Ann Van Gysel

Ann Van Gysel is a Belgian scientist and businesswoman. She was communications manager of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and became the General Manager of FlandersBio on 1 June 2008, where she succeeded Els Vanheusden.

Education

She started at the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) in biology after which she graduated as a zoologist at the University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium) and obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics in the laboratory of Professor Marc Van Montagu [Van Gysel A, Van Montagu M, Inzé D., A negatively light-regulated gene from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a protein showing high similarity to blue copper-binding proteins, Gene. 1993 Dec 22;136(1-2):79-85] [Van Gysel A, Cnops G, Breyne P, Van Montagu M, Cervera MT., Chromosome landing using an AFLP-based strategy, Methods Mol Biol. 1998;82:305-14] . In addition she obtained a degree in "Marketing and Communication" in 1998 with a paper on biotechcommunications.

Career

She started her career at the University of Ghent, where she headed her own research team in the Department of Plant Genetics for 4 years. In 1997, she continued her career at the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) in science communications. She became the communications manager of the VIB and heads the communications office. At the VIB she is responsible for the public outreach and educational programs and its public relations and internal communications. On 1 June 2008, she becomes General Manager of FlandersBio.

References

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* [http://www.flandersbio.be/files/Press/FlandersBio-Press-release-260308-eng-final2.pdf New General Manager of FlandersBio]
* [http://www.trends.be/nl/economie/bedrijven/4-222-47156/ann-van-gysel-gaat-flandersbio-leiden.html Ann Van Gysel gaat FlandersBio leiden] (Dutch)