Growth and Development of higher plants

STAFF INVOLVED

Partner 1:

Name : Dirk Inzé
Profile : Professor
Skills : Scientific director of the department, co-leader of the cell cycle group

Name : Gerrit Beemster
Profile : senior scientist
Skills : group leader of the “Organ growth regulation” group
Kinematic analysis of cell division and cell expansion rates in growing organs, including
roots, mono- and dicotyledonous leaves.Transcript profiling, using micro-arrays and Real-Time PCR. Molecular modelling of cell cycle and growth processes.

Name : Lieven De Veylder
Profile : senior scientist
Skills : Responsible for the “Plant Cell Cycle Group” within the Department of Plant Systems Biology. Has an expertise in molecular biology and phenotypic analysis of transgenic plants. Main topics of interest within the group are ‘endocycle control’ and ‘DNA stress response’.

Name : Tom Beeckman
Profile : senior scientist
Skills : Responsible for the “Root Development Group” within the Department of Plant Systems Biology. Trained in botany, specialised in microscopy and has a broad background in plant developmental biology, plant morphology, histology and cell biology.

Name : Dominique Van Der Straeten
Profile : Professor and research leader
Skills : molecular plant physiology

Name : Tarik Gaamouche
Profile : PhD student
Skills : Studying endoreduplication control on the cellular level. Expertises include confocal microscopy, DNA ploidy measurements, cell sorting (FACS), standard molecular techniques, and microarray analsysis.

Name : Dominique Audenaert
Profile : Post-doc
Skills : Responsible for the establishment and the functioning of a chemical genetics platform.
Has obtained a PhD in Molecular Biology and has a degree of engineer providing him with both a strong background in biology and the required technical skills to design the automation and the handling of large chemical libraries.

Name : Bert de Rybel
Profile : PhD student
Skills : Phd-student currently using a chemical genetics approach to unravel key-mechanisms of root branching. Is trained in standard molecular and microscopy techniques. Has successfully developed a method suited for the screening of large chemical libraries during early Arabidopsis seedling development.

Name : Mirande Naudts
Profile : Technician
Skills : Trained in basic molecular techniques and experienced in microtomy and light microscopy. Is responsible for in vitro and in vivo growth of Arabidopsis plants and performs routinely root growth measurements

Name : Vandenbussche, Filip
Profile : Post-doctoral fellow
Skills : molecular plant physiology, phenotypic and gene expression analysis, microscopy

Name : Chaerle, Laury
Profile : Post-doctoral fellow
Skills : whole plant physiology, robotized imaging and image processing

Name : Michail Karampelias
Profile : PhD student
Skills : molecular plant physiology; phenotypic and gene expression analysis.

Name : Dugardeyn, Jasper
Profile : PhD student
Skills : molecular plant physiology, phenotypic and gene expression analysis

Name : Freya de Winter
Profile : Technician
Skills : Plant tissue culture experiments;Gus essays; Image analysis; Flow-cytometry
General molecular techniques

Name : Frederik Coppens
Profile : PhD student
Skills : Transcript profiling; Plant growth and kinematic analysis; Transgene technology and T-DNA mutant isolation

Name : Bram Vancompernolle
Profile : PhD student
Skills : molecular plant physiology; phenotypic and gene expression analysis.