Prof. Stefaan Werbrouck heads the Laboratory for Applied In Vitro Plant Biotechnology at Ghent University. He has more than 30 years of expertise in plant tissue culture and has investigated many aspects of its main sub-domains. The central motivation of his international team members is to provide innovative solutions for cloning a wide variety of superior woody and herbaceous plants.  Novel in vitro strategies based on cytokinine- and auxin-related compounds, nano-delivery systems, LEDs and transgenic reporter plants are being developed and applied to achieve breakthroughs in recalcitrant crop species. His lab collaborates globally with companies and research groups familiar with local plant species to find long-term solutions and discover the unexpected.