Emile Pierre Marie Van Ermengem (1851-1932)
The discoverer of Clostridium botulinum and botulin-toxin
Jules Bordet (1870 – 1961)
The isolation of Bordetella and Nobel Prize in 1919
André Gratia (1893 – 1950)
The discoverer of colicins and a forgotten pioneer in the discovery of bacteriophages and antibiotics
Lise Thiry (1921 – 2024)
Social engagement and the fight against viral infections
Jean-Marie Ghuysen (1925 – 2004)
The structure of peptidoglycan
Walter Fiers (1931 – 2019)
Microbiologist and a founder of molecular biology research
Jeff Schell (1935 – 2003)
The Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium
