S. Verhulst

Conditional deletion of CEACAM1 causes hepatic stellate cell activation

This study shows that CEACAM1 loss in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activates them, leading to myofibroblastic transformation and fibrosis without insulin resistance or steatosis.

Gain of 1q confers an MDM4-driven growth advantage to undifferentiated and differentiating hESC while altering their differentiation capacity

This study shows that 1q gain in hESCs increases MDM4 expression, giving a growth advantage during differentiation by reducing DNA damage sensitivity and altering differentiation capacity.

Do glucocorticoids indicate stress? Meta-analysis reveals a tight association between glucocorticoids and metabolic rate

This paper conducts a meta-analysis showing that increases in metabolic rate are strongly correlated with increases in glucocorticoid levels across endotherms.

Egg size effects on nestling mass in Jackdaws Corvus monedula: a cross-foster experiment

The paper tests whether egg size affects nestling mass in jackdaws through a cross-foster experiment and finds 92% of the association is due to a direct effect of egg size, independent of parental quality.

Improved deterrence of birds using an artificial predator, the RobotFalcon

The paper tests the RobotFalcon, an artificial predator, to deter bird flocks and finds it effectively scares birds without habituation, outperforming drones and conventional methods.

Model-based hearing-enhancement strategies for cochlear synaptopathy pathologies

This study develops and evaluates hearing-enhancement algorithms to improve auditory nerve coding in cochlear synaptopathy, showing improvements in temporal-envelope processing and speech-in-noise intelligibility.

High heritability of telomere length, but low evolvability, and no significant heritability of telomere shortening in wild jackdaws

Towards personalized auditory models: predicting individual sensorineural-hearing-loss profiles from recorded human auditory physiology

This study develops a method to predict individual sensorineural hearing loss profiles using auditory evoked potentials to personalize auditory models for hearing aids.

Telomere length is highly heritable and independent of growth rate manipulated by temperature in field crickets

The paper investigates telomere length heritability and its relationship with growth rate in field crickets, finding high heritability but no effect of growth rate on telomere length.

The Derived-Band Envelope Following Response and its Sensitivity to Sensorineural Hearing Deficits

This study introduces a derived-band EFR (DBEFR) technique to improve frequency specificity and investigates its sensitivity to sensorineural hearing deficits in humans.

Mosaic metabolic ageing: Basal and standard metabolic rate age in opposite directions and and independent of environmental quality, sex or lifespan in a passerine

This study examines metabolic ageing in zebra finches, finding that basal metabolic rate decreases with age while standard metabolic rate increases, independent of lifespan, sex, or environmental conditions.