Studie(s) en diploma's

• UGent, Bioingenieur - cel en genbiotechnologie (1996)
• UGent, Doctor in de toegepaste biologische wetenschappen (2001)

Huidige functieomschrijving

• Manager Grand Challenges programma - Vlaams Instituut Biotechnologie (VIB ( (2018-heden)
• Hoofddocent (10%) - Vakgroep Volksgezondheid en eerstelijnszorg, Faculteit Geneeskunde, UGent (2011-heden)

Ervaring

• (interim) Hoofd communicatiestrategie VIB (201-2022)
• Diensthoofd Clinical Research Center, UZGent (2012-heden)
• IOF business & technology developer UGent (2007-2010)
• postdoctoraal onderzoeker UGent (2001-2007)
• doctoraatsbursaal UGent (1996-2001)

Relevante Publicaties

a1 publications:

1. Garrison H, Agostinho M, Alvarez L, Bekaert S, Bengtsson L, Broglio E, Couso D, Araújo Gomes R, Ingram Z, Martinez E, Mena AL, Nickel D, Norman M, Pinheiro I, Solís-Mateos M, Bertero MG. Involving society in science: Reflections on meaningful and impactful stakeholder engagement in fundamental research. EMBO Rep. 2021 Nov 4;22(11).
2. Van Daele C.M., Chirinos J.A., De Meyer T., De Buyzere M.L., Langlois M.R., Bekaert S., Segers P., Gillebert T.C., Rietzschel E.R. Muscle strength is a major determinant of the blood pressure response to isometric stress testing: The Asklepios population study (2020) Journal of Hypertension, 38 (2), pp. 224 – 234. DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002272
3. Debucquoy A, Linsen L, T'Joen V, Dollé L, Bekaert S. Editorial: Biobanks as Essential Tools for Translational Research: The Belgian Landscape. Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Jul 28;7:378.
4. Van daele, Caroline, et al. "Muscle Strength Is a Major Determinant of the Blood Pressure Response to Isometric Stress Testing : The Asklepios Population Study." JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, vol. 38, no. 2, 2020, pp. 224–34.
5. Linsen, Loes et al. “Biobank Quality Management in the BBMRI.be Network." FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE 6 (2019): n. pag.
6. T’Joen, Veronique et al. “Rationalized Development of a Campus-wide Cell Line Dataset for Implementation in the Biobank LIMS System at Bioresource Center Ghent.” FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE 6 (2019): n. pag.
7. Dollé, Laurent, and Sofie Bekaert. "High‐quality Biobanks : Pivotal Assets for Reproducibility of OMICS‐data in Biomedical Translational Research." PROTEOMICS, vol. 19, no. 21–22, 2019.
8. De Meyer, Tim, Sofie Bekaert, Marc De Buyzere, et al. "Leukocyte Telomere Length and Diet in the Apparently Healthy, Middle-aged Asklepios Population." SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8 (2018): n. pag. Print.

Impact factor: 4.011, category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES, rank: 15/69.

9. De Meyer, Tim, Tim Nawrot, Sofie Bekaert, et al. "Telomere Length as Cardiovascular Aging Biomarker." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 72.7 (2018): 805–813. Print. Impact factor: 18.639, category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, rank: 3/136.
10. T'Joen, Veronique, et al. "Bimetra Biobank : A High Quality Biobank Facility to Stimulate Translational Biomedical Research." OPEN JOURNAL OF BIORESOURCES, vol. 5, 2018.
11. Teumer, Alexander, Layal Chaker, Stefan Groeneweg, et al. Genome-wide Analyses Identify a Role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in Thyroid Hormone Regulation. Nature communications 9 (2018):.
12. De Meyer, Tim, Tim Nawrot, Sofie Bekaert, et al. Telomere Length as Cardiovascular Aging Biomarker. Journal of the american college of cardiology 72.7 (2018): 805–813.
13. T'Joen, V, Phlypo S., Bekaert S. 2018 Bimetra Biobank, a high quality Biobank facility to stimulate translational biomedical research. Open Journal of Bioresources, 5:7, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ojb.37
14. De Meyer, Tim, Bekaert, S., De Buyzere, M., De Bacquer, D., Langlois, M., Shivappa, N., Hébert, J. R., et al. (2018). Leukocyte telomere length and diet in the apparently healthy, middle-aged Asklepios population. Scientific reports, 8(1).
15. Rietzschel ER, Bekaert S, De Meyer T, "Telomeres and atherosclerosis: the attrition of an attractive hypothesis." Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Journal of the American college of cardiology 2016: 67(21). 2477:2479.

16.    Martin-Ruiz, Carmen M, Duncan Baird, Laureline Roger, et al. "Is Southern Blotting Necessary to Measure Telomere Length Reproducibly?: Authors' Response to: Commentary: The Reliability of Telomere Length Measurements." International journal of epidemiology 2015 : 1686–1687.

17.    Martin-Ruiz, Carmen M, Duncan Baird, Laureline Roger, et al. "Reproducibility of Telomere Length Assessment: An International Collaborative Study." International journal of epidemiology 44.5 (2015): 1673–1683.

18.    Holohan B, De Meyer T, Batten K, Mangino M, Hunt SC, Bekaert S, De Buyzere ML,Rietzschel ER, Spector TD, Wright WE, Shay JW "Decreasing Initial Telomere Length in Humans Intergenerationally Understates Age-associated Telomere Shortening." AGING CELL (2015): n. pag. Print. (IF 6.340)

19.    Denil SL, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Van Daele CM, Segers P, De Bacquer D, Van Criekinge W, Bekaert S, Gillebert TC, De Meyer T "On Cross-sectional Associations of Leukocyte Telomere Length with Cardiac Systolic, Diastolic and Vascular Function: The Asklepios Study." PLOS ONE 9.12 (2014): n. pag. Print. (IF 3.234)

20.    Martin-Ruiz CM, Baird D, Roger L, Boukamp P, Krunic D, Cawthon R, Dokter MM, van der Harst P, Bekaert S, de Meyer T, Roos G, Svenson U, Codd V, Samani NJ, McGlynn L, Shiels PG, Pooley KA, Dunning AM, Cooper R, Wong A, Kingston A, von Zglinicki T. Reproducibility of telomere length assessment: an international collaborative study. Int J Epidemiol. 2014 Sep 19. (IF 9.176)

21.    De Meyer T, Van Daele CM, De Buyzere ML, Denil S, De Bacquer D, Segers P, Cooman L, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC, Bekaert S, Rietzschel ER; Asklepios Study investigators. No shorter telomeres in subjects  with a family history of cardiovascular disease in the Asklepios study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Dec;32(12):3076-81. (IF 6.338)

22. Gardner M, Bann D, Wiley L, Cooper R, Hardy R, Nitsch D, Martin-Ruiz C, Shiels P, Sayer AA, Barbieri M, Bekaert S, Bischoff C, Brooks-Wilson A, Chen W, Cooper C, Christensen K, De Meyer T, Deary I, Der G, Diez Roux A, Fitzpatrick A, Hajat A, Halaschek-Wiener J, Harris S, Hunt SC, Jagger C, Jeon HS, Kaplan R, Kimura M,  Lansdorp P, Li C, Maeda T, Mangino M, Nawrot TS, Nilsson P, Nordfjall K, Paolisso G, Ren F, Riabowol K, Robertson T, Roos G, Staessen JA, Spector T, Tang N, Unryn  B, van der Harst P, Woo J, Xing C, Yadegarfar ME, Park JY, Young N, Kuh D, von Zglinicki T, Ben-Shlomo Y; Halcyon study team. Gender and telomere length: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Exp Gerontol. 2014 Mar;51:15-27.
23. Van daele CM, De Meyer T, De Buyzere ML, Gillebert TC, Denil SL, Bekaert S, Chirinos JA, De Backer GG, De Bacquer D, Rietzschel ER; Asklepios Investigators.  Family history of cardiovascular disease and offspring echocardiographic left ventricular structure and function: the Asklepios Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Nov;26(11):1290-1297.
24. De Meyer T, Vandepitte K, Denil S, De Buyzere ML, Rietzschel ER, Bekaert S. A non-genetic, epigenetic-like mechanism of telomere length inheritance? Eur J Hum  Genet. 2014 Jan;22(1):10-1. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.255. Epub 2013 Oct 23.
25. Van daele CM, De Meyer T, De Buyzere ML, Gillebert TC, Denil SL, Bekaert S, Chirinos JA, Segers P, De Backer GG, De Bacquer D, Rietzschel ER; Asklepios Investigators. Addition of a novel, protective family history category allows better profiling of cardiovascular risk and atherosclerotic burden in the general population. The Asklepios Study. PLoS One. 2013 May 2;8(5):e63185.
26. Roef GL, Rietzschel ER, De Meyer T, Bekaert S, De Buyzere ML, Kaufman JM, Taes YE. Associations of rs4704397 in phosphodiesterase 8B with thyrotropin and thyroid hormone concentrations. Thyroid. 2013 Mar;23(3):376-7.
27. De Meyer T, Van Daele CM, De Buyzere ML, Denil S, De Bacquer D, Segers P, Cooman L, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC, Bekaert S, Rietzschel ER; Asklepios Study investigators. No shorter telomeres in subjects  with a family history of cardiovascular disease in the Asklepios study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Dec;32(12):3076-81.
28. De Keulenaer S, Hellemans J, Lefever S, Renard JP, De Schrijver J, Van de Voorde H, Tabatabaiefar MA, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Flamez D, Pattyn F, Scharlaken B, Deforce D, Bekaert S, Van Criekinge W, Vandesompele J, Van Camp G, Coucke P. Molecular diagnostics for congenital hearing loss including 15 deafness genes using a next generation sequencing platform. BMC Med Genomics. 2012 May 18;5:17.
29. Mitchell GF, Verwoert GC, Tarasov KV, Isaacs A, Smith AV, Yasmin, Rietzschel ER, Tanaka T, Liu Y, Parsa A, Najjar SS, O'Shaughnessy KM, Sigurdsson S, De Buyzere ML, Larson MG, Sie MP, Andrews JS, Post WS, Mattace-Raso FU, McEniery CM, Eiriksdottir G, Segers P, Vasan RS, van Rijn MJ, Howard TD, McArdle PF, Dehghan A, Jewell E, Newhouse SJ, Bekaert S, Hamburg NM, Newman AB, Hofmann A, Scuteri A, De Bacquer D, Ikram MA, Psaty B, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Wain LV, Elliott P, Smith NL, Felix JF, Erdmann J, Vita JA, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Sijbrands EJ, Sanna S,  Launer LJ, De Meyer T, Johnson AD, Schut AF, Herrington DM, Rivadeneira F, Uda M, Wilkinson IB, Aspelund T, Gillebert TC, Van Bortel L, Benjamin EJ, Oostra BA, Ding J, Gibson Q, Uitterlinden AG, Abecasis GR, Cockcroft JR, Gudnason V, De Backer GG, Ferrucci L, Harris TB, Shuldiner AR, van Duijn CM, Levy D, Lakatta EG, Witteman JC. Common Genetic Variation in the 3-BCL11B Gene Desert Is Associated with Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity and Excess Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The AortaGen Consortium. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011 Nov 8.
30. Abou-El-Ardat K, Monsieurs P, Anastasov N, Atkinson M, Derradji H, De Meyer T, Bekaert S, Van Criekinge W, Baatout S. Low dose irradiation of thyroid cells reveals a unique transcriptomic and epigenetic signature in RET/PTC-positive cells. Mutat Res. 2011 Oct 20.
31. De Leeneer K, De Schrijver J, Clement L, Baetens M, Lefever S, De Keulenaer S, Van Criekinge W, Deforce D, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Bekaert S, Pattyn F, De Wilde B,  Coucke P, Vandesompele J, Claes K, Hellemans J. Practical tools to implement massive parallel pyrosequencing of PCR products in next generation molecular diagnostics. PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25531.
32. Abou-El-Ardat K, Derradji H, de Vos W, de Meyer T, Bekaert S, van Criekinge W, Baatout S. Response to low-dose X-irradiation is p53-dependent in a papillary thyroid carcinoma model system. Int J Oncol. 2011 Dec; 39(6):1429-41.
33. Ruige JB, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Bekaert S, Segers P, De Bacquer D, De Backer G, Gillebert TC, Kaufman JM; Asklepios investigators. Modest opposite associations of endogenous testosterone and oestradiol with left ventricular remodelling and function in healthy middle-aged men. Int J Androl. 2011 Dec; 34(6 Pt 2):e587-93.
34. De Meyer T, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Van Criekinge W, Bekaert S. Telomere length and cardiovascular aging: the means to the ends? Ageing Res Rev. 2011 Apr; 10(2):297-303. Epub 2010 Nov 23. Review.
35. De Meyer T, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Langlois MR, De Bacquer D, Segers P, Van Damme P, De Backer GG, Van Oostveldt P, Van Criekinge W, Gillebert TC, Bekaert S; on behalf of the Asklepios Study investigators. Systemic telomere length and preclinical atherosclerosis: the Asklepios Study. Eur Heart J. 2009 Aug 17.
36.  Segers P, Mahieu D, Kips J, Rietzschel E, De Buyzere M, De Bacquer D, Bekaert S, De Backer G, Gillebert T, Verdonck P, Van Bortel L; Asklepios investigators. Amplification of the pressure pulse in the upper limb in healthy, middle-aged men and women. Hypertension. 2009 Aug; 54(2):414-20. Epub 2009 Jun 22.
37. Harkinezhad T, Verminnen K, De Buyzere M, Rietzschel E, Bekaert S, Vanrompay D. Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci infections in a human population in contact with domestic and companion birds. J Med Microbiol. 2009 Sep; 58(Pt 9):1207-12. Epub 2009 Jun 15.
38. De Meyer T, Bijsmans I, Van de Vijver K, Bekaert S, Oosting J, Van Criekinge W, van Engeland M, Sieben N.  E2Fs mediate a fundamental cell-cycle deregulation in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas. J Pathol. 2008 Sep 16. 
39. Werbrouck J, De Ruyck K, Duprez F, Van Eijkeren M, Rietzschel E, Bekaert S, Vral A, De Neve W, Thierens H. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA double-strand break repair genes: Association with head and neck cancer and interaction with tobacco use and alcohol consumption. Mutat Res. 2008 Oct 30;656(1-2):74-81. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
40. Derradji H, Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Jacquet P, Abou-El-Ardat K, Ghardi M, Arlette M, Baatout S.  Ionizing radiation-induced gene modulations, cytokine content changes and telomere shortening in mouse fetuses exhibiting forelimb defects. Dev Biol. 2008 Aug 7.
41. Rietzschel ER, Langlois M, De Buyzere ML, Segers P, De Bacquer D, Bekaert S, Cooman L, Van Oostveldt P, Verdonck P, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC; for the Asklepios Investigators. Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Associated With Decreases in Cardiac Function Independent of Vascular Alterations. Hypertension. 2008 Jul 28. 
42. De Meyer T, De Buyzere ML, Langlois M, Rietzschel ER, Cassiman P, De Bacquer D, Van Oostveldt P, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC, Van Criekinge W, Bekaert S; on behalf of the Asklepios investigators. Lower red blood cell counts in middle-aged subjects with shorter peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length. Aging Cell. 2008 Jul 28. 
43. Langlois MR, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, De Bacquer D, Bekaert S, Blaton V, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC; Asklepios Investigators. Femoral plaques confound the association of circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein with carotid atherosclerosis in a general population aged 35 to 55 years: the Asklepios Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Aug;28(8):1563-8. Epub 2008 May 29.
44. De Meyer T, Sinnaeve D, Van Gasse B, Tsiporkova E, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Gillebert TC, Bekaert S, Martins JC, Van Criekinge W.  NMR-based characterization of metabolic alterations in hypertension using an adaptive, intelligent binning algorithm. Anal Chem. 2008 May 15; 80(10):3783-90. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
45. De Keersmaecker K, Lahortiga I, Mentens N, Folens C, Van Neste L, Bekaert S, Vandenberghe P, Odero MD, Marynen P, Cools J. In vitro validation of {gamma}-secretase inhibitors alone or in combination with other anti-cancer drugs for the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Haematologica. Mar 5 (2008).
46. De Meyer T, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, De Bacquer D, Van Criekinge W,  De Backer GG, Gillebert TC ,Van Oostveldt P and Bekaert S. Paternal Age at Birth is an Important Determinant of Offspring Telomere Length. Hum Mol Gen  16, 3097-102 (2007).
47. Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Rietzschel E, De Buyzere M, De Bacquer D, Langlois M, Segers P, Cooman L, Van Damme P, Cassiman P, Van Criekinge W,  Verdonck P, De Backer G,  Gillebert T, and Van Oostveldt P. Telomere length and cardiovascular risk factors in a middle-aged population free of overt cardiovascular disease. Aging Cell 6, 639-647 (2007)
48. Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Bekaert S, Segers P, De Bacquer D, Cooman L, Van Damme P, Cassiman P, Langlois M, Van Oostveldt P, Verdonck P, De Backer GG, Gillebert TC. Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of the Asklepios study. Eur J Cardiol Prev Rehab 14, 179-91 (2007)
49. Forsyth R, De Boeck G, Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Taminiau A, Uyttendaele D, Roels H, Praet M, Hogendoorn P. Telomere biology in giant cell tumour of bone.   J Pathol. Epub ahead of print (2007
50. De Meyer T, Rietzschel ER, De Buyzere ML, Van Criekinge W, Bekaert S. Studying telomeres in a longitudinal population based study. Front Biosci. 2008 Jan 1; 13:2960-70. Review.
51. Ongenaert M, Van Neste L, De Meyer T, Menschaert G, Bekaert S, Van Criekinge W.  PubMeth: a cancer methylation database combining text-mining and expert annotation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jan; 36(Database issue):D842-6. Epub 2007 Oct 11.
52. Maes L., Van Neste L., Van Damme K., Kalala J.P., De Ridder L., Bekaert S., Cornelissen M. Relation between telomerase activity, hTERT and telomere length for intracranial  tumours. Oncol Rep. 18, 1571-6 (2007)
53. Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Van Oostveldt P.  Telomere attrition as ageing biomarker. Anticancer Res. 2005 Jul-Aug; 25(4):3011-21. Review
54. Bekaert S, Derradji H, De Meyer T, Michaux A, Buset J, Neefs M, Mergeay M, Jacquet P, Van Oostveldt P, Baatout S.  Telomere shortening is associated with malformation in p53-deficient mice after irradiation during specific stages of development. DNA Repair (Amst). 2005 Aug 15;4(9):1028-37.
55. Bekaert S, Van Pottelbergh I, De Meyer T, Zmierczak H, Kaufman JM, Van Oostveldt P, Goemaere S.  Telomere length versus hormonal and bone mineral status in healthy elderly men. Mech Ageing Dev. 2005 Oct;126(10):1115-22.
56. Derradji H, Bekaert S, Van Oostveldt P, Baatout S. Comparison of different protocols for telomere length estimation by combination of quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH) and flow cytometry in human cancer cell lines. Anticancer Res. 2005 Mar-Apr;25(2A):1039-50.[IF1.414]
57. Bekaert S, Derradji H, Baatout S.  Telomere biology in mammalian germ cells and during development. Dev Biol. 2004 Oct 1;274(1):15-30. Review
58. Bekaert S, Koll S, Thas O, and Van Oostveldt P. Comparing telomere length of sister chromatids in human lymphocytes using three-dimensional confocal microscopy. Cytometry 48: 34-44, 2002.

Book chapters

1. Lalova T., Negrouk A., Dollé L., Bekaert S., Debucquoy A., Derèze J.-J., Valcke P., Kindt E.J., Huys I. An Overview of Belgian Legislation Applicable to Biobank Research and Its Interplay with Data Protection Rules (2021) Law, Governance and Technology Series, 43, pp. 187 – 213. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49388-2_10. (Book chapter)
2. Tzortzatou O., Slokenberga S., Reichel J., da Costa Andrade A., Barbosa C., Bekaert S., van Veen E.-B., Romeo-Casabona C.M., Cathaoir K.Ó., Chassang G., Debucquoy A., Derèze J.-J., Dollé L., Fält S.E., Halouzka R., Hartlev M., Hisbergues M., Hoppe N., Huys I., Kindt E., Befring A.K., Kozera L., Krekora-Zajac D., Lalova T., Mayrhofer M., Negrouk A., Pawlikowski J., Penasa S., Pormeister K., Rial-Sebbag E., Siapka A., Southerington T., Stenbeck M., Šutalo M., Tomasi M., Valcke P., Vella Falzon R. Biobanking Across Europe Post-GDPR: A Deliberately Fragmented Landscape (2021) Law, Governance and Technology Series, 43, pp. 397 – 419. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49388-2_22 (Book chapter)

a1  publications to which logistical support was provided as referred to in acknowledgements

1. Trooskens G, De Beule D, Decouttere F, and Van Criekinge W. Phylogenetic trees: visualizing, customizing and detecting incongruence. Bioinformatics 21: 3801-3802, 2005.
2. Baatout S, and Derradji H. Cytometric methods to analyze radiation effects. J Biol Reg Hom Ag 18: 101- 105, 2004.
3. Derradji H, and Baatout S. Apoptosis: a mechanism of cell suicide. In Vivo 17: 185-192, 2003.
4. Bauwens S, Verhoeyen E, de Almeida-Engler J, Van Montagu M, Engler G. Detection of transcripts via fluorescence in situ hybridization and confocal microscopy in whole mounts of roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molec Biol Rep 15: 22-27, 1997.

a2  articles published in scholarly or scientific journals with a wide distribution, international peer review, and not included in (a1)

1. Boeckxstaens P, Bekaert S, De Sutter A, De Maeseneer J. Translational research and multimorbidity: need for a paradigm-shift; Int Public Health J 2011, 3: 207-214.
2. Bekaert S.  Telomeres: if length counts, the biological clock reviewed. Biotech International, October 2005.

a3  articles published in national journals that use peer review, not included in (a1) or (a2), chronologically ordered

1.       Van Hoof, Wannes, Pauline De Bruyne, Lien Dossche, et al. “How Do Researchers Weigh Ethical Principles in Pediatric Clinical Trials?” Tijdschrift van de Belgische kinderarts. Vol. 18. 2016.

2. Abou-El-Ardat K, Derradji H, Bekaert S, De Meyer T, Van Criekinge W, Baatout S. Genrisk-T project: response of the TPC-1 papillary thyroid carcinoma cell line to a range of low to high doses of irradiation. Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci. 2008;73(1):79-83. No abstract available.
3. Bekaert S, Derradji H, Jacquet P, Van Oostveldt, Mergeay, and Baatout S. Impact of X-irradiation on telomere biology during development in P53-deficient mice. Com Agric App Biol Sci 68: 123-126, 2003.
4. Bekaert S, Thoné T, Koll S, and Van Oostveldt P. Telomere shortening observed after fusion of a human isochromosome into a murin fibroblast cell line. Med FBW 654: 275-281, 2000.
5. Bekaert S,  Vermeesch JR, Marynen P, Van Oostveldt P. Telomere lengthening in a human-mouse hybrid cell line: FISH and CSLM as a tool to measure telomere length of individual chromosomes. Med FBW 64: 246, 1999.

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