Marcelle Holsters
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Prof. Dr. Marcelle Holsters (Belgium)
Expertise:
- Plant Molecular Biology
- Plant Biotechnology
- Plant-Microbe Interaction, Plant Transformation
- Bacterial genetics
- Research on Sesabania rostrata and Medicago truncatula nodule formation and nitrogen fixation
Current Affiliation:
- Full Professor (Molecular Genetics) at Ghent University, Belgium.
Research Area:
Prof. Dr. Marcelle Holsters obtained a PhD in Zoology in 1976. Subsequently she became a research assistant, research associate and director of the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium) at the Laboratory of Genetics (Ghent University, Belgium). Since 1997 she holds a position as Full Professor (Molecular Genetics) at Ghent University. She is heading a research team that investigates the signaling of nodule formation and nodule functioning and senescence in Medicago truncatula and Sesbania rostrata and the molecular mechanism of the phytopathogen Rhodococcus fascians.
