Dr. Francine Antoinette Cornelus Neerbos

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
KeywordsInsect-Microbe interactions, Microbial Ecology, Climate change, Entomology, Microbiology
Honours and awards

2024: ICE2024 - Poster award for Women Scientists

2024: ICE2024 - Poster award for Young Scientists

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBremen
InstitutionUniversität Bremen
InstituteFachbereich 02 - Biologie/Chemie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Marko RohlfsFachbereich 02 - Biologie/Chemie, Universität Bremen, Bremen
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2026

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs (Global Minds Initiative Germany)

Publications (partial selection)

2025Glacet, Lallie and No{"e}l, Gr{\'e}goire and Martin, Cl{\'e}ment and van Neerbos, Francine A C and Delvigne, Frank and Francis, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric: Bacterial communities in aphid honeydew provide species-specific functional chemical cues in aphid-predator interactions. In: J. Chem. Ecol., 51, 2025, 110
2024van Neerbos, Francine A C and Alhmedi, A and Van Herck, L and Van Erkel, E and De Vis, R M J and Clymans, R and Beli{"e}n, T and Jacquemyn, H and Lievens, B: Seasonal changes in aphid hyperparasitoid occurrence in sweet pepper and raspberry in Belgium. In: Biocontrol (Dordrecht), 69, 2024, 115--127
2023van Neerbos, Francine Antoinette Cornelus and Dewitte, Peter and Wäckers, Felix and Wenseleers, Tom and Jacquemyn, Hans and Lievens, Bart: Bacterial volatiles elicit differential olfactory responses in insect species from the same and different trophic levels. In: Insect Sci., 30, 2023, 1464--1480
2023Wilberts, Liesbet and Van Hee, Sara and Stockmans, Isabelle and Meesters, Caroline and van Neerbos, Francine and Gloder, Gabriele and Geerinck, Margot W J and Wäckers, Felix and Jacquemyn, Hans and Lievens, Bart: Combining root inoculation with Akanthomyces muscarius (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) and the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to control aphids on sweet pepper. In: Biocontrol (Dordrecht), 2023,
2023van Neerbos, Francine A C and Mertens, Rani and Wäckers, Felix L and Bosmans, Lien and Jacquemyn, Hans and Lievens, Bart: Distance‐dependent attraction of the generalist aphid parasitoid \textit{Aphidius colemani} towards synthetic volatile organic compounds under greenhouse conditions. In: Entomol. Exp. Appl., 171, 2023, 846--856
2021{\DJ}urovi{\'c}, Gordana and Van Neerbos, Francine A C and Bossaert, Sofie and Herrera-Malaver, Beatriz and Steensels, Jan and Arn{\'o}, Judit and Wäckers, Felix and Sobhy, Islam S and Verstrepen, Kevin J and Jacquemyn, Hans and Lievens, Bart: The pupal parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae is attracted to the same yeast volatiles as its adult host. In: J. Chem. Ecol., 47, 2021, 788--798
2020van Neerbos, Francine A C and de Boer, Jetske G and Salis, Lucia and Tollenaar, Ward and Kos, Martine and Vet, Louise E M and Harvey, Jeffrey A: Honeydew composition and its effect on life‐history parameters of hyperparasitoids. In: Ecol. Entomol., 45, 2020, 278--289