
Breaking down the microbiology world one bite at a time
Charlotte van de Velde, PhD
Manager-Administrator

I’m originally from the Netherlands, where I studied Microbial Biotechnology & Health and Science Communication at Leiden University. I now live in Belgium where I work as a research associate after obtaining my PhD at the KU Leuven. Currently I’m working on a topic in microbial ecology, trying to unravel the interactions between different gut bacteria. While I love to see how such tiny organisms can form big (and important!) communities which can be used for many applications, I also love to share my knowledge and enthusiasm about this subject. So this website is a good way to combine both :-).
If I am not working in the lab, you can find me dancing salsa or riding my racing bike though the beautiful nature in the area.
My articles
- Futuristic fungi
- Dirt(y) plastics
- Secret growth stimulators
- Positive news on the social life of bacteria
- Smart slime – memory without a nervous system.
- Microbial hitchhiking.
- Ants drink their own poison as a disinfectant.
- Mars in a BOX – Microbes to survive Martian environment.
- Can bacteria tell the time?
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Tags:
Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics Antimicrobial Astrobiology Bacteria Bacteriophages Behavior Biofilm Biotechnology Cancer Chemical Climate change Communication Community Cooperation DNA Dysbiosis E. coli Energy Environment Evolution Extremophiles Food Forensics Fungi Health Host-microbe interaction Human health Hyphae Immune system Insects Long Experiment Microbiome Nitrogen fixation Organelle Pathogen Plant Pollution Protists Soil Survival Symbiosis Technology Viruses Yeast
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Our sister sites:
(Organized under ScienceBites)
- Astrobitos (Astrobites in Spanish)
- Astropontos (Astrobites in Portugese)
- staryab (Farsi)
- ArAStrobites (Arabic)
- BiteScis (K12)
- Chembites
- Cogbites
- Envirobites
- Evobites
- ForensicBites
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- Heritagebites
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- Nutribites
- Oceanbites
- OncoBites (Cancer)
- Particlebites
- PERbites (Physics Education Research)
- Reefbites
- Softbites
- astro[sound]bites