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Inproceedings Reference Monitoring the wild meat trade through DNA barcoding and pathogen screening of passenger-imported meat
The INTERCEPT project maps the current situation of monitoring (exotic) animal product imports from third countries into Belgium, highlighting both the legal and illegal aspects of the trade and its implications for public and animal health. Recommendations are being drafted to move towards a more robust framework for long-term monitoring including a centralized database that integrates data from various federal services and agencies to gain a better overview of the trade and to promote the dissemination of crucial information among federal services, agencies, and stakeholders. The project also aims to introduce a secure and efficient sampling method for officials, along with a molecular species identification pipeline for researchers, which will enable rapid DNA-based identification of illegally imported meat. During this project, over 600 specimens have been sampled from intercepted meat from passenger’s luggage at Brussels Airport, of which more than 500 samples have so far been identified using DNA barcoding and screened for orthopoxviruses. Metagenomic DNA and RNA sequencing is ongoing for a selection of samples pooled per DNA-confirmed species, preparation method (raw vs. cooked), and, when possible, region of origin. By fostering collaboration among scientific institutions and federal agencies, this initiative aims to inform border control measures and will support future research into pathogens carried by both domestic and exotic meat, allowing better characterisation of the health risks associated with the illegal import of meat from third countries.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2025
Article Reference First record of a proseriate flatworm predating on a rhabdocoel (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata and Rhabdocoela)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Article Reference Een speurtocht naar niet-inheemse soorten in het Galgeschoor en het Doeldok te Antwerpen
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Inproceedings Reference Evolution in the tides: unravelling adaptive strategies in Pogonus chalceus beetles
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference The green heart of Africa, the Lomami Primer
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference Comparison of the pollinator microbiome: management practices, altitude and sex as drivers for change
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference Symbiotic interactions challenged by environmental stress in aquatic transitional habitats
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference Unraveling chromosomal inversions and their evolutionary dance in a wing polymorphic beetle
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Inproceedings Reference Revision of the genus Baltoplana (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia: Cheliplanidae) with the description of two new species
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024
Article Reference Old concepts in a new semantic perspective: introducing a geotemporal approach to conceptual definitions in geology
Geological units are the fundamental building blocks that help understand regional geological history and architecture. Classifying these correctly is therefore crucial, as is acknowledging how they relate to each other. This is where traditional definitions fall short, which is increasingly becoming evident with the ongoing effort of setting up advanced knowledge systems that rely on semantic grounding. In exploring the way forward for fundamental improvements, we use the foreland basin and related concepts to introduce a geotemporal conceptual approach of defining geological units with relative limits in time and space. This approach closes the semantic gap between definitions in thesauri and formal instantiation in ontologies.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2024