Ann Van Gysel is a Belgian scientist and businesswoman. She was communications manager of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and became the General Manager of FlandersBio on 1 June 2008, where she succeeded Els Vanheusden.
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She started at the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) in biology after which she graduated as a zoologist at the University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium) and obtained a PhD in Molecular Genetics in the laboratory of Professor Marc Van Montagu.[1][2] In addition she obtained a degree in Marketing and Communication in 1998 with a paper on biotech communications.
Ann Van Gysel started her career at the University of Ghent, where she headed her own research team in the Department of Plant Genetics for 4 years. In 1997, she continued her career at the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) in science communications. She became the communications manager of the VIB and headed the communications office. At the VIB she was responsible for the public outreach and educational programs and its public relations and internal communications. On 1 June 2008, Ann Van Gysel became General Manager of FlandersBio.