SST/AGRO Faculté des bioingénieurs (AGRO)
SST/ELI Earth and Life Institute (ELI)
SST/ELI/ELIM Applied Microbiology (ELIM)
Henry, Grégoire ; Isenborghs, Arnaud ; Walhain, Emilie ; Nicolay, Thomas ; Stenuit, Benoît ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Enhancing the fermentability of brewer’s spent grains to short- and medium-chain carboxylates through dilute alkaline pretreatment. In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, p. 1-14 (2024). doi:10.1007/s13399-024-05508-2.
Henry, Grégoire B. L. ; Awedem Wobiwo, Florent ; Isenborghs, Arnaud ; Nicolay, Thomas ; Godin, Bruno ; Stenuit, Benoît ; Gerin, Patrick A.. A specific H2/CO2 consumption molar ratio of 3 as a signature for the chain elongation of carboxylates from brewer’s spent grain acidogenesis. In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, no.10.3389, p. 1-16 (2023). doi:10.3389/fbioe.2023.1165197.
Brienza, Filippo ; Van Aelst, Korneel ; Devred, François ; Magnin, Delphine ; Sels, Bert F. ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Cybulska, Iwona ; Debecker, Damien P.. Toward a Hydrogen‐Free Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Wheat Straw Biomass**. In: ChemSusChem, Vol. 16, no.13 (2023). doi:10.1002/cssc.202300103.
Brienza, Filippo ; Van Aelst, Korneel ; Devred, François ; Magnin, Delphine ; Sels, Bert F. ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Cybulska, Iwona ; Debecker, Damien P.. Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Wheat Straw Biomass. In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 10, no.34, p. 11130-11142 (2022). doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c02012.
Brienza, Filippo ; Van Aelst, Korneel ; Devred, François ; Magnin, Delphine ; Tschulkow, Maxim ; Nimmegeers, Philippe ; Van Passel, Steven ; Sels, Bert F. ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Debecker, Damien P. ; Cybulska, Iwona. Unleashing lignin potential through the dithionite-assisted organosolv fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass. In: Chemical Engineering JournaL, Vol. 450, p. 138179 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.138179.
Calusinska, Magdalena ; Marynowska, Martyna ; Bertucci, Marie ; Untereiner, Boris ; Klimek, Dominika ; Goux, Xavier ; Sillam-Dussès, David ; Gawron, Piotr ; Halder, Rashi ; Wilmes, Paul ; Ferrer, Pau ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Roisin, Yves ; Delfosse, Philippe. Integrative omics analysis of the termite gut system adaptation to Miscanthus diet identifies lignocellulose degradation enzymes. In: Communications Biology, Vol. 3, no. 1, p. 275 (2020). doi:10.1038/s42003-020-1004-3.
Awedem Wobiwo, Florent ; Chaturvedi, Tanmay ; Boda, Maurice ; Fokou, Elie ; Emaga, Thomas Happi ; Cybulska, Iwona ; Deleu, Magali ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Thomsen, Mette Hedegaard. Bioethanol potential of raw and hydrothermally pretreated banana bulbs biomass in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, , p. 1-11 (2019). doi:10.1007/s13399-018-00367-0.
Florian, Tiappi Deumaga Mathias ; Villani, Nicolas ; Aguedo, Mario ; Jacquet, Nicolas ; Thomas, Happi Guy ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Magali, Deleu ; Richel, Aurore. Chemical composition analysis and structural features of banana rachis lignin extracted by two organosolv methods. In: Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 132, p. 269-274 (2019). doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.02.022.
Perimenis, Anastasios ; Nicolay, Thomas ; Leclercq, Matthieu ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Comparison of the acidogenic and methanogenic potential of agroindustrial residues. In: Waste Management, Vol. 72, p. 178-185 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2017.11.033.
Tiappi Deumaga, Mathias Florian ; Jacquet, Nicolas ; Vanderghem, Caroline ; Aguedo, Mario ; Thomas, Happi Guy ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Deleu, Magali ; Richel, Aurore. Fractionation and Structural Characterization of Hemicellulose from Steam-Exploded Banana Rachis. In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 4, no.3 (2018). doi:10.1007/s12649-018-0457-9.
Lemaigre, Sébastien ; Adam, Gilles ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Noo, Anaïs ; De Vos, Bénédicte ; Klimek, Dominika ; Goux, Xavier ; Calusinska, Magdalena ; Delfosse, Philippe. Potential of multivariate statistical process monitoring based on the biogas composition to detect free ammonia intoxication in anaerobic reactors. In: Biochemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 140, p. 17-28 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.bej.2018.08.018.
Awedem Wobiwo, Florent ; Ercoli Balbuena, Jorge-Luis ; Nicolay, Thomas ; Larondelle, Yvan ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Valorization of spent coffee ground with wheat or miscanthus straw: Yield improvement by the combined conversion to mushrooms and biomethane. In: Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 45, p. 171-179 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.esd.2018.06.012.
Awedem Wobiwo, Florent ; Happi Emaga, Thomas ; Fokou, Elie ; Boda, Maurice ; Gillet, Sebastien ; Deleu, Magali ; Richel, Aurore ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Comparative biochemical methane potential of some varieties of residual banana biomass and renewable energy potential. In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Vol. 7, no.2, p. 167-177 (2017). doi:10.1007/s13399-016-0222-x.
Awedem Wobiwo, Florent ; Korangi Alleluya, Virginie ; Happi Emaga, Thomas ; Boda, Maurice ; Fokou, Elie ; Gillet, Sebastien ; Deleu, Magali ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Recovery of fibers and biomethane from banana peduncles biomass through anaerobic digestion . In: Energy for Sustainable Development : the journal of the international energy initiative, Vol. 37, p. 60-65 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.esd.2017.01.005.
Perimenis, Anastasios ; Van Aarle, Ingrid ; Nicolay, Thomas ; Jacquet, Nicolas ; Meyer, Laurence ; Richel, Aurore ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Metabolic profile of mixed culture acidogenic fermentation of lignocellulosic residues and the effect of upstream substrate fractionation by steam explosion. In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Vol. 6, no.1, p. 25-37 (2016). doi:10.1007/s13399-015-0164-8.
Lemaigre, Sébastien ; Adam, Gilles ; Goux, Xavier ; Noo, Anaïs ; De Vos, Bénédicte ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delfosse, Philippe . Transfer of a static PCA-MSPC model from a steady-state anaerobic reactor to an independent anaerobic reactor exposed to organic overload. In: Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 159, p. 20-30 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.chemolab.2016.09.010.
Donoso-Bravo, Andres ; Bindels, Françoise ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Vande Wouwer, Alain. Anaerobic biodegradability of fish remains: experimental investigation and parameter estimation. In: Water Science and Technology, Vol. 71, no.6, p. 922-928 (2015). doi:10.2166/wst.2015.047.
Godin, Bruno ; Mayer, Fréderic ; Agneessens, Richard ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Dardenne, Pierre ; Delfosse, Philippe ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Biochemical methane potential prediction of plant biomasses: Comparing chemical composition versus near infrared methods and linear versus non-linear models. In: Bioresource Technology, Vol. 175, no.1, p. 382–390 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.115.
Godin, Bruno ; Agneessens, Richard ; Delcarte, Jerôme ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Lignin in plant biomasses: comparative metrological assessment of the detergent fiber and the insoluble dietary fiber methods. In: Cellulose, Vol. 656 (2015). doi:10.1007/s10570-015-0656-5.
Van Aarle, Ingrid M. ; Perimenis, Anastasios ; Lima Ramos, Joana ; de Hults, Emeline ; George, Isabelle F. ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Mixed inoculum origin and lignocellulosic substrate type both influence the production of volatile fatty acids during acidogenic fermentation. In: Biochemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 103, p. 242–249 (2015). doi:10.1016/j.bej.2015.07.016.
Wertz, Jean-Luc ; Richel, Aurore ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Molécules issues de la valorisation de la lignine. In: ValBiom, Vol. 2015, no.Mars, p. 1-37 (2015).
Mayer, Fréderic ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Noo, Anaïs ; Lemaigre, Sébastien ; Stilmant, Didier ; Schmit, Thomas ; Leclech, Nathael ; Ruelle, Luc ; Gennen, Jerome ; von Francken-Welz, Herbert ; Foucart, Guy ; Flammang, Jos ; Delfosse, Philippe ; Weyland, Marc. Assessment of energy crops alternative to maize for biogas production in the Greater Region. In: Bioresource Technology, Vol. 166, p. 358–367 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.054.
Mayer, Fréderic ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Noo, Anaïs ; Foucart, Guy ; Flammang, Jos ; Lemaigre, Sébastien ; Sinnaeve, Georges ; Dardenne, Pierre ; Delfosse, Philippe. Assessment of factors influencing the biomethane yield of maize silages. In: Bioresource Technology, Vol. 153, no.0, p. 260-268 (2014). doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.081.
Godin, Bruno ; Agneessens, Richard ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jérôme . Structural Carbohydrates in a Plant Biomass: Correlations between the Detergent Fiber and Dietary Fiber Methods. In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Vol. 62, p. 5609−5616 (2014). doi:10.1021/jf500924q.
Godin, Bruno ; Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Stilmant, Didier ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Chemical Composition and Biofuel Potentials of a Wide Diversity of Plant Biomasses. In: Energy & Fuels, Vol. 27, no. 5, p. 2588-2598 (2013). doi:10.1021/ef3019244.
Godin, Bruno ; Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Stilmant, Didier ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Chemical characteristics and biofuel potential of several vegetal biomasses grown under a wide range of environmental conditions. In: Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 48, p. 1-12 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.04.007.
Godin, Bruno ; Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Stilmant, Didier ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Chemical characteristics and biofuels potentials of various plant biomasses: influence of the harvesting date.. In: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Vol. 93, no. 13, p. 3216–3224 (2nd April 2013). doi:10.1002/jsfa.6159.
Morales Belpaire, Isabel ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Monitoring the Active Conformation of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and β-Glucosidase Adsorbed on Soil Particles. In: The Protein Journal, Vol. 31, p. 84-92 (2012). doi:10.1007/s10930-011-9378-1.
Godin, Bruno ; Agneessens, Richard ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jerome. Composition of structural carbohydrates in biomass: Precision of a method using a neutral detergent extraction and a charged aerosol detector. In: Talanta, Vol. 85, no. 4, p. 2014-2026 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2011.07.044.
Godin, Bruno ; Agneessens, Richard ; Gofflot, Sebastien ; Lamaudiere, Stephane ; Sinnaeve, Georges ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delcarte, Jerome. Review on analytical methods for lignocellulosic biomass structural polysaccharides. In: Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, Vol. 15, no. 1, p. 165-182 (2011).
Lamaudière, Stéphane ; Scarceriaux, Sylvain ; Godin, Bruno ; Delcarte, Jérôme ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Bioconversion of potatoes residues or surplus potatoes to ethanol under non axenic conditions. In: Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, Vol. 14, no. S2, p. 575 (2010).
Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Scarceriaux, Sylvain ; Godin, Bruno ; Delcarte, Jérôme ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Bioconversion of potatoes residues or surplus potatoes to ethanol under non axenic conditions. In: Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment, Vol. 14, no. SPEC. ISSUE 2 (2010).
Godin, Bruno ; Ghysel, Francois ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Gofflot, Sebastien ; Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Sinnaeve, Georges ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Stilmant, Didier ; Delcarte, Jerome. Cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, and ash contents in various lignocellulosic crops for second generation bioethanol production. In: Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Soci�t� et Environnement, Vol. 14, no. S2, p. 549-560 (2010).
Enaud, Estelle ; Fleith, Sandrine ; Naveau, Françoise ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Vanhulle, Sophie. Coriolopsis polyzona Laccase Immobilisation by Adsorption on a Silane-Modified Porous Siliceous Carrier and Use of the Catalytic Material for Dye Synthesis. In: Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 150, no. S1, p. 377-377 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.462.
Godin, Bruno ; Ghysel, François ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Gofflot, Sébastien ; Lamaudière, Stéphane ; Sinneave, Georges ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Stilmant, Didier ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Détermination de la cellulose, des hémicelluloses, de la lignine et des cendres dans diverses cultures lignocellulosiques dédiées à la production de bioéthanol de deuxième génération. In: Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Soci�t� et Environnement, Vol. 14, no. 2, p. 549-560 (2010).
Godin, Bruno ; Ghysel, François ; Agneessens, Richard ; Schmit, Thomas ; Gofflot, Sébastien ; Lamaudiere, Stéphane ; Sinnaeve, Georges ; Goffart, Jean-Pierre ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Stilmant, Didier ; Delcarte, Jérôme. Détermination de la cellulose, des hémicelluloses, de la lignine et des cendres dans diverses cultures lignocellulosiques dédiées à la production de bioéthanol de deuxième génération. In: Biotechnology, Agronomy and Society and Environment, Vol. 14, no. SPEC. ISSUE 2, p. 549-560 (2010).
Godin, Bruno ; Ghysel, François ; Agneessens, Richard ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Stilmant, Didier ; Delcarte, Jerome. Higher heating value prediction of lignocellulosic crop based on their content of main components. In: Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Soci�t� et Environnement, Vol. 14, no. S2, p. 574-574 (2010).
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Vliegen, François ; Jossart, Jean-Marc. Energy and CO2 balance of maize and grass as energy crops for anaerobic digestion.. In: Bioresource technology, Vol. 99, no. 7, p. 2620-7 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2007.04.049.
Caillou, Samuel ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Nonckreman, Cristele. J. ; Fleith, Sandrine ; Dupont-Gillain, Christine C. ; Landoulsi, Jessem ; Pancera, Sabrina M. ; Genet, Michel ; Rouxhet, Paul. Enzymes at solid surfaces: Nature of the interfaces and physico-chemical processes. In: Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 54, no. 1, p. 116-122 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2008.02.100.
Morales Belpaire, Isabel ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Fate of amyloid fibrils introduced in wastewater sludge.. In: Water research, Vol. 42, no. 17, p. 4449-56 (2008). doi:10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.034.
Morales Belpaire, Isabel ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Factors affecting the fate of active proteins introduced in wastewater sludges: investigation with green fluorescent protein.. In: Water research, Vol. 41, no. 8, p. 1723-33 (2007). doi:10.1016/j.watres.2006.12.012.
Delmelle, Pierre ; Lambert, Mathieu ; Dufrêne, Yves ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Oskarsson, Niels. Gas/aerosol-ash interaction in volcanic plumes: New insights from surface analyses of fine ash particles. In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 259, no. 1-2, p. 159-170 (2007). doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.052.
Rouxhet, Paul ; Caillou, Samuel ; Nonckreman, Cristèle ; Alves, Alice ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Enzymes et micro-organismes aux interfaces : mécanismes physico-chimiques et propriétés. In: Materiaux et Techniques, Vol. 93, no.Hors-Série, p. s13-s26 (2005). doi:10.1051/mattech:2006002.
Belpaire, Isabel Morales ; Bindels, Françoise ; Corvini, Philippe ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Method for monitoring the fate of green fluorescent protein added to aerobic and anaerobic wastewater sludge.. In: Water research, Vol. 39, no. 20, p. 4933-40 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.watres.2005.09.041.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Dufrêne, Yves. Native surface structure of natural soil particles determined by combining atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 28, no. 4, p. 295-305 (2003). doi:10.1016/S0927-7765(02)00163-7.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Delvaux, Bruno ; Genet, MJ. ; Herbillon, AJ.. Surface analysis of soilmaterial by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In: European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 54, no. 3, p. 589-603 (2003). doi:10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.00537.x.
Jossart, Jean-Marc ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Marchal, D. ; Vliegen, F.. Information sur le bilan énergétique du maïs et de l'herbe pour la méthanisation, 2003.
Sokolovska, I ; Wattiau, Pierre ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Agathos, Spiros N.. Biodegradation of fluorene at low temperature by a psychrotrophic Sphingomonas sp L-138. In: Chemical Papers, Vol. 56, no. 1, p. 36-40 (2002).
El Mamouni, R ; Agathos, Spiros N. ; Jacquet, R ; Gerin, Patrick A.. Influence of electron donors and acceptors on the bioremediation of soil contaminated with trichloroethene and nickel: laboratory- and pilot-scale study.. In: Water Science and Technology, Vol. 45, no. 10, p. 49-54 (2002).
El Mamouni, Rachid ; Fabry, Geneviève ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Jacquet, Roger ; Agathos, Spiros N.. Bioaugmentation as a Tool for Complete and Rapid Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Chlorinated Ethenes, Anaerobic Digestion for Sustainable Development. In: M.J. Lexmond, J.B. van Lier, P.N.L. Lens, J.A. Field, L.W. Hulshoff Pol, G.Zeeman, Anaerobic Digestion for Sustainable Development Selected Proceedings of the Farewell Seminar for Prof. Dr Ir Gatze Lettinga, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 29-30 March 2001, IWA Publishing, 2001, p. 183-186. 978-1-900222-93-8.
Charmeau, Jean-Yves ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Vovelle, Louis ; Schirrer, Robert ; Holl, Y. Adhesion of latex films. III. Surfactant effects at various peel rates. In: Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology : the international journal of theoretical and basic aspects of adhesion science and its applications in all areas of technology, Vol. 13, no.2, p. 203-215 (1999). doi:10.1163/156856199X00398.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Grohens, Yves ; Schirrer, Rober ; Holl, Yves. Adhesion of latex films. IV. Dominating interfacial effect of the surfactant. In: Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology : the international journal of theoretical and basic aspects of adhesion science and its applications in all areas of technology, Vol. 13, no.2, p. 217-236 (1999). doi:10.1163/156856199X00406.
Dufrêne, Yves ; Boonaert, C J ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Asther, M ; Rouxhet, Paul. Direct probing of the surface ultrastructure and molecular interactions of dormant and germinating spores of Phanerochaete chrysosporium.. In: Journal of bacteriology, Vol. 181, no. 17, p. 5350-4 (1999).
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Gilligan, MG ; Searle, PF ; Al-Rubeai, M.. Improved titers of retroviral vectors from the human FLYRD18 packaging cell line in serum- and protein-free medium. In: Human Gene Therapy, Vol. 10, no. 12, p. 1965-1974 (1999). doi:10.1089/10430349950017329.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Searle, Peter F. ; Al-Rubeai, Mohamed. Production of Retroviral Vectors for Gene Therapy with the Human Packaging Cell Line FLYRD18. In: Biotechnology Progress, Vol. 15, p. 941-948 (1999). doi:10.1021/bp990085b.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Asther, M ; Rouxhet, Paul. Peroxidase production by the filamentous fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium in relation to immobilization in ''filtering'' carriers. In: Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Vol. 20, no. 4, p. 294-300 (1997). doi:10.1016/S0141-0229(96)00144-5.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Genet, Michel ; Rouxhet, Paul. Polysaccharides by XPS : analysis of maltodextrin. In: Surface Science Spectra : an international journal devoted to archiving surface science spectra of technological and scientific interest, Vol. 4, no.1, p. 28-32 (1996). doi:10.1116/1.1247803.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Bellon-Fontaine, M N ; Asther, M ; Rouxhet, Paul. Immobilization of fungal spores by adhesion.. In: Biotechnology and bioengineering, Vol. 47, no. 6, p. 677-87 (1995). doi:10.1002/bit.260470608.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Dengis, PB. ; Rouxhet, Paul. Performance of Xps Analysis of Model Biochemical-compounds. In: Journal de Chimie Physique, Vol. 92, no. 5, p. 1043-1065 (1995).
Dengis, PB. ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Rouxhet, Paul. X-ray Photoelectron-spectroscopy Analysis of Biosurfaces - Examination of Performances With Yeast-cells and Related Model Compounds. In: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199-211 (1995). doi:10.1016/0927-7765(94)01171-Z.
Rouxhet, Paul ; Mozes, Nava ; DENGIS, Pascal ; Dufrêne, Yves ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Genet, M.J. . Application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to micro-organisms. In: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 2, no.1-3, p. 347–369 (1994). doi:10.1016/0927-7765(94)80049-9.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Asther, M ; Sleytr, U B ; Rouxhet, Paul. Detection of rodlets in the outer wall region of conidiospores of Phanerochaete chrysosporium.. In: Canadian journal of microbiology, Vol. 40, no. 5, p. 412-6 (1994). doi:10.1139/m94-068.
Lhoest, Jean-Benoit ; Bartiaux, Stéphane ; Gerin, Patrick A. ; Genet, Michel ; Bertrand, Patrick ; Rouxhet, Paul. Poly(amino acids) by XPS : Analysis of Poly(L- Leucine). In: Surface Science Spectra : an international journal devoted to archiving surface science spectra of technological and scientific interest, Vol. 3, no. 4, p. 348-356 (1994). doi:10.1116/1.1247787.
Gerin, Patrick A. ; Dufrêne, Yves ; Bellon-Fontaine, M N ; Asther, M ; Rouxhet, Paul. Surface properties of the conidiospores of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and their relevance to pellet formation. In: Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 175, no. 16, p. 5135-5144 (1993).
Unités d'enseignement pour 2025
| Libellé | Code |
|---|---|
| Projet bibliographique en équipe: chimie et bio-industries | LBIRC2107 |
| Projet industriel d'ingénierie chimique et biotechnologique | LBIRC2201 |
| Master thesis' accompanying seminar | LBIRC2210 |
| Exercices intégrés d'agronomie | LBRAI2201 |
| Applied hydro-biogeochemistry | LBRTE2101 |
| Exercices intégrés en science et technologies environnementales | LBRTE2102 |
| Renewable energy sources | LENVI2007 |
| Pollution de l'environnement | LENVI2012 |
| Biomass conversion | LMECA2325 |
Patrick Gerin has a background in chemical and biochemical engineering and a specific interest for mastering on the physico-chemical aspects of (environmental) biotechnological processes.
His activities are mainly dedicated to biomass conversion processes, including anaerobic digestion, acidogenic and ethanolic fermentations, carboxylate chain elongation. His other activities investigate biodegradation and bioremediation processes
His activities include also the related pretreatments and downstream processing.
09/1999 – present Professor, University of Louvain, BE
10-1998 – 09/1999 Postdoc, University of Louvain, BE
10/1996 – 09/1998 Postdoc, University of Birmingham, UK
09/1995 – 09/1996 Postdoc with UCB-Chemicals Ltd at Ecole d'Application des Hauts Polymères (Brussels (BE) & Strasbourg (F))
| Année | Libellé | Établissement |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Docteur en sciences agronomiques | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
| 1989 | Ingénieur chimiste et des industries agricoles | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
| 1986 | Candidat ingénieur agronome | Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) |
Since my teenager period, I have always been attracted by understanding (as a scientist) and mastering (as an engineer) the phenomena and processes that are occurring in real life/ environmental/ industrial systems where matter and energy are being transformed and converted, under the action of living organisms as well as abiotic processes. This naturally oriented me to the biochemical engineering domain.
At all steps of my scientific career, I investigated systems at the interface between biology-biochemistry, physical-chemistry and engineering (both at the level of enery & matter transfer and at the level of process technologies). I have been active in very different domains: surface & interface physical chemistry of polymers and living organisms, pharmaceutical biotechnology, soil science, environmental biotechnology, but consistently investigating phenomena at the interface of material science, bioscience and engineering.
In the field of science where I have been active, most background knowledge produced by the scientific community results from investigations in simplified, laboratory models (e.g. single microbial strain in chemically defined media, pure chemical reagents, homogeneous conditions). This is where significant background knowledge on individual processes can be gained and is very valuable. But when it comes to move to real life - environmental or industrial - systems, many (known or unexpected) processes interact (positively or negatively) simultaneously with each other, and affect the control, but also the understanding, of the system behaviour. I focused my scientific career on this specific approach: to integrate the background knowledge gained by the scientific community from model systems, to understand and control the behaviour of more complex, but connected to the real life, systems.
My main current research activities aim at a better knowledge and understanding of the interactions between biocatalyst (micro-organisms, enzymes) activities and extracellular physico-chemical conditions (diffusion limitations, adsorption, enzyme denaturation, pH, redox, etc.) in order to better control these activities and processes at the bioreactor or (bio)process scale. Integrated approaches are of particular importance to investigate bioconversion processes in complex environmental matrices (biomass, biowastes, water, soil) for valorization, bioremediation and biorefining purposes. My research focuses more specifically on mastering the bioconversion of complex biomass substrates towards specific metabolites (like CH4, H2, organic acids, ethanol, etc.), by managing the activities of natural microbial communities through the control of physico-chemical conditions. Some aspects of my research also deal with the fate of extracellular enzymes in such complex matrices.
My research activities rely on a strong experimental component, and therefore my scientific productivity depends strongly on the rate at which resources and results can be obtained. My research activities also rely on a strong analytical chemistry component. This is why I have been quite involved in the creation of the UCLouvain platform for Mineral & Organic Chemical Analysis of complex matrices (MOCA).