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Our immune systems are incredibly diverse. How much of that diversity is due to our genes?
16 October 2018
Each of our immune systems acts differently. Environmental factors have an impact, but so do our genes. A team of researchers in Leuven went looking for links between more than 10 million genetic variations and more than 50 immunological traits.
Quickscan III
13 October 2018
VIB's scientific publications third quarter 2018
Scientists identify chromosomal instability as a novel predictive biomarker for cancer drug Avastin
10 October 2018
The study, led by researchers at RCSI and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium, is a further important step in the global effort to move towards a more personalised treatment approach for colorectal cancer patients
Making the right connections
2 October 2018
VIB-KU Leuven researchers have uncovered a new molecular interaction that governs the formation of specific functional connections between two types of neurons.
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.

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