Scientific research in the Vandepoele lab is centred at the intersection of plant biotechnology and bioinformatics. We are a diverse and multi-disciplinary team comprising early- and senior-career scientists trained in plant biology, genomics, and (bio)informatics. Through the application of complementary techniques, including -omics data integration, network biology, and more recently also machine learning, we are at the forefront of plant genomics research.
Research
About us
The scientific objective of our research group is to extract biological knowledge from large-scale experimental data sets using sequence/expression/chromatin analysis, data integration, network biology, and machine learning. Through the development and application of novel bioinformatics methods, new aspects of genome biology, especially in the area of gene function prediction and gene regulation, are identified, focusing on flowering plants, green algae, and diatoms.