Van Bel Michiel

Van Bel Michiel - Senior bioinformatician
Joined the group in 2006

Between 2008 and 2012, I was a PhD student in the group of Yves van de Peer and guided by Klaas Vandepoele, doing research and software development in the fields of comparative and functional genomics. During this time, I developed the PLAZA platform (https://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/plaza). After obtaining my PhD in 2012, I joined the Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (ABB) group, which provides support to the PSB Center in a variety of fields: from help with small scripts to large scale project analyzes. Meanwhile, I am still the main developer of the PLAZA platform, which is co-developed with the group of Klaas Vandepoele and ELIXIR Belgium.

37. Northern light reviews – Application of orthology and network biology to infer gene functions in non‐model plants

Klaas Vandepoele, Sander Thierens, Michiel Van Bel

(2024) - Physiologia Plantarum

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36. Leaf growth – complex regulation of a seemingly simple process

Michele Schneider, Michiel Van Bel, Dirk Inzé, Alexandra Baekelandt

(2024) - The Plant Journal

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35. Transcriptional chronology reveals conserved genes involved in pennate diatom sexual reproduction

Sien Audoor, Gust Bilcke, Katerina Pargana, Darja Belišová, Sander Thierens, Michiel Van Bel, Lieven Sterck, Nadine Rijsdijk, Rossella Annunziata, Maria Immacolata Ferrante, Klaas Vandepoele, Wim Vyverman

(2024) - Molecular Ecology

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34. Spatial transcriptomics of a lycophyte root sheds light on root evolution

Xilan Yang, Ward Poelmans, Carolin Grones, Abdellah Lakehal, Julie Pevernagie, Michiel Van Bel, Maria Njo, Lin Xu, Hilde Nelissen, Bert De Rybel, Hans Motte, Tom Beeckman

(2023) - Current Biology

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33. PLAZA 5.0: extending the scope and power of comparative and functional genomics in plants

Michiel Van Bel, Francesca Silvestri, Eric M Weitz, Lukasz Kreft, Alexander Botzki, Frederik Coppens, Klaas Vandepoele

(2022) - Nucleic Acids Research

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32. Chromosome-scale assembly and annotation of the perennial ryegrass genome

Istvan Nagy, Elisabeth Veeckman, Chang Liu, Michiel Van Bel, Klaas Vandepoele, Christian Sig Jensen, Tom Ruttink, Torben Asp

(2022) - BMC Genomics

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31. Comment on ‘Hayai-Annotation Plants: an ultrafast and comprehensive functional gene annotation system in plants’: the importance of taking the GO graph structure into account

Michiel Van Bel, Klaas Vandepoele, Alfonso Valencia

(2021) - Bioinformatics

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30. The Arabidopsis condensin CAP‐D subunits arrange interphase chromatin

Celia Municio, Wojciech Antosz, Klaus D. Grasser, Etienne Kornobis, Michiel Van Bel, Ignacio Eguinoa, Frederik Coppens, Andrea Bräutigam, Inna Lermontova, Astrid Bruckmann, Katarzyna Zelkowska, Andreas Houben, Veit Schubert

(2021) - New Phytologist

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29. TRAPID 2.0: a web application for taxonomic and functional analysis of de novo transcriptomes

François Bucchini, Andrea Del Cortona, Łukasz Kreft, Alexander Botzki, Michiel Van Bel, Klaas Vandepoele

(2021) - Nucleic Acids Research

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28. Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds

Andrea Del Cortona, Christopher J. Jackson, François Bucchini, Michiel Van Bel, Sofie D’hondt, Pavel Škaloud, Charles F. Delwiche, Andrew H. Knoll, John A. Raven, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck, Frederik Leliaert

(2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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27. Integrative inference of transcriptional networks in Arabidopsis yields novel ROS signalling regulators

Inge De Clercq, Jan Van de Velde, Xiaopeng Luo, Li Liu, Veronique Storme, Michiel Van Bel, Robin Pottie, Dries Vaneechoutte, Frank Van Breusegem, Klaas Vandepoele

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26. TRAPID 2.0: a web application for taxonomic and functional analysis ofde novotranscriptomes

François Bucchini, Andrea Del Cortona, Łukasz Kreft, Alexander Botzki, Michiel Van Bel, Klaas Vandepoele

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25. Gene space completeness in complex plant genomes

Michiel Van Bel, François Bucchini, Klaas Vandepoele

(2019) - Current Opinion in Plant Biology

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24. Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds

Andrea Del Cortona, Christopher J. Jackson, François Bucchini, Michiel Van Bel, Sofie D’hondt, Pavel Škaloud, Charles F. Delwiche, Andrew H. Knoll, John A. Raven, Heroen Verbruggen, Klaas Vandepoele, Olivier De Clerck, Frederik Leliaert

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23. The Arabidopsis condensin CAP-D subunits arrange interphase chromatin

Celia Municio, Wojciech Antosz, Klaus D. Grasser, Etienne Kornobis, Michiel Van Bel, Ignacio Eguinoa, Frederik Coppens, Andrea Bräutigam, Inna Lermontova, Astrid Bruckmann, Andreas Houben, Veit Schubert

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22. PLAZA 4.0: an integrative resource for functional, evolutionary and comparative plant genomics

Michiel Van Bel, Tim Diels, Emmelien Vancaester, Lukasz Kreft, Alexander Botzki, Yves Van de Peer, Frederik Coppens, Klaas Vandepoele

(2018) - Nucleic Acids Research

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21. Plant-RRBS, a bisulfite and next-generation sequencing-based methylome profiling method enriching for coverage of cytosine positions.

No contributors listed

(2017) - BMC plant biology

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20. PhyD3: a phylogenetic tree viewer with extended phyloXML support for functional genomics data visualization.

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(2017) - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

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19. Proteome Profiling of Wheat Shoots from Different Cultivars.

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(2017) - Frontiers in plant science

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18. Exploring Plant Co-Expression and Gene-Gene Interactions with CORNET 3.0.

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(2017) - Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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17. A Collection of Conserved Noncoding Sequences to Study Gene Regulation in Flowering Plants.

Van de Velde J, Van Bel M, Vaneechoutte D, Vandepoele K

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16. An up-to-date workflow for plant (phospho)proteomics identifies differential drought-responsive phosphorylation events in maize leaves.

Vu LD, Stes E, Van Bel M, Nelissen H, Maddelein D, Inzé D, Coppens F, Martens L, Gevaert K, De Smet I

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15. It's Time for Some "Site"-Seeing: Novel Tools to Monitor the Ubiquitin Landscape in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Walton A, Stes E, Cybulski N, Van Bel M, Iñigo S, Durand AN, Timmerman E, Heyman J, Pauwels L, De Veylder L, Goossens A, De Smet I, Coppens F, Goormachtig S, Gevaert K

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14. PP2A-3 interacts with ACR4 and regulates formative cell division in the Arabidopsis root.

Yue K, Sandal P, Williams EL, Murphy E, Stes E, Nikonorova N, Ramakrishna P, Czyzewicz N, Montero-Morales L, Kumpf R, Lin Z, van de Cotte B, Iqbal M, Van Bel M, Van De Slijke E, Meyer MR, Gadeyne A, Zipfel C, De Jaeger G, Van Montagu M

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13. A Conserved Core of Programmed Cell Death Indicator Genes Discriminates Developmentally and Environmentally Induced Programmed Cell Death in Plants.

Olvera-Carrillo Y, Van Bel M, Van Hautegem T, Fendrych M, Huysmans M, Simaskova M, van Durme M, Buscaill P, Rivas S, S Coll N, Coppens F, Maere S, Nowack MK

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12. BLSSpeller: exhaustive comparative discovery of conserved cis-regulatory elements.

De Witte D, Van de Velde J, Decap D, Van Bel M, Audenaert P, Demeester P, Dhoedt B, Vandepoele K, Fostier J

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11. Dynamic Changes in ANGUSTIFOLIA3 Complex Composition Reveal a Growth Regulatory Mechanism in the Maize Leaf.

Nelissen H, Eeckhout D, Demuynck K, Persiau G, Walton A, van Bel M, Vervoort M, Candaele J, De Block J, Aesaert S, Van Lijsebettens M, Goormachtig S, Vandepoele K, Van Leene J, Muszynski M, Gevaert K, Inzé D, De Jaeger G

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10. PLAZA 3.0: an access point for plant comparative genomics.

Proost S, Van Bel M, Vaneechoutte D, Van de Peer Y, Inzé D, Mueller-Roeber B, Vandepoele K

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9. Drought tolerance conferred to sugarcane by association with Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus: a transcriptomic view of hormone pathways.

Vargas L, Santa Brígida AB, Mota Filho JP, de Carvalho TG, Rojas CA, Vaneechoutte D, Van Bel M, Farrinelli L, Ferreira PC, Vandepoele K, Hemerly AS

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8. TRAPID: an efficient online tool for the functional and comparative analysis of de novo RNA-Seq transcriptomes.

Van Bel M, Proost S, Van Neste C, Deforce D, Van de Peer Y, Vandepoele K

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7. pico-PLAZA, a genome database of microbial photosynthetic eukaryotes.

Vandepoele K, Van Bel M, Richard G, Van Landeghem S, Verhelst B, Moreau H, Van de Peer Y, Grimsley N, Piganeau G

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6. Dissecting plant genomes with the PLAZA comparative genomics platform.

Van Bel M, Proost S, Wischnitzki E, Movahedi S, Scheerlinck C, Van de Peer Y, Vandepoele K

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5. Gene functionalities and genome structure in Bathycoccus prasinos reflect cellular specializations at the base of the green lineage.

Moreau H, Verhelst B, Couloux A, Derelle E, Rombauts S, Grimsley N, Van Bel M, Poulain J, Katinka M, Hohmann-Marriott MF, Piganeau G, Rouzé P, Da Silva C, Wincker P, Van de Peer Y, Vandepoele K

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4. Comparative co-expression analysis in plant biology.

Movahedi S, Van Bel M, Heyndrickx KS, Vandepoele K

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3. Toward community standards in the quest for orthologs.

Dessimoz C, Gabaldón T, Roos DS, Sonnhammer EL, Herrero J, Quest for Orthologs Consortium

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2. PLAZA: a comparative genomics resource to study gene and genome evolution in plants.

Proost S, Van Bel M, Sterck L, Billiau K, Van Parys T, Van de Peer Y, Vandepoele K

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1. FunSiP: a modular and extensible classifier for the prediction of functional sites in DNA.

Van Bel M, Saeys Y, Van de Peer Y

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