Daniël Van Damme

Daniël Van Damme is a VIB Group Leader and Expert Scientist at Ghent University's Department of Plant Systems Biology within the VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology. His research focuses on elucidating endocytosis mechanisms at the plasma membrane in plant cells, integrating plant biology, systems biology, and structural biology. Key model organisms include Arabidopsis and Nicotiana species.

Van Damme's team includes postdoctoral researchers (e.g., Omar Hdedeh) and PhD students (Alvaro Furones Cuadrado, Andreas De Meyer, Celine De Pessemier, Neeltje Schilling, So Hyung Kim, Tingyu Zhu). The lab is located at Technologiepark 71, Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Recent publications highlight contributions to plant cell biology and interdisciplinary collaborations, such as studies on Alzheimer's drug delivery and protein disorder in drug discovery. His work bridges fundamental cellular mechanisms with translational research in health and disease contexts.

Van Damme has held leadership roles since 2016 and has contributed to advancing live-cell imaging techniques and systems-level understanding of plant cellular processes.