![]() ![]() in organic chemistry/biochemistry in 1965. Van Montagu’s path of study and scientific experimentation culminated in a Ph.D. Later, as a student at Ghent University, he became intrigued with the new science of molecular biology, particularly the functions of DNA and RNA, which had recently been discovered to be present in all living organisms. His excellent teachers in high school triggered Van Montagu’s enthusiasm for organic chemistry and biology. Despite his family’s economic difficulties throughout the war and post-war period, they were able to send their only child to good primary and secondary schools. Born in 1933 in Ghent, Belgium, Marc Van Montagu grew up during the Second World War, a time when food rationing and general hardships were common among most of that country’s population. ![]()
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