Marc Van Montagu
Marc Van Montagu (born November 10, 1933 in Ghent ) is a Belgian molecular biologist . He was Professor and Director of the Genetics Laboratory at Ghent University and Scientific Director of the Genetics Department of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB).
Together with Jozef Schell , he discovered the mechanism of gene transfer between Agrobacterium tumefaciens and plants. He then developed the transformation by Agrobacterium tumefaciens , which is used today in the production of transgenic plants worldwide.
In 1990 he was awarded the Prix Charles-Léopold Mayer , in 1998 the Japan Prize and in 2013 the World Food Prize . In 1986 he became a member ( Foreign Associate ) of the National Academy of Sciences . In 1989 he was elected a full member of the Academia Europaea . Since 1991 he has been a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . He is an honorary doctor from several universities.
literature
- Marc Van Montagu (2011): It Is a Long Way to GM Agriculture . Annual Review of Plant Biology 62, pp. 1-23.
Individual evidence
- ^ Member Directory: Marc CE Van Montagu. National Academy of Sciences, accessed August 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Directory of members: Marc Van Montagu. Academia Europaea, accessed on August 19, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Marc Van Montagu. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed August 9, 2015 .
Web links
- Profile at EuropaBio ( Memento from 6 July 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography, Ghent University
- Montagu's lecture on genetic engineering and world food, November 23, 2009, TEDx
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Montagu, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |