Ton Bisseling

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Ton Bisseling (born 1952) [1] is a Dutch molecular biologist. He is a professor at Wageningen University and Research Centre.

In 1975 Bisseling obtained a degree in biology from the Radboud University Nijmegen. [1] Five years later he earned his PhD in molecular biology at Wageningen University. In 1998 Bisseling became professor and head of the molecular biology laboratory at the same institution. [2] [3] During his career Bisseling has done research on the symbiosis between root nodules and rhizobia bacteria. [4] [5]

Bisseling became a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization in 1996. [6] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. [7] Ton Bisseling was elected as a Foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in November 2021.

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