Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (WE09), Ghent University
VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology
Technologiepark 71, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
Phone +00 32 9 3313822
E-mail: klaasDOTvandepoeleATpsb.vib-ugent.be
Short curriculum
Birthdate: 21 May 1978
February 2018– current
VIB Group leader, Comparative Network Biology, Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB
September 2020– current
Full Professor Ghent University. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Ghent University) – VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology
February 2016– August 2020
Associate Professor Ghent University. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Ghent University) – VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology
February 2011– January 2016
Assistant Professor Ghent University (BOF-Tenure Track), MRP project: From Nucleotides to Networks. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Ghent University) – VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology
April 2005 – January 2011
Postdoctoral fellow FWO Vlaanderen, “Evolutionary analysis of transcriptional regulation in plants and other eukaryotic organisms”. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology division, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Genetics (Ghent University) – VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology
Visiting scientist at Lab Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
- Collaboration with G. Piganeau (June 2006 and October 2007). “Structure of regulatory regions in the genomes of unicellular eukaryotes”
- Collaboration H. Moreau and G. Piganeau (November 2009 and July 2010). “pico-PLAZA, a resource for algal comparative genomics”
2000-2005
Ghent University, Ph. D. student, Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics division, Department of Molecular Genetics (Plant Systems Biology – VIB)
Specialization grant IWT (Flemish government institution)
Dissertation: “Mode and tempo of gene and genome evolution in plants” (March 17th 2005)
1996-2000
Ghent University, Bachelor of Chemistry
Ghent University, Master of Biotechnology
Service as Reviewer and Editor
- Journals: Bioinformatics, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, BMC Research Notes, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Genome Research, 'Development, Genes and Evolution', In Silico Biology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Moleculaer Biology and Evolution, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Plant, Nature Communications, Nucleic Acids Research, The Plant Cell, Plant Direct, The Plant Genome, The Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, PLoS Genetics, Tree Genetics and Genomes, Science Signaling, Trends in Plant Science
- Reviewer proposals Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study (FRIAS) and the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS)
- Reviewer COST (an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
- Reviewer The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Klaas Vandepoele is a Clarivate™ Highly Cited Researcher (2017-2021).
Links: LinkedIn - orcid.org/0000-0003-4790-2725 - Google Scholar