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Interview new department director Nico Callewaert - continued
17 June 2014
After a long and open international search, it was finally one of our own, Nico Callewaert, who was selected as the most suitable candidate for the position of Director of the VIB Department of Medical Protein Research (DMPR) at UGent.
Preview interview new department director Nico Callewaert
12 June 2014
After a long and open international search, it was finally one of our own, Nico Callewaert, who was selected as the most suitable candidate for the position of Director of the VIB Department of Medical Protein Research (DMPR) at UGent.
Mechanism explains complex brain wiring
11 June 2014
Researcher Dietmar Schmucker from VIB-KU Leuven unravels a part of the mystery on 'How neurons are created and integrate with each other is one of biology’s greatest riddles.'
Mechanism of cell death unraveled – perspectives for treating degenerative and inflammatory diseases
4 June 2014
Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have unraveled the mechanism of necroptosis. This is a type of cell death that plays a crucial role in numerous diseases.
Francqui Prize for Bart Lambrecht
15 May 2014
Bart Lambrecht (VIB Inflammation Research Center) is the winner of the Francqui Prize 2014 for Biological and Medical Sciences. The award, worth € 250,000, honors his research on asthma.
New technology simplifies production of biotech medicines
14 May 2014
Leander Meuris, Francis Santens and Nico Callewaert (VIB/UGent) have developed a technology that shortens the sugar structures. This technology has the potential to make the production of biotech medicines significantly simpler and cheaper.
NERF Neurotechnology Symposium
23 April 2014
Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders invites you to its annual Neurotechnology Symposium, that will take place on May 5 and 6 in Leuven, Belgium.
The unfolded protein response controls the functioning of the immune system
21 April 2014
Fabiola Osorio, Simon Tavernier, Sophie Janssens and Bart Lambrecht (IRC – VIB / UGent) have shed light on how our immune system is influenced by the unfolded protein response (UPR).
Omics@VIB
16 April 2014
Quick scan
3 April 2014
Quick scan of VIB's current Research
Responsible animal experimentation - effects of new legislation
28 March 2014
Animal experimentation is an issue that raises important bioethical questions.
Biosynthesis of sterol and plant defence compounds share conserved elements
24 March 2014
Jacob Pollier and Alain Goossens discovered a new mechanism by which the plant hormone jasmonic acid regulates the production of triterpenoid saponins—plant defense molecules whose biosynthesis pathway shows similarities to sterol synthesis in mammals.
TRAINING AT VIB - your guide to become a professional researcher
20 March 2014
Today and more than ever, VIB recognizes the many challenges young researchers face on the road to becoming established professionals.
New discoveries place lack of energy at the basis of Parkinson’s Disease
20 March 2014
Neuroscientists Vanessa Moraïs and Bart De Strooper from VIB and KU Leuven have demonstrated how a defect in the gene Pink1 results in Parkinson’s disease.
3View Users Group Meeting and Symposium
12 March 2014

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