Inge De Clercq

Inge De Clercq is a Research Professor and Group Leader at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology. Her research focuses on Inter-organelle Stress Signaling, particularly exploring mechanisms of plant stress responses, ion transport, and transcriptional regulation. She leads a multidisciplinary team investigating how plants adapt to environmental stressors through molecular and cellular mechanisms.

Her work integrates genetics, molecular biology, and physiology to understand fundamental processes like oxidative stress, hypoxia responses, and cell division orientation. The lab has published extensively on topics such as CAX mutant trichomes, Agrobacterium transformation in maize, and proteolytic activation of transcription factors.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned for Dr. De Clercq in the provided texts. However, her lab has attracted Marie Curie fellows, highlighting its international standing. She advises five PhD students and oversees a team including postdocs and technical staff. The lab is part of the VIB-UGent Center, a leading institution in plant systems biology research.