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Sofie Goormachtig
- VIB Group Leader since 2009
- Post-doctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research (Flanders) at the Department of Molecular Genetics - 1999-2002
- PhD: Laboratorium of Genetics, Gent University - 1991-1997
Research areas
Plant biology | Microbiology | Systems biology
Model organisms
Arabidopsis
Research focus
Sofie Goormachtig leads the Rhizosphere Group and her team studies how plant roots interact with neighboring organisms in a mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic way. In particular, we are interested in deciphering the signaling mechanisms that guide these interactions.
- Soybean growth in Flanders
- Strigolactone action in the Rhizosphere
- Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria
- Arbuscular mycorrhiza