Scientific research in the Vandepoele lab is centred at the intersection of plant biotechnology and computational biology. We are a diverse and multi-disciplinary team comprising early- and senior-career scientists trained in plant biology, genomics, and (bio)informatics. Through the development and 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.
Latest publications:
- A map of integrated cis-regulatory elements enhances gene-regulatory analysis in maize. Staut J, Pérez NM, Ferrando AM, Dissanayake I, Vandepoele K. Plant Communications. 2025 Jul 14;6(7):101376. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101376
- Application of orthology and network biology to infer gene functions in non-model plants. Vandepoele K, Thierens S, Van Bel M. Physiol Plant. 2024 Jul-Aug;176(4):e14441. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14441 #Review