Prof. Dr. Paul Van Cauwenberge, Rector, Ghent University and Prof. Dr. Luc Moens, Vice-Rector, Ghent University
Prof. Dr. Herwig De Jonghe, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University
Prof. Dr. Dirk Inzé, head of VIB Department Plant Systems Biology
Prof. Dr. Marcelle Holsters and Prof. Em. Dr. Eric Messens, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics, Ghent University
Prof. Dr. Lode Wyns, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, and Vice-Rector Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prof. Em. Dr. Marc Van Montagu, Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries, Ghent University
Prof. Dr. Pierre van Moerbeke, Executive Director of the Francqui Foundation

have the honour to announce that the International Francqui Chair has been granted to

You are cordially invited to the INAUGURAL LECTURE that will take place on

Thursday, June 25, 2009, at 4.00 p.m.

Agrobacterium and plasmodesmata: mediators of transport of nucleic acid and protein into and between plant cells

in the Fiers-Schell-Van Montagu Auditorium, VIB-Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent

Please check the website for more information on the lecture program and a short curriculum of Prof. Zambryski.

To register, please fill in the registration form and click the Send button or return the reply card by mail to Mevr. Hilde Diegenant, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 GENT, Belgium.

With the collaboration of Smart.