Ann Van Gysel
Encyclopedia
Belgium
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scientist and businesswoman. She was communications manager of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and became the General Manager of FlandersBio
FlandersBio
FlandersBio is a non-profit organization which represents the cluster of Flemish life sciences in Belgium. The members of FlandersBio are organizations involved with Research and Development, and production in life sciences, or organizations and companies servicing Flemish life sciences...
on 1 June 2008, where she succeeded Els Vanheusden
Els Vanheusden
Els Vanheusden is a Belgian physician, businesswoman and from 2004 until 31 May 2008, General Manager of FlandersBio, the cluster of the Flemish biotech industry...
.
Education
She started at the University of AntwerpUniversity of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is one of the major Belgian universities located in the city of Antwerp. The name is sometimes abbreviated as UA.-History:...
(Antwerp, Belgium) in biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
after which she graduated as a zoologist at the University of Ghent (Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, Belgium) and obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics
Molecular genetics
Molecular genetics is the field of biology and genetics that studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level. The field studies how the genes are transferred from generation to generation. Molecular genetics employs the methods of genetics and molecular biology...
in the laboratory of Professor
Professor
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Marc Van Montagu
Marc Van Montagu
Marc Van Montagu is a Belgian molecular biologist. He was full Professor and director of the Laboratory of Genetics at the faculty of Sciences at Ghent University and scientific director of the Genetics Department of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology...
. In addition she obtained a degree in Marketing and Communication in 1998 with a paper on biotech
communications.
Career
Ann Van Gysel 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 headed the communications office. At the VIB she was responsible for the public outreach and educational programs and its public relationsPublic relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
and internal communications. On 1 June 2008, Ann Van Gysel became General Manager of FlandersBio
FlandersBio
FlandersBio is a non-profit organization which represents the cluster of Flemish life sciences in Belgium. The members of FlandersBio are organizations involved with Research and Development, and production in life sciences, or organizations and companies servicing Flemish life sciences...
.