Joël Vandekerckhove

Joël Vandekerckhove is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium). He is head of the VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, UGent.

His research department works on functional proteomics: development and applications, molecular cell biology and biochemistry of the actin cytoskeleton, cell biology and biochemistry of the actin cytoskeleton, cytokine signalling, and molecular and metabolic signalling.

Research at the department lead to the university spin off biotech company Peakadilly.