Nederlands HOME RESEARCH TRAINING CONFERENCES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT VIB DOWNLOADS Home > Research > Scientists VIB scientists overview Plant biology Tom Beeckman Lab formation of lateral-root primordia in the pericycle involvement of cell-cycle regulation in the initiation of new organs Auxin in the pericycle Wout Boerjan Lab bio-energy research on poplar and Arabidopsis biosynthesis, polymerization and structure of lignin Bruno Cammue Lab * antimicrobial plant peptides including plant defensins novel stress-induced plant peptides plant-fungus interactions and plant disease analysis biocontrol of plant diseases Geert De Jaeger Lab develop interactomic technology to study gene and protein networks regulating plant growth use network knowledge to discover new approaches for the engineering of plant growth Ive De Smet Lab unraveling phosphorylation-related signaling mechanisms associated with cell division and differentiation in plants Lieven De Veylder Lab mechanisms that control the timing of cell cycle exit cell cycle adjustment by DNA stress checkpoint mechanisms Ann Depicker Lab agrobacterium-mediated transformation: T-DNA integration RNA silencing in plants molecular farming Sofie Goormachtig Lab elucidation of strigolactones signalling networks functions of strigolactones in root biology and rhizosphere interactions elucidation of plant signaling networks activated by plant growth promoting bacteria Alain Goossens Lab gene discovery in plant metabolism plant secondary metabolism and metabolic engineering jasmonate signalling cascades Dirk Inzé Lab molecular mechanisms regulating leaf organ size systems biology of drought tolerance computational approaches to elucidate plant growth Thomas Jacobs Lab Plant genome editing - Primarily with CRISPR/Cas Development and optimization of genome editing reagents Steven Maere Lab computational systems biology evolutionary systems biology Joris Messens Lab Study of the proteins and mechanisms that control redox homeostasis Biochemical, structural and quantum chemical expertise in thiol/redox-chemistry Moritz Nowack Lab molecular control of the endosperm’s terminal differentiation steps Jenny Russinova Lab mechanism of brassinosteroid signaling regulation in plants subcellular compartmentalization and trafficking of brassinosteroid receptor complexes Frank Van Breusegem Lab gene networks governing ROS signal transduction in plant function of metacaspases and their inhibitors in Arabidopsis thaliana Daniël Van Damme Lab Our cell-biological and live cell imaging-oriented research takes advantage of the available tools in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana Yves Van de Peer Lab gene and genome annotation comparative and evolutionary genomics evolutionary systems biology Patrick Van Dijck Lab trehalose metabolism nutrient sensing and signal transduction in Candida albicans and trehalose metabolism and stress tolerance in plants Mieke Van Lijsebettens Lab genetic and epigenetic mechanisms determining growth in Arabidopsis, Brassica and maize upstream signaling and downstream targets of chromatin-modifying complexes International Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO) RESEARCH Bioinformatics Cancer Cardiovascular Development Inflammation and immunity Microbiology RESEARCH Neuroscience Plant biology Proteomics Structural biology Systems biology TRAINING AND FACILITIES Int. Ph.D. Program Research training Bioinformatics E-Lab Notebook Research services Model organisms FOR BUSINESS Licensing R&D Partnerships Facilities Spin-offs ABOUT VIB Jobs Contact Who's Who Organization Departments Press © VIBContactPrivacy policyLegal disclaimerSign inIntranetExtranet