Laboratory of Microbiology
The LM-UGent team studies microbial diversity, evolution, taxonomy, ecology and biochemistry. Research topics in environmental, plant, medical and food microbiology.
LM-UGent was founded in 1959 by the late professor Jozef De Ley. Today it is a multidisciplinary team of more than 60 biotechnologists, biologists, biochemists, chemists, engineers, mathematicians, (bio-)informaticians, and technicians led by Peter Vandamme, Anne Willems, Aurélien Carlier, Marie Joossens, Petra Van Damme, Bart Devreese and Kurt Houf, studying microbial diversity, evolution, taxonomy, ecology, host-microbe interaction and biochemistry.
Research topics are diverse and embedded in environmental, plant, medical and food microbiology.
Research
- Food and medical microbiology (lead: Peter Vandamme)
- Environmental and plant microbiology (lead: Anne Willems)
- Soil and plant microbiology (lead: Caroline De Tender)
- Plant microbiology and symbioses (lead: Aurélien Carlier)
- Human associated microbiome (lead: Marie Joossens)
- Bacterial infection biology, host-microbe interaction and riboproteogenomics (lead: Petra Van Damme)
- Proteomics, microbial biochemistry and biotechnology (lead: Bart Devreese)
- Food microbiology and food safety (lead: Kurt Houf)
Services
- BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection
- StrainInSight
- Burkholderia cepacia complex Reference Center
- Proteomics platform and quantitative metabolite analysis
- Food Microbiology Service
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Research consortia
- LM-UGent staff contribute expertise to several research consortia and networks:
- Food-2-Know Centre of Excellence for feed, food and health
- EMBRC European Marine Biological Research Resource Center
- CropFit Multidisciplinary consortium of Ghent University and HoGent experts on biostimulants and biocontrol
- MIRRI Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure
- ProteoGent : UGent expertise center for Proteomics.
- BLUEGent IOF Business development center for Aquaculture and Blue Life Sciences.
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Biomolecules : IOF Business development center for Production of Bio-based molecules and engineering tools
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Biomares : IOF-platform for Biorefining of marine resources and marine bio-actives, Biomares is a collaboration between the UGent IOF consortia BLUEGent, CropFit, End-of-Waste, ChemTech and Biomolecules.
Vacancies
At present there are no open vacancies.
Practical Information
Lab. of Microbiology, Dept. Biochemistry and Microbiology
Ghent University, Campus Ledeganck
K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent
Belgium
Secretariat: Epifania Verstraeten
T 09 264 51 04