Publications and communications of Philippe Compère

Vanneste, D., Peng, W., Liu, Z., Hamaïdia, M., La Rocca, R., Abinet, J., Balthazar, A., Perin, F., Hego, A., Cataldo, D., Bureau, F., Compère, P., Machiels, B., Scott, C. L., Radermecker, C., & Marichal, T. (2026). MafB is a conserved transcriptional regulator of macrophage development and functional identity across tissues and species. Immunity. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2026.01.012

Campisi, J., Compère, P., Smeets, S., & Parmentier, E. (07 December 2025). Structural characterization of the rocker bone in Onuxodon fowleri (Carapidae): insights into a possible convergent mineralized tissue [Poster presentation]. ZOOLOGY 2025 - The Benelux Congress of Zoology 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Tellatin, D., Cornet, L., Snauwaert, V., Compère, P., Ongena, M., Quinton, L., Stulanovic, N., Ribeiro Monteiro, S., Rigolet, A., Burguet, P., Van Damme, P., Carro, L., & Rigali, S. (August 2025). Melissospora conviva gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterial genus isolated from beehive through cross-feeding interactions. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 75 (8). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006868

Ben Kaab, S., Fernández Pierna, J. A., Foncoux, B., Compère, P., Baeten, V., & Jijakli, H. (06 December 2024). Biochemical and Physiological Responses of Weeds to the Application of a Botanical Herbicide Based on Cinnamon Essential Oil. Plants, 13 (23), 3432. doi:10.3390/plants13233432

Leconte, A., Jacquin, J., Duban, M., Deweer, C., Trapet, P., Laruelle, F., Farce, A., Compère, P., Sahmer, K., Fiévet, V., Hoste, A., Siah, A., Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui, A., Jacques, P., Coutte, F., Deleu, M., & Muchembled, J. (September 2024). Deciphering the mechanisms involved in reduced sensitivity to azoles and fengycin lipopeptide in Venturia inaequalis. Microbiological Research, 286, 127816. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2024.127816

Flores Lasluisa, J. X., Carré, B., Caucheteux, J., Compère, P., Léonard, A., & Job, N. (19 August 2024). Development of In Situ Methods for Preparing La-Mn-Co-Based Compounds over Carbon Xerogel for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in an Alkaline Medium. Nanomaterials, 14 (16), 1362. doi:10.3390/nano14161362

Demoulin, C., Sforna, M.-C., Lara, Y., Cornet, Y., Somogyi, A., Medjoubi, K., Grolimund, D., Sanchez, D. F., Tachoueres, R. T., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (16 February 2024). Polysphaeroides filiformis, a proterozoic cyanobacterial microfossil and implications for cyanobacteria evolution. iScience, 27 (2), 108865. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.108865

Sadeghian Dehkord, E., Kerckhofs, G., Compère, P., Lambert, F., & Geris, L. (22 July 2023). An Empirical Model Linking Physico-Chemical Biomaterial Characteristics to Intra-Oral Bone Formation. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 14 (7), 388. doi:10.3390/jfb14070388

Lew, A. J., Stifler, C. A., Tits, A., Schmidt, C. A., Scholl, A., Cantamessa, A., Müller, L., Delaunois, Y., Compère, P., Ruffoni, D., Buehler, M. J., & Gilbert, P. U. P. A. (July 2023). A Molecular-Scale Understanding of Misorientation Toughening in Corals and Seashells. Advanced Materials, 35 (28), 2300373. doi:10.1002/adma.202300373

Delaunois, Y., Tits, A., Grossman, Q., Smeets, S., Malherbe, C., Eppe, G., van Lenthe, G. H., Ruffoni, D.* , & Compère, P.*. (2023). Design Strategies of the Mantis Shrimp Spike: How the Crustacean Cuticle Became a Remarkable Biological Harpoon? Natural Sciences. doi:10.22541/au.167199666.61851387/v1
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Lefebvre, L., Compère, P., & Gobert, S. (06 January 2023). The formation of aegagropiles from the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile (1813): plant tissue sources and colonisation by melanised fungal mycelium. Marine Biology, 170 (2). doi:10.1007/s00227-022-04166-0

Roth, D., Lamy, M., Compère, P., Van hede, D., & Lambert, F. (2023). Effect of lab procedures and ultrasonic bath cleaning on the pollution of customized implant abutments: an vitro study. International Journal of Prosthodontics. doi:10.11607/ijp.8328

Cantamessa, A., Muraro, P., Delaunois, Y., Compère, P., Blouin, S., Hartmann, M. A., & Ruffoni, D. (27 June 2022). Mineral content and biomechanical properties of fibrolamellar bone [Paper presentation]. European Society of Biomechanics Conference, Porto, Portugal.

Sforna, M.-C., Loron, C., Demoulin, C., François, C., Cornet, Y., Lara, Y., Grolimund, D., Fereirra Sanchez, D., Medjoubi, K., Somogyi, A., Addad, A., Fadel, A., Compère, P., Baudet, D., Brocks, J., & Javaux, E. (2022). Intracellular bound chlorophyll residues identify 1 Gyr-old fossils as eukaryotic algae. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27810-7

Raick, X., Thelen, N., Compère, P., & Parmentier, E. (2022). Ultrastructure of sonic muscles of piranhas (Serrasalmidae). Journal of Morphology, 283 (4), 395-405. doi:10.1002/jmor.21450

Lefebvre, L., Compère, P., Léonard, A., Plougonven, E., Vandewalle, N., & Gobert, S. (2021). Mediterranean aegagropiles from Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile (1813): a first complete description from macroscopic to microscopic structure. Marine Biology, 168:37, 1-17. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-03833-y

Parmentier, E., Banse, M., Boistel, R., Compère, P., Bertucci, F., & Colleye, O. (2020). The development of hearing abilities in the shark Scyliorhinus canicula. American Journal of Anatomy. doi:10.1111/joa.13212

Demina, T. S., Drozdova, M. G., Sevrin, C., Compère, P., Akopova, T. A., Markvicheva, E., & Grandfils, C. (2020). Biodegradable cell microcarriers based on chitosan/polyester graft-copolymers. Molecules, 25 (8). doi:10.3390/molecules25081949

Iazzolino, A., Cerkvenik, U., Tourtit, Y., Ladang, A., Compère, P., & Gilet, T. (2020). Liquid dispensing in the adhesive hairy pads of dock beetles. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 17, 20200024. doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0024

Cornet, Y., François, C., Compère, P., Callec, Y., Roberty, S., Plumier, J.-C., & Javaux, E. (2019). New insights on the paleobiology, biostratigraphy and paleogeography of the pre-Sturtian microfossil index taxon Cerebrosphaera. Precambrian Research. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105410

Parmentier, E., Solagna, L., Bertucci, F., Fine, M. L., Nakae, Compère, P., Smeets, S., Raick, X., & Lecchini, D. (2019). Simultaneous production of two kinds of sounds in relation with sonic mechanism in the boxfsh Ostracion meleagris and O. cubicus. Scientific Reports, 9, 4962. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41198-x

Lefebvre, L., Gobert, S., Compère, P., Vandewalle, N., Léonard, A., & Plougonven, E. (10 December 2018). How does endophytic fungi transform the Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile (1813) meadow into the aegagropiles? [Poster presentation]. CAREM, Liège, Belgium.

Zaki, O., Weekers, F., Compère, P., Jacques, P., Thonart, P., & sabri, A. (2018). Morphological differences between aerial and submerged sporidia of bio-fongicide Pseudozyma flocculosa CBS 16788. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201677

Gilet, T., Heepe, L., Lambert, P., Compère, P., & Gorb, S. (2018). Liquid secretion and setal compliance: the beetle's winning combination for a robust and reversible adhesion. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 30, 19-25. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2018.08.002

Parmentier, E., Solagna, L., Bertucci, F., Fine, M., Compère, P., Smeets, S., Masanori, N., & Lecchini, D. (October 2017). Sound production mechanism in the boxfish Ostracion meleagris and Ostracion cubicus [Poster presentation]. The 10th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Papeete, French Polynesia.

Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2017). Early eukaryotes: insights from microanalyses of proterozoic microfossils. In Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2017.

Kleinteich, J., Golubic, S., Pessi, I. S., Velázquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Radtke, G., Lee, S.-J., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2017). Cyanobacterial Contribution to Travertine Deposition in the Hoyoux River System, Belgium. Microbial Ecology, 74, 33-53. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-0937-7

Collard, F., Gilbert, B., Eppe, G., Roos, L., Compère, P., Das, K., & Parmentier, E. (March 2017). Morphology of the filtration apparatus of three planktivorous fishes and relation with ingested anthropogenic particles. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116 (1-2), 182-191. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.12.067

Blondieau, M., Puccio, S., Compère, P., & Hatert, F. (2017). Données nouvelles sur quelques espèces minérales de Vielsalm et Salmchâteau (Province de Luxembourg, Belgique). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 86, 1-48.

Blondieau, M., Puccio, S., Compère, P., & Hatert, F. (2017). Données nouvelles sur quelques espèces minérales de Haut-le-Wastia (Province de Namur, Belgique). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 86, 49-56.

Collard, F., Gilbert, B., Compère, P., Eppe, G., Das, K., Jauniaux, T., & Parmentier, E. (2017). Microplastics in livers of European anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus, L.). Environmental Pollution, 229, 1000-1005. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.089

Cornet, Y., Beghin, J., Kabamba Baludikay, B., François, C., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (2017). Early eukaryote evolution: microanalyses of remarkable microfossils of the Late Mesoproterozoic–Early Neoproterozoic [Paper presentation]. Early Earth and ExoEarths: origin and evolution of life.

Gernay, S.-M., Labousse, S., Lambert, P., Compère, P., & Gilet, T. (2017). Multi-scale tarsal adhesion kinematics of freely-walking dock beetles. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 14, 20170493. doi:10.1098/rsif.2017.0493

Maciejewska, M., Adam, D., Naomé, A., Martinet, L., Tenconi, E., Calusinska, M., Delfosse, P., Hanikenne, M., Baurain, D., Compère, P., Carnol, M., Barton, H., & Rigali, S. (2017). Assessment of the Potential Role of Streptomyces in Cave Moonmilk Formation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01181

Blondieau, M., Puccio, S., Compère, P., & Hatert, F. (2016). Minéralogie de l’ancienne mine plomb-zinc de Rabotrath (Lontzen, Belgique). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 85, 30-55.

Wilmotte, A., Golubic, S., Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (03 August 2015). Contribution of cyanobacteria to the building of travertines in a calcareous stream [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Oprenyeszk, F., Sanchez, C., Dubuc, J.-E., Maquet, V., Henrist, C., Compère, P., & Henrotin, Y. (28 May 2015). Chitosan enriched three-dimensional matrix reduces inflammatory and catabolic mediators production by human chondrocytes. PLoS ONE, 10 (5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128362

Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Javaux, E., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Golubic, S., & Wilmotte, A. (February 2015). Cyanobacteria - the constructors of travertines? [Paper presentation]. 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting 'Aquatic Sciences: global and regional perspectives - North meets South', Grenada, Spain.

Delierneux, C., Hego, A., LECUT, C., Vandereyken, M., Musumeci, L., Rahmouni, S., Thiry, M., Compère, P., BOURS, V., Lancellotti, P., & Oury, C. (27 January 2015). Bacterial DNA mimetics activate platelets and promote thrombosis via CLEC-2 [Poster presentation]. GIGA-DAY: Current advances in medical genetics and genomics, Liège, Belgium.

Cornet, Y., Storme, J.-Y., Compère, P., Butterfield, N., & Javaux, E. (2015). Ultrastructural and chemical characterization of the Cryogenian acritarch Cerebrosphaera. In Goldschmidt Abstract (pp. 1).

Remy, F.* , Collard, F.* , Gilbert, B., Compère, P., Eppe, G., & Lepoint, G. (2015). When microplastic is not plastic: the ingestion of artificial cellulose fibers by macrofauna living in seagrass macro-phytodetritus. Environmental Science and Technology, 49, 11158 − 11166. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b02005
* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Bertucci, F., Ruppé, L., Van Wassenbergh, S., Compère, P., & Parmentier, E. (2014). New insights into the role of the pharyngeal jaw apparatus in the sound producing mechanism of Haemulon flavolineatum (Haemulidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 3432-3440. doi:10.1242/jeb.109025

Ponsard, J., Cambon-Bonavita, M.-A., Zbinden, M., Lepoint, G., Joassin, A., Corbari, L., Shillito, B., Durand, L., Cueff-Gauchard, V., & Compère, P. (2013). Inorganic carbon fixation by chemosynthetic ectosymbionts and nutritional transfers to the hydrothermal vent host-shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. ISME Journal, 7, 96-109. doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.87

Umana, M., Heysselaer, D., Compère, P., Zeinoun, T., Namour, S., & Tielemans, M. (2013). Dentinal tubules sealing by means of diode lasers (810 and 980 nm): A preliminary in vitro study. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 31 (7), 307-314. doi:10.1089/pho.2012.3443

Codina, E., Kever, L., Compère, P., Dragicevic, B., Dulcic, J., & Parmentier, E. (August 2012). The barbel-like specialization of the pelvic fins in Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae). Journal of Morphology, 273 (12), 1367-1376. doi:10.1002/jmor.20066

Montchowui, E., Compère, P., Thiry, M., Laleye, P., Philippart, J.-C., & Poncin, P. (29 June 2012). Histological assessment of gonad maturation in Labeo parvus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Benin. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 37 (2), 155-163. doi:10.2989/16085914.2012.694683

LAHMOUZI, J., Farache, M., Umana, M., Compère, P., Nyssen-Behets, C., & Namour, S. (2012). Influence of sodium hypochlorite on Er:YAG Laser-irradiated dentin and its effect on the quality of adaptation of the composite restoration margins. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, 30 (11), 655-662. doi:10.1089/pho.2012.3249

Tielemans, M., Saloukas, I., Heysselaer, D., Compère, P., Nyssen-Behets, C., & Namour, S. (2012). Management of root perforations using MTA with or without Er:YAG laser irradiation: An in vitro study. International Journal of Dentistry. doi:10.1155/2012/628375

Godaux, D., Emonds-Alt, B., Cardol, P., Franck, F., Remacle, C., Vertruyen, B. (Other coll.), & Compère, P. (Other coll.). (17 May 2011). Insertional mutagenesis to select mutants for modified hydrogen photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [Poster presentation]. Colloque annuel de la Société Francaise de Potosynthèse, Paris, France.

Lepot, K., Deremiens, Namsaraev, Z., Compère, P., Gérard, E., Verleyen, E., Tavernier, Hodgson, Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (07 April 2011). Organo-mineral imprints in fossil cyanobacterial mats of an Antarctic lake [Poster presentation]. European Geoscience Union EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Sabri, A., Hance, T., Leroy, P., Frere, I., Haubruge, E., Destain, J., Compère, P., & Thonart, P. (2011). Placenta-Like Structure of the Aphid Endoparasitic Wasp Aphidius ervi: A Strategy of Optimal Resources Acquisition. PLoS ONE, 6 (4), 18847. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018847

Hoyoux, C., Zbinden, M., Samadi, S., Gaill, F., & Compère, P. (2009). Wood-based diet and gut microflora of a galatheid crab associated with Pacific deep-sea wood falls. Marine Biology. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1266-2

Thelen, N., Compère, P., Malgrange, B., & Thiry, M. (2009). Spatiotemporal distribution of glycogen during the mammalian auditory organ development [Poster presentation]. 8th Bi-Annual Meeting of Begian Society for Neuroscience, Liège, Belgium.

Corbari, L., Cambon-Bonavita, M.-A., Long, G., Grandjean, F., Zbinden, M., Gaill, F., & Compère, P. (2008). Iron oxide deposits associated with the ectosymbiotic bacteria in the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata. Biogeosciences, 5, 1295-1310. doi:10.5194/bg-5-1295-2008

Corbari, L., Zbinden, M., Cambon-Bonavita, M.-A., Gaill, F., & Compère, P. (2008). Bacterial symbionts and mineral deposits in the branchial chamber of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata: relationship to moult cycle. Aquatic Biology, 1, 225-238. doi:10.3354/ab00024

Ladrière, O., Compère, P., Decloux, N., Vandewalle, P., & Poulicek, M. (2008). Morphological alterations of zooxanthellae in bleached cnidarian hosts. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 49 (3), 215-227.

Ladrière, O., Roberty, S., Baudesson, C., Compère, P., Franck, F., & Poulicek, M. (2008). The tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida as a lab model for the study of coral bleaching [Poster presentation]. 11th International Coral Reefs Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

Parmentier, E., Compère, P., Casadevall, M., Fontenelle, N., Cloots, R., & Henrist, C. (2008). The rocker bone: a new kind of mineralised tissue? Cell and Tissue Research, 334, 67-79. doi:10.1007/s00441-008-0665-x

Willems, L., Rodet, J., Pouclet, A., Melo, S., Rodet, M.-J., Compère, P., Hatert, F., & Auler, A. S. (2008). Karsts in sandstones and quartzites of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe, 33, 127-138.

Hoyoux, C., Samadi, S., Zbinden, M., Gaill, F., & Compère, P. (16 November 2007). Diet of crustaceans species associated to deep-sea wood falls [Poster presentation]. Conférence annuelle de la Société Belge de Microscopie, Liège, Belgium.

Ladrière, O., Compère, P., Poulicek, M., & Decloux, N. (2007). Zooxanthellae ultrastructure affected in bleached corals [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society for Microscopy, Liège, Belgium.

Willems, L., Rodet, J., Pouclet, A., Melo, S., Rodet, M. J., Compère, P., Hatert, F., & Auler, A. S. (2007). Karsts in sandstones and quatrzites of Minas Gerais, Brazil [Poster presentation]. International Conference on Granite Caves, Coruña, Spain.

Willems, L., Rodet, J., Pouclet, A., Rodet, M.-J., Hatert, F., Compère, P., & Auler, A. S. (2004). Carste em Quartzito de Região de Diamantina : Gruta do Salitre e Parque Estadual do Rio Preto, Minas Gerais [Poster presentation]. CARSTE 2004, I Encontro Brasileiro de Estudos do Carste, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Willems, L., Compère, P., Hatert, F., Pouclet, A., Vicat, J.-P., Ek, C., & Boulvain, F. (October 2002). Karst in granitic rocks, South Cameroon: cave genesis and silica and taranakite speleothems. Terra Nova, 14 (5), 355-362. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3121.2002.00429.x

Compère, P., Voss-Foucart, M.-F., Nizet, S., Bouchtia, H., & Goffinet, G. (18 November 1993). Histo- and cytochemical demonstration of acid phosphatase activities in the digestive gland of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (Crustacea, Decapoda). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 62 (5-6), 285-294.

Theissen, A., Compère, P., Goessens, G., & Goffinet, G. (21 January 1988). Etude ultrastructurale du nucléole des cellules de l'épiderme associé à la cuticule minéralisée du crabe vert Carcinus maenas au cours d'un cycle de mue. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 57, 3-11.