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Expand your insights in BioBusiness
28 September 2018
Would you like to advance yourself and your career in the BioBusiness? Then join the first edition of the BioBusiness Winter Retreat from 11-13 December in Ghent and invest in your own development and professional career in Life Sciences.
Dawn of the single-cell era
22 September 2018
Novel technologies allow the genetic profiling of every single cell within a tissue sample, whole organ or even complete organism. This is quickly revolutionizing our knowledge of biological systems across distinct research fields.
The Single Cell Accelerator drives VIB to the forefront of single-cell research
22 September 2018
VIB was one of the earliest adopters of disruptive single-cell technologies. In April, the VIB ‘Single Cell Accelerator’ program was launched to aid access to multiple innovative single cell platforms & to foster technology development tools
Quickscan Single Cell
22 September 2018
Quickscan articles on Single Cell Technology
Creating the world’s first complete fruit fly ‘cell atlas’
22 September 2018
Stein Aerts (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) and his team have accomplished a world first: a gene expression map of every cell within the brain of an aging fly.
Zeroing in on drug-tolerant cancer cells
22 September 2018
Identifying new ways to treat cancer is all in a day’s work for Jean-Christophe Marine and his team at the VIB-KU Center for Cancer Biology.
Lifetime fet flagship
22 September 2018
FET-Flag LifeTime project is an unprecedented European scientific endeavor launched by a consortium of 60 scientists. Their goal is to track, understand & predict how the molecular make-up of cells changes in human diseases and how to intervene
VIB leads by example in single-cell research
22 September 2018
Verge Genomics, a drug discovery company utilizing machine learning to develop new therapeutics, launched an initiative to study gene expression in the brains of Parkinson’s patients at single-cell resolution.
Janssen first industrial partner to plug into Single Cell Accelerator
22 September 2018
VIB’s expertise in the single-cell field is also of great value for Biotech and Pharma, and long-term collaborations are being established in the Single Cell Accelerator (SCA). Janssen Pharmaceutica NV is the first pharma partner in the SCA.
Research center for high-resolution electron cryogenic microscopy to open
21 September 2018
The Center for Structural Biology (VIB-VUB), headed by Professors Jan Steyaert and Han Remaut officially opened the ‘international facility for Bio Electron Cryogenic Microscopy’ (BECM) at the VUB Campus in Brussels.
Akoya Biosciences and VIB partner to explore multiplexed spatial analysis of single cells using the CO-Detection by indexing technology
19 September 2018
Akoya Biosciences, a private biotech start-up, announced that VIB will be one of its first partners for exploring the CO-Detection by indexing technology in Europe.
Single Cell Accelerator projects in the technology innovation lab
19 September 2018
Despite being launched just a few months ago, there are several collaborative projects already in progress with the potential to revolutionize scientific understanding of biological & pathological processes by offering brand-new, high-resolution insights
GlobalYeast solves big sustainability challenges with microorganisms
18 September 2018
Belgian-Brazilian biotech firm GlobalYeast, a VIB-KU Leuven start-up, seeks to fight the effects of climate change with its biofuel-producing microorganisms – created with the help of precision-breeding techniques.
VIB scientists map the Belgian beer landscape in a new book
17 September 2018
Miguel Roncoroni and Kevin Verstrepen (VIB-KU Leuven) put their minds – and their mouths – to work: “We tackled the interesting challenge of investigating Belgian beer – using science.” The result is a new book: ‘Belgian Beer – Tested and Tasted’.
3 projects selected in VIB grand challenges program, additional projects may follow after new call
17 September 2018
The VIB Grand Challenges Program is a translational research program with which we aim to significantly increase the societal impact of VIB. We are convinced that this can be done by teaming up with experts outside VIB who have complementary expertise.
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