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VIB scientists win DREAM-5 for systems biology
18 March 2011
The DREAM is the most important benchmark for the comparison of computational models used in systems biology. Among all the top labs, their test was unanimously rated the overall best performer based on a number of gold standard data sets.
New insights into cancer treatment
15 March 2011
Cop1 has –for a long time - been seen as an attractive drug target for cancer. But Jean-Christophe Marine found out that Cop1 acts as a tumor suppressor. His new data will have direct implications for the development of cancer drug targets.
VIB-K.U.Leuven scientist Kevin Verstrepen develops a tailor-made yeast for beer with more flavour
19 January 2011
“We want you to create a strain of yeast for a very special kind of beer. It has to have a lot character, but it shouldn't be too heavy.” This was beer brewer Bart Landuyt's assignment for the lab of Kevin Verstrepen, one of VIB's yeast specialists.
Incredibly versatile plant hormone auxin suppresses clathrin-dependent endocytosis
1 October 2010
Jiří Friml and his colleagues from the VIB Department of Systems Biology, UGent, have published an article in Cell, demonstrating that clathrin-mediated endocytosis in the model plant Arabidopsis is regulated by the plant hormone auxin.
Phytophtora resistant potato - background report
1 September 2010
Phytophthora infestans causes ‘late blight’, the single most dangerous disease for potatoes in temperate regions. Can GM provide a solution? Read more in this background report
First step to new therapy for chronic bowel disease
5 July 2010
Scientists associated with VIB and Ghent University (UGent) have discovered that A20 protein plays an important protective role in diseases associated with chronic bowel inflammation.
VIB-UGent scientist Jiří Friml receives €750.000 Körber European Science Award 2010 for research on plant hormones
7 June 2010
Scientist Jiří Friml from VIB and Ghent University, both in Flanders, Belgium, is this year’s laureate of the Körber European Science Award, worth 750 000 euro.
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1 January 2010
Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen
19 November 2009
Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists.
Combating infection of crops by nematodes is soon to improve
16 January 2009
Scientists from Ghent University and VIB have succeeded in showing how nematodes are able to manipulate the transport of the plant hormone auxin in order to force the plant to produce food for them.
Top scientist leaves USA for Flanders
17 December 2008
Dietmar Schmucker (Ph.D.), neuroscientist of international fame, leaves the world-renowned Harvard University to start a new lab at VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and K.U.Leuven.
Scientists unveil mechanism for ‘up and down’ in plants
27 October 2008
Scientists unveil mechanism for ‘up and down’ in plants
Not the protein, but its location in the cell, determines the onset of leukemia
8 July 2008
Not the protein, but its location in the cell, determines the onset of leukemia
A major step toward a more targeted treatment for auto-immune diseases?
28 January 2008
VIB researchers have elucidated the function of MALT1, a key player in controlling inflammatory reactions. They are the first to show that MALT1 is able to cleave the A20 protein, which inhibits inflammation.
Progress in battle against life-threatening acute allergy
2 August 2006
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