Maarten Dedecker Email & Phone Number

Ghent, Be

Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium

I coach a team proficient in library-based display technology and act as project coordinator for NANOBODY® discovery across multiple projects. Additionally, I collaborate with diverse teams globally to drive innovation.Areas of expertise:project management, library-based display technologies, molecular biology, cellular biology, people management, innovation

I managed a small team of experts responsible for early discovery activities, ensuring alignment with project needs and priorities. In parallel, I led a project focusing on the next generation of Agrobody bioactives.Areas of expertise:project management, people management, phage display technology, camelid heavy-chain antibody binding domains, bio-activity screening assays, flow cytometry, biopesticides

I managed a small team responsible for early Agrobody bioactive discovery activities, ensuring Discovery projects are aligned according to the current needs and priorities. In parallel, I led two projects focusing on the next generation of Agrobody bioactives.Areas of expertise:project management, phage display technology, camelid heavy-chain antibody binding domains, bio-activity screening assays, flow cytometry, biopesticides

Project lead, responsible for the development of the next-generation of Agrobodies. My key responsibilities were identifying suitable molecular targets, mapping out appropriate selection & screening strategies, and keeping up to date with the latest technology developments.Areas of expertise:phage display technology, camelid heavy-chain antibody binding domains, affinity screening assays, recombinant protein production, biopesticides, project management, fundraising

I matched the needs from different projects with the portfolio of computational tools available in the function, and made sure anticipated applications were in place in a time- and cost-efficient manner. I collaborated actively in an international team, interacting with experts from multiple disciplines, and was involved in scientific collaborations of BASF Plant Science with external parties. Areas of expertise:molecular biology, network analysis, data analysis, project management, market analysis

Baekeland funding specifically supports PhD projects that involve collaboration between a Flemish cooperation and academia. In this case, the collaborating partners were CropDesign NV, the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) and Ghent University. My PhD focused on the development of a screening platform (based on tandem affinity purification technology) in rice to study the impact of protein-protein interactions on specific agricultural traits.Areas of expertise:molecular cloning, plant transformation and cultivation, protein analysis and purification, mass spectrometry, data analysis, molecular biology

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry And Biotechnology

Thesis: “Building a targeted interactomics approach to enhance growth or seed yield in rice.” Joint PhD project under the supervision.

Master'S Degree, Biochemistry & Biotechnology

Major: plant biotechnology – Minor: biochemistry Thesis: “Analysis of the role of the RING-protein KEEP ON GOING in the jasmonate.