Prof. Stefaan Werbrouck is head of the Laboratory of Applied In Vitro Plant Biotechnology. He has nearly 30 years of experience in plant tissue culture and has a strong track record in service projects exploring many aspects of the major subdomains of this technology. His team consists of 14 Ph.D. students. Their central motivation is to provide innovative solutions for cloning superior herbaceous and especially woody plants for food, feed, fiber, recreation and pharmaceuticals. A strong scientific network and proprietary research results ensure a continuous influx of new research resources. The well-equipped laboratory collaborates worldwide with companies and research groups familiar with local plant species and growing conditions to find long-term solutions. They develop new in vitro strategies and strive to discover the unexpected. They all work on topics related to micropropagation, regeneration and genetic modification of plants in a wide variety of species. On the one hand, new tools are being explored, such as novel cytokine- and auxin-related compounds, LEDs for phytochrome and cryptochrome manipulation, and transgenic reporter plants. Slow release microcarriers also fit perfectly into this picture. All of these tools are being used to achieve breakthroughs in recalcitrant, economically important crop species.