What is Marc Van Montagu?
[[File:Marmont675.jpg|thumb|Marc Van Montagu.]] '''Marc Baron Van Montagu''' (born 10 November 1933) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[molecular biology|molecular biologist]]. He was full professor and director of the Laboratory of Genetics at the faculty of Sciences at [[Ghent University]] ([[Belgium]]) and scientific director of the Genetics Department of the [[Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie|Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology]] (VIB). He founded the biotech company [[Plant Genetic Systems]] Inc. (Belgium) in 1982, of which he was Scientific Director and member of the board of Directors. Van Montagu was also involved in founding the biotech company [[CropDesign]], of which he was a Board member from 1998 to 2004. He is president of the Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI). He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Van_Montagu_Marc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Van_Montagu_Marc |title=Marc Van Montagu |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> ==Other websites== {{commons category|Marc Van Montagu}} * [http://ipbo.vib-ugent.be/about-us/team/marc-van-montagu]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Marc Van Montagu * [http://ipbo.vib-ugent.be] International Plant Biotechnology Outreach (IPBO) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Montagu, Marc}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Belgian biologists]] [[Category:Belgian academics]] [[Category:Geneticists]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{bio-stub}}