Prof. Dr. Anna Akhmanova
Biological and related sciences , Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy
Agriculture, Biological and related sciences
Protein chemistry and enzymology; Crop protection; Molecular biology of plants; Plant physiology; Plant biotechnology
The "Laboratory of Biochemistry and Glycobiology" at the University of Ghent, headed by Prof. Els Van Damme, is embedded in the Department of Biotechnology (Gent University) has ample expertise in the field of plant biotechnology, protein purification and characterization, cell assays and microscopy, as well as physiological and molecular analyses with plants.
For over 20 years, the research within this group has focused on a multidisciplinary study of biologically active plant proteins, in particular plant lectins. Over the years the focus of the research has shifted from a biochemical towards a molecular biological study aiming at deciphering the role of these proteins in the plant. Since the discovery of several inducible lectins the research has largely focused on the importance of protein-carbohydrate interactions in plants. Nowadays the major research projects running in the lab focus on getting a better understanding of the physiological role of defense-related proteins in plant cell signaling and defense.
Commandeur in de Orde van Leopold II / Commander in de Order of Léopold II, since 2012
Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium, Natural Sciences, since 2009
Price of most cited Flemish scientific author, June 21, 2000 (ISI Citation Classic Award)
Laureate of the Royal Academy of Belgium, Sciences, 1993
Dutch, English, French, German
Peumans, W.J., Van Damme, E.J.M., 1995. Lectins as plant defense proteins. Plant Physiology 109, 347-352.
Van Damme, E.J.M., Peumans, W.J., Barre, A., Rougé, P., 1998. Plant lectins: a composite of several distinct families of structurally and evolutionary related proteins with diverse biological roles. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 17, 575-692.
Van Damme, E.J.M., Barre, A., Rougé, P., Peumans, W.J., 2004. Cytoplasmic/nuclear plant lectins: a new story. Trends in Plant Science 9, 484-489.
Van Damme, E.J.M., Lannoo, N., Peumans, W.J., 2008. Plant lectins. Advances in Botanical Research, 48, 107-209.
Lannoo, N., Van Damme, E.J.M., 2010. Nucleocytoplasmic plant lectins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, General Subjects 1800, 190-201.
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