Bert De Rybel

BIOGRAPHY

Bert De Rybel is an Associate Faculty Member who works with Faculty Member Dolf Weijers to recommend the scientific literature in their field.

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Postdoctoral Fellow: Weijers Lab for Plant Development, Wageningen University, Netherlands

EDUCATION:
2009 PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
2005 MSc, Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Bert De Rybel works with Dolf Weijers. Work in their group is centred on the problem of how cells acquire identity. Their model system is the early embryo of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This weed has been widely recognised as a model plant, with all associated benefits. Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis is relatively simple, and few cells are involved in formation of individual body parts.