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WE ARE HORTICELL

HortiCell is an academic research laboratory developing innovations in crop production and reproduction that contribute to sustainable agriculture.

Research expertise

BIOSTIMULANTS

Sustainable agriculture under changing climate conditions with the help of biostimulants

IN VITRO REGENERATION

A toolbox for plant biotechnology and the cultivation of crops

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to discover

News

Vertical Farming: The Only Way Is Up?
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Vertical Farming: The Only Way Is Up?

Root-Associated Bacterial Community Shifts in Hydroponic Lettuce Cultured with Urine-Derived Fertilizer
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Root-Associated Bacterial Community Shifts in Hydroponic Lettuce Cultured with Urine-Derived Fertilizer

High temperatures alter cross-over distribution and induce male meiotic restitution in Arabidopsis thaliana
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High temperatures alter cross-over distribution and induce male meiotic restitution in Arabidopsis thaliana

Microbial activity in peat-reduced plant growing media: Identifying influential growing medium constituents and physicochemical properties using fractional factorial design of experiments
News, Paper

Microbial activity in peat-reduced plant growing media: Identifying influential growing medium constituents and physicochemical properties using fractional factorial design of experiments

Celery and Celeriac: A Critical View on Present and Future Breeding
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Celery and Celeriac: A Critical View on Present and Future Breeding

Publication of The Chemical Biology of Plant Biostimulants
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Publication of The Chemical Biology of Plant Biostimulants

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Staff

Danny Geelen

Danny Geelen

Professor
Aakrati Agarwal

Aakrati Agarwal

postdoctoral staff
Behzad Ahmadi

Behzad Ahmadi

Postdoctoral staff
Trinh Hoang Khai

Trinh Hoang Khai

Postdoctoral staff
Robin Lardon

Robin Lardon

Postdoctoral staff
Jing Li

Jing Li

Postdoctoral staff
Mária Braun Šimášková

Mária Braun Šimášková

POSTDOCTORAL STAFF
Steffen Vanneste

Steffen Vanneste

POSTDOCTORAL STAFF
Yinwei Zeng

Yinwei Zeng

Postdoctoral staff
Brechtje de Haas

Brechtje de Haas

PhD student
Xinquan Hu

Xinquan Hu

PhD student
Halimat Yewande Ogunsanya

Halimat Yewande Ogunsanya

PhD student
Tiago Monteiro Rodrigues

Tiago Monteiro Rodrigues

PHD STUDENT
Katherine Sofia Salazar Vega

Katherine Sofia Salazar Vega

PhD student
Cédric Schindfessel

Cédric Schindfessel

PhD student
Ngoc To

Ngoc To

PHD student
Patricia Delaere

Patricia Delaere

Labmanager
Christophe Petit

Christophe Petit

Lab technician
Ellen Van Gysegem

Ellen Van Gysegem

Lab technician