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  1. Rapid Optical Nanomotion-Based Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Kombucha-Associated Acetic Acid Bacteria and Escherichia coli

    Article • Foods, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  2. Automated Open-Source Optical Nanomotion Platform for Rapid Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

    Article • ACS Applied Engineering Materials, April 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  3. Optical Nanomotion Detection Reveals Nanomechanical Vitality of Brewer’s Yeast During Cold Storage

    Article • Fermentation, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  4. Optical Nanomotion Detection Reveals Nanomechanical Vitality of Brewer’s Yeast During Cold Storage

    Article • December 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  5. The Lrs14‐Like AbfR1 Homolog From Metallosphaera sedula Is a Nucleoid‐Organizing Protein

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, October 2025, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  6. Fluorescent β‐Sheet‐Based Peptide Hydrogels with Aggregation‐Enhanced Emission Properties

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2025, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  7. A comparative study between phenylglycine and phenylalanine derived peptide hydrogels: Towards atomic elucidation

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, March 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  8. Feature Review Papers in Microbial Metabolism, Physiology and Genetics

    Article • Fermentation, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  9. Influence of substituted aromatics on the formation and stability of β-sheet-based peptide hydrogels

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Jacinta Frances White, Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  10. Optical Nanomotion Detection to Rapidly Discriminate between Fungicidal and Fungistatic Effects of Antifungals on Single-Cell Candida albicans

    Article • Antibiotics, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  11. How to obtain an integrated picture of the molecular networks involved in adaptation to microgravity in different biological systems?

    Article • npj Microgravity, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  12. Editorial: New marketable discoveries in nanobiotechnology

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, April 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  13. Yeast Biotechnology 6.0

    Article • Fermentation, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  14. Editorial: Cellular nanomotion as a new signature of life

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  15. A simplified version of rapid susceptibility testing of bacteria and yeasts using optical nanomotion detection

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  16. Machine learning method for the classification of the state of living organisms’ oscillations

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, March 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  17. How are cell and tissue structure and function influenced by gravity and what are the gravity perception mechanisms?

    Article • npj Microgravity, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  18. Candida albicans Adhesion Measured by Optical Nanomotion Detection

    Article • Fermentation, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  19. Plant and microbial science and technology as cornerstones to Bioregenerative Life Support Systems in space

    Article • npj Microgravity, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  20. Molecular mechanisms of regulation by a β‐alanine‐responsive Lrp‐type transcription factor from Acidianus hospitalis

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, May 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  21. Simple optical nanomotion method for single-bacterium viability and antibiotic response testing

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  22. Single-Cell Optical Nanomotion of Candida albicans in Microwells for Rapid Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

    Article • Fermentation, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  23. Mitochondrial nanomotion measured by optical microscopy

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  24. Modulation of the nanoscale motion rate of Candida albicans by X-rays

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  25. Fast Self‐Assembly Dynamics of a β‐Sheet Peptide Soft Material

    Article • Small, February 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  26. Alcoholic Beverages Produced by Immobilised Microorganisms

    Article • June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  27. The Dynamics of Single-Cell Nanomotion Behaviour of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a Microfluidic Chip for Rapid Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

    Article • Fermentation, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  28. DNA-Binding Properties of a Novel Crenarchaeal Chromatin-Organizing Protein in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

    Article • Biomolecules, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  29. Development of bone cell microarrays in microfluidic chips for studying osteocyte-osteoblast communication under fluid flow mechanical loading

    Article • Biofabrication, February 2022, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  30. High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Visualization of Protein-DNA Interactions Using DNA Origami Frames

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  31. The Flo Adhesin Family

    Article • Pathogens, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  32. Nanomotion Spectroscopy as a New Approach to Characterize Bacterial Virulence

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  33. Yeast Biotechnology 4.0

    Article • Fermentation, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  34. Nanomotion Detection-Based Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

    Article • Antibiotics, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  35. Yeast Biotechnology 3.0

    Article • September 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  36. Yeast Biotechnology 3.0

    Article • Fermentation, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  37. Single yeast cell nanomotions correlate with cellular activity

    Article • Science Advances, June 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  38. A perspective view on the nanomotion detection of living organisms and its features

    Article • Journal of Molecular Recognition, March 2020, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  39. Yeast Nanometric Scale Oscillations Highlights Fibronectin Induced Changes in C. albicans

    Article • Fermentation, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  40. Robotic Cell Printing for Constructing Living Yeast Cell Microarrays in Microfluidic Chips

    Article • Fermentation, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  41. Adaptive Evolution of Industrial Brewer’s Yeast Strains towards a Snowflake Phenotype

    Article • Fermentation, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  42. Yeast Biotechnology 2.0

    Article • December 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  43. Cell Immobilization and Its Applications in Biotechnology

    Article • December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  44. Yeast Biotechnology 2.0

    Article • Fermentation, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  45. Adhesins of Yeasts: Protein Structure and Interactions

    Article • Journal of Fungi, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  46. Micro- and Nanoscale Approaches in Antifungal Drug Discovery

    Article • Fermentation, June 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  47. DNA-Interacting Characteristics of the Archaeal Rudiviral Protein SIRV2_Gp1

    Article • Viruses, July 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Eveline Peeters, Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  48. Yeast Biotechnology

    Article • June 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  49. Yeast Biotechnology

    Article • Fermentation, January 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  50. Immobilized Yeast Cells and Secondary Metabolites

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  51. Yeast Nanobiotechnology

    Article • Fermentation, October 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  52. A Robust Actin Filaments Image Analysis Framework

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, August 2016, PLOS

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  53. Host-pathogen lectin-glycan interaction network

    Article • mBio, July 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  54. An ESA roadmap for geobiology in space exploration

    Article • Acta Astronautica, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  55. Microfluidic Bioreactors for Cellular Microarrays

    Article • Fermentation, August 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  56. Molecular Mechanism of Flocculation Self-Recognition in Yeast and Its Role in Mating and Survival

    Article • mBio, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  57. Dip-Pen Nanolithography-Assisted Protein Crystallization

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, PD Dr. Dr. Michael Hirtz

  58. A SEGMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR PHASE CONTRAST AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY IMAGES

    Article • International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, November 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  59. Structure of the N-terminal domain of the Flo1 adhesin (N-Flo1p) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • September 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  60. Structure of the N-terminal domain of the Flo1 adhesin (N-Flo1p) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in complex with calcium and mannose

    Article • September 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  61. Structure of the N-terminal domain of the Lg-Flo1 adhesin (N-Lg-Flo1p) from the yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, in complex with calcium and alpha-1,2-mannobiose

    Article • September 2014, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  62. Engineering the carbohydrate-binding site of Epa1p from Candida glabrata: generation of adhesin mutants with different carbohydrate specificity

    Article • Glycobiology, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  63. The growth behavior of the model eukaryotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in microgravity

    Article • Current Biotechnology, September 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  64. The growth behavior of the model eukaryotic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in microgravity

    Article • Current Biotechnology, August 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  65. The mannose-specific lectin domains of Flo1p fromSaccharomyces cerevisiaeand Lg-Flo1p fromS. pastorianus: crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the adhesin–carbohydrate complexes

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, June 2013, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  66. Cloning, expression, and purification of the N-terminal domain of the Flo1 flocculation protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Pichia pastoris

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  67. A universal fixation method based on quaternary ammonium salts (RNAlater) for omics-technologies: Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a case study

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  68. Oriented Polar Snakes for Phase Contrast Cell Images Segmentation

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Patrick Van Dijck, Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  69. Waveguide-capillary tube integration schemes for the characterization of nano-liter liquids at millimeter wave frequencies with record sensitivities

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  70. Biochemistry of Beer Fermentation

    Article • April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  71. The epithelial adhesin 1 (Epa1p) from the human-pathogenic yeastCandida glabrata: structural and functional study of the carbohydrate-binding domain

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, February 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  72. The N-terminal domain of the Flo11 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an adhesin without mannose-binding activity

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, December 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  73. Phenotypic and Genome-Wide Analysis of an Antibiotic-Resistant Small Colony Variant (SCV) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • PLOS One, December 2011, PLOS

    Professor Paul Williams, Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Jan Michiels

  74. Cell Immobilization and Its Applications in Biotechnology

    Article • December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  75. On-Chip Living-Cell Microarrays for Network Biology

    Article • November 2011, IntechOpen

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  76. The N-terminal part of Als1 protein from Candida albicans specifically binds fucose-containing glycans

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  77. The Influence of Microgravity on Invasive Growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Astrobiology, January 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  78. The flocculation protein FLO1 binds to mannose glycans

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  79. Flocculation protein structure and cell–cell adhesion mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  80. State of the Art in Immobilized/Encapsulated Cell Technology in Fermentation Processes

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  81. F17b-G lectin domain with bound GlcNAc(beta1-2)man

    Article • December 2009, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  82. Cell Immobilization: Engineering Aspects

    Article • December 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  83. F17a-G lectin domain with bound GlcNAc(beta1-3)Gal

    Article • November 2009, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  84. F17a-G lectin domain with bound GlcNAc(beta1-O)paranitrophenyl ligand

    Article • November 2009, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  85. Bioprocess Intensification of Beer Fermentation Using Immobilised Cells

    Article • September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  86. Assessment of stability, toxicity and immunogenicity of new polymeric nanoreactors for use in enzyme replacement therapy of MNGIE

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  87. Phenotypic diversity of Flo protein family-mediated adhesion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • FEMS Yeast Research, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  88. Polyhedral Instability of Glucose Isomerase Crystals

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Professor Dominique Maes

  89. Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Glucose Isomerase Crystallization

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Professor Dominique Maes

  90. Kinetic Roughening of Glucose Isomerase Crystals

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, December 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Professor Dominique Maes

  91. The Role of Surface Diffusion in the Growth Mechanism of Triosephosphate Isomerase Crystals

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert, Mrs Celine Vanhee, Professor Dominique Maes

  92. Interaction of Human Plasma Fibrinogen with Commercially Pure Titanium as Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Article • Langmuir, March 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  93. The interaction of human serum albumin with titanium studied by means of atomic force microscopy

    Article • Surface and Interface Analysis, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  94. Counterdiffusion protein crystallisation in microgravity and its observation with PromISS (protein microscope for the international space station)

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  95. Design and construction of a microfluidic device for studying protein nucleation and crystallisation

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, August 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  96. Molecular resolution imaging of growing triosephosphate isomerase crystals

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, August 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  97. Continuous production of l(+)-tartaric acid from cis-epoxysuccinate using a membrane recycle reactor

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  98. Ss-LrpB from Sulfolobus solfataricus Condenses about 100 Base Pairs of Its Own Operator DNA into Globular Nucleoprotein Complexes

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2006, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  99. Primary beer fermentation by immobilised yeast—a review on flavour formation and control strategies

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  100. Fundamentals of cell immobilisation biotechnology. Edited by Victor Nedović and Ronnie Willaert Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, (2004). vi + 555 pp, ISBN 1-4020-1887-8 (hardback), ISBN 1-4020-2298-0 (e-book)

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  101. Biochemistry and Fermentation of Beer

    Article • December 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  102. Protein crystallization in hydrogel beads

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, August 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  103. Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology

    Article • January 2005

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  104. Beer Production Using Immobilised Cells

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  105. Bioflavouring of Foods and Beverages

    Article • January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  106. Applying sustainable technology for saving primary energy in the brewhouse during beer brewing

    Article • Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  107. Fundamentals of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology

    Article • January 2004

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  108. Physiology of Immobilised Microbial Cells

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  109. Cell Immobilisation in Pre-Formed Porous Matrices

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  110. Diffusive Mass Transfer in Immobilised Cell Systems

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  111. Immobilised Cell Bioreactors

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  112. GEL ENTRAPMENT AND MICRO-ENCAPSULATION: METHODS, APPLICATIONS AND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES

    Article • Reviews in Chemical Engineering, January 1996, De Gruyter

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  113. Modelling the immobilisation of cells in a packed bed of porous carriers

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  114. Mass transfer limitations in a bioartificial pancreas

    Article • January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  115. The dynamic behaviour of yeast cells immobilised in porous glass studied by membrane mass spectrometry

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  116. Effectiveness factor calculation for immobilised growing cell systems

    Article • Biotechnology Techniques, October 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  117. Growth kinetics of gel-immobilized yeast cells studied by on-line microscopy

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  118. Reaction and diffusion in a gel membrane reactor containing immobilized cells

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, June 1992, Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  119. Biochemistry and Fermentation of Beer

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert

  120. The Beer Brewing Process: Wort Production and Beer Fermentation

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Ronnie Guy Willaert