, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Offshore Wind 100%
  • Environmental Dna 100%
  • Compressed Air Motors 100%

• Sponge associated biodiversity in variable North Sea habitats

  Oosterbroek, S. (PhD candidate), Murk, T. (Promotor) & Nijland, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Environmental implications of CAP-based feeds in the largemouth bass industry while accounting for food-feed competition

  Zhao, X. (PhD candidate), Oosting, S. (Promotor) & van Middelaar, C. (Co-promotor)

  28/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Specific Industry 100%

• Plasma proteins to enhance gut health in dogs

  Stellingwerf, I. N. (PhD candidate), Hendriks, W. (Promotor), van Neerven, J. (Promotor), Bosch, G. (Co-promotor) & Govers, C. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Serum Total Protein 100%
  • Dog 100%
  • Gut Health 100%
  • Blood Plasma 66%

• Molecular physiological studies on the role of vitamin B2 on the interplay between female reproduction and whole-body metabolism.

  Liang, Y. (PhD candidate), Keijer, J. (Promotor) & Teerds, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• The role of the placenta in transferring the adverse effects of maternal depression to developing offspring in livebearing fishes

  Kwant, P. (PhD candidate), Muijres, F. (Promotor) & Pollux, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Postnatal Depression 100%

• Assessing the ecophysiological mechanisms underpinning thermal resilience in native and non-native shellfish in the Wadden Sea

  Peterson, E. (PhD candidate), Murk, T. (Promotor) & Peck, M. (Promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Microsensor 100%
  • Thermal Stress 100%
  • Underpinnings 100%
  • Wadden Sea 100%
  • Venerupis philippinarum 100%

• ConserFriesian: Genetic conservation of the Friesian horse breed

  Steensma, M. (PhD candidate), Groenen, M. A. M. (Promotor) & Ducro, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetic Conservation 100%
  • Horse Breed 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 100%
  • Genetic Disorder 100%
  • Friesian (Horse Breed) 100%

• Social cognition in dogs

  Noordenbos, J. (PhD candidate), Naguib, M. (Promotor) & Kotrschal, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Mitigating effects of ginger during heat stress in broiler breeders

  Wang, G. (PhD candidate), van den Brand, H. (Promotor) & Kemp, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Designing an improved grass growth model to assess effects of alternative grassland systems on yield and nutrient value.

  Holshof, G. (EngD candidate), Dijkstra, J. (Promotor), Goselink, R. (Co-promotor) & van de Ven, G. (Co-promotor)

  18/01/23 → 18/01/26

  Project: EngD

• Flight control and maneuverability of Dipteran insects

  Wang, C. (PhD candidate), Muijres, F. (Promotor) & Werner, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Exploring coexistence between birds and humans

  Portelli, S. (PhD candidate), Büscher, B. (Promotor), Naguib, M. (Promotor) & Fletcher, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Fieldwork (Ethnographic) 100%
  • Migratory Bird 100%
  • Semi-Structured Interview 50%
  • Hunting 50%
  • Participant Observation 50%

• Daily dilemmas in hot habitats: revealing how birds adjust their behaviour to adapt to climatic extremes”

  Molenaar, E. (PhD candidate), Naguib, M. (Promotor) & Matson, K. (Co-promotor)

  31/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Body Condition 100%
  • Savanna 100%
  • Offspring 100%
  • Biodiversity 100%

• Exceptional predators and dangerous invaders: predation and invasion ecology of lionfish (Pterois miles) across ecological levels

  Bottacini, D. (PhD candidate), Naguib, M. (Promotor), Jansen, P. (Co-promotor), Kotrschal, A. (Co-promotor) & Pollux, B. (Co-promotor)

  31/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Pterois Miles 100%
  • Predation 100%
  • Fish Communities 50%
  • Biological Sciences 50%
  • Animal Ecology 50%

• Cow-calf contact in dairy systems: Impacts on production, animal health, farm economics and the environment

  van Zyl, C. (PhD candidate), Bokkers, E. A. M. (Promotor), Kemp, B. (Promotor) & van Knegsel, A. (Co-promotor)

  30/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cow 100%
  • Animal Health 100%
  • Dairy Calves 11%
  • Milk Production 11%
  • Experimental Animal 11%

• Genetic background of milk composition in rare African and European cattle breeds

  Liu, Y. (PhD candidate), Bovenhuis, H. (Promotor) & Crooijmans, R. (Co-promotor)

  19/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Milk Composition 100%
  • Cattle Breed 100%
  • Genetic Background 100%
  • Breed 33%
  • Genetic Divergence 33%

• Using organoid models to study intestinal a-Synuclein pathology in Parkinson’s disease and its relationship to the gut microbiota

  Fang, Z. (PhD candidate) & Wells, J. (Promotor)

  15/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Deep phenotyping of feed efficiency in dairy cows using the mechanistic LIGAPS-dairy model.

  Adhikari, N. (PhD candidate), Veerkamp, R. (Promotor), Gredler-Grandl, B. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, A. (Co-promotor)

  8/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Feed Efficiency 100%
  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 100%
  • Feed Intake 75%
  • Cow 75%

• Identification of unique or deleterious genetic variation across Dutch cattle breeds using whole genome sequencing data’

  Hogers, R. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor), Bosse, M. (Co-promotor) & Bouwman, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Organoid models for research on post-weaning diarrhoea

  Vellalara, O. (PhD candidate), Wells, J. (Promotor) & Smidt, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Diarrhea 100%

• Targeting mitochondria oxidative stress as novel therapeutic options for atrial fibrillation: a potential key role of natural food bioactive compounds.

  Hu, Y. (PhD candidate), Keijer, J. (Promotor) & Zhang, D. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Automatic detection of salmon body characteristics and abnormal behaviour in sea cages based on underwater vision

  Zhang, C. (PhD candidate), da Silva Torres, R. (Promotor) & Bracke, M. (Other)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Modelling the relative role of benthic and pelagic grazers in the North Sea Ecosystem

  Tjui Yeuw, T. (PhD candidate), van der Meer, J. (Promotor), Coolen, J. (Co-promotor) & Poos, J. J. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• The effect of dietary protein on health in dairy cows

  van Ruitenbeek, A. (PhD candidate), Dijkstra, J. (Promotor), Bannink, A. (Co-promotor) & van Knegsel, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Dietary Protein 100%
  • Protein Intake 100%
  • Protein Content 50%

• Studying the aerodynamics of Dipteran insect flight

  Govindasamy, I. (PhD candidate), Muijres, F. (Promotor) & Amador, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Insect Flight 100%
  • Diptera 100%
  • Aerodynamics 100%
  • Vortex 100%
  • Flight 80%

• Ingestible sensor for protein fermentation.

  Minderhoud, R. (PhD candidate), Capuano, E. (Promotor), Hooiveld, G. (Co-promotor) & de Vries, S. (Co-promotor)

  15/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• The transmission of Hepatitis E Viruses between different animal species and humans

  Xiong, X. (PhD candidate), van der Poel, W. (Promotor), Monti, G. (Co-promotor) & van der Honing-Hakze, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• The role of NNT in energy metabolism and muscle metabolic health during aging and hypoxia conditions

  Yang, J. (PhD candidate), Keijer, J. (Promotor) & Grefte, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Analyses of genomic and phenotypic data of cows from different European and African local cattle breeds

  Gao, J. (PhD candidate), Crooijmans, R. (Promotor) & Bovenhuis, H. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cattle Breed 100%
  • Cow 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 50%
  • Holstein 50%
  • Breed 50%

• Artificial Structures and the functioning of the North Sea EcoSyStem

  Kornau, L. (PhD candidate), van der Meer, J. (Promotor), Christianen, M. J. A. (Co-promotor), Coolen, J. (Co-promotor) & Mavraki-van der Eng, N. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • North Sea 100%

• Improved and functionalized nanoparticles for 19F magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

  Mali, A. (PhD candidate), Srinivas, M. (Promotor) & Vorselen, D. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Improving passage through a large estuarine barrier for anadromous fish species: Understanding fish behaviour to optimize sluice gate management of the Haringvlietdam and to rehabilitate migratory fish populations

  Meijer Zu Schlochtern, M. (PhD candidate), Buijse, T. (Promotor), Nagelkerke, L. (Co-promotor) & Winter, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Predation 100%
  • Migratory Fish 100%
  • Food Quality 100%
  • Sluice-Gate 100%
  • Spawning Population 100%

• Smart use of sensor data to manage heat stress, health and performance of dairy cows

  Shi, L. (PhD candidate), Kemp, B. (Promotor), Kok, A. (Co-promotor) & van Knegsel, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• The functional role of nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT) in cellular energy metabolism and redox homeostasis

  Li, W. (PhD candidate), Keijer, J. (Promotor) & Koopman, W. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD