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Collaborative Research

In collaborative research activities, we can offer our world-class expertise in different fields of plant biotechnology, and a critical mass of competent scientists in root development and architecture, organ size and yield, secondary metabolism and health, wood formation and second generation bio-fuels, oxidative stress and plant resilience, to name a few. We can also bring in our advanced technology platforms and direct access to service facilities within VIB.

von der Mark Claudia

Postdoctoral fellow

Claudia von der Mark

With a strong background in root physiology and vascular development, Claudia joined the group of prof. Bert De Rybel in September 2022 to explore the transcriptional landscape and central regulators of xylem formation. During her undergraduate and graduate studies, which she conducted at the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf (Germany), she worked on deciphering the plant’s iron deficiency response under the lead of Prof. Petra Bauer. In March 2018 she moved to Switzerland to conduct her doctoral research at the ETH Zurich. Together with her supervisor Prof. Antia Rodriguez-Villalon and colleagues she investigated the role of signaling phospholipids during vascular development. Claudia was a scholarship holder of the Walter Benjamin stipend (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and is currently supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) in form of a junior postdoctoral fellowship.