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New biotech company: Confo Therapeutics
15 October 2015
Confo Therapeutics originates from the CONFO® technology based on the use of single domain antibodies to stabilize dynamic proteins. The technology has been developed by Jan Steyaert and his team (VIB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
Breakthrough research reveals a new target for Alzheimer's disease treatment
14 October 2015
A research team led by Amantha Thathiah (VIB/KU Leuven) has determined that a protein – known as GPR3 – might play an important role in alleviating the cognitive deficits and reducing the generation of ‘amyloid plaques’.
Tumor Necrosis Factor – Discovered 40 Years Ago
13 October 2015
The discovery of TNF was announced exactly 40 years ago. Rudi Beyaert, Peter Vandenabeele and Claude Libert (VIB Inflammation Research Center, UGent) are some of the researchers who have been working in the TNF field for 30 years.
Best Paper Award for Patrick Van Dijck (VIB/KU Leuven)
9 October 2015
Patrick Van Dijck (VIB/KU Leuven) received the Best Paper Award 2015 during the Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society in Niigata City, Japan.
Quickscan scientific publications September 2015
7 October 2015
Quickscan scientific publications September 2015
New insights in sprouting angiogenesis
1 October 2015
Sprouting angiogenesis drives blood vessel growth in healthy and diseased tissues. Holger Gerhardt (VIB/KU Leuven) together with international colleagues now show that the stalk-cell phenotype needs to be actively repressed to allow tip-cell formation.
Bypassing obstacles of reverse genetics research approaches
30 September 2015
Kristof Vandewalle and Nico Callewaert (VIB/UGent) have described a method that reports both on the sequence variant as well as on the physical location of sequence-tagged biological entities in well-plate archived clone collections.
Maize, from crop to model plant
29 September 2015
Geert De Jaeger’s group together with Hilde Nelissen and Dirk Inzé, Kris Gevaert (VIB/UGent) and colleagues at the Iowa State University have used the maize leaf to identify changes in protein complex composition in a growing organ.
Disruption of brain-blood barrier might influence progression of Alzheimer’s
29 September 2015
The team of Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke in the Claude Libert Group (VIB/UGent) combined their knowledge and expertise related to inflammation with the expertise in Alzheimer’s disease present in the Bart De Strooper Group (VIB/KU Leuven).
New Diversity for Lager Beers
25 September 2015
Unlike ales, lager beers differ little in flavor. But now, by creating new crosses among the relevant yeasts, Kevin Verstrepen, PhD, Stijn Mertens, and their collaborators at VIB/KU Leuven have opened up new horizons of taste.
Alzheimer protein APP also involved in Fragile X Syndrome
24 September 2015
Emanuela Pasciuto and Claudia Bagni have discovered a novel role for APP, the protein involved in Alzheimer disease. APP plays a crucial role in the development of the Fragile X Syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability.
Safety at VIB, what does it mean?
22 September 2015
Safety has always been and will always be important in our labs. Everyone has his or her part of responsibility. Over the years, the organization of safety within VIB has developed and become more explicit.
Meet our local VIB safety coordinators
22 September 2015
Take a look at what our local VIB safety coordinators have to say about their efforts to keep VIB a safe place to work.
Interplay between universities and VIB
22 September 2015
VIB forms a joint-venture structure with its partner universities. Our departments and research groups are both vib and university and are physically integrated in the buildings of the university.
Careful! It may be infectious
21 September 2015
The list of organisms and materials we work with and which may be infectious is steadily growing. Therefore the risk of laboratory acquired infections is also growing. Where do the major risks lie?

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