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Get ready for the next edition of VIBes
31 August 2018
In 2019, VIBes will once again connect PhD students across disciplines with peers from all over the world. This unique international symposium, launched by VIB in 2008, has a proven track record of five successful editions.
What’s catching your eye?
31 August 2018
To understand more about how we respond to what we see around us, a team of scientists at NERF has zoomed in on the organization of neurons in the superior colliculus, a midbrain structure that mediates orientation responses to visual cues.
Novel therapeutic strategy for blood vessel related disorders, such as cancer and retinopathy
30 August 2018
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists, led by Peter Carmeliet (VIB-KU Leuven) has made several breakthrough discoveries concerning the metabolism of the individual building blocks of blood vessels - the so-called endothelial cells.
New immunotherapy inhibits tumor growth and protects against metastases
24 August 2018
VIB-UGent scientists have taken important steps forward in the development of a cancer-targeting immunotherapy. The team developed a treatment in mice that destroys part of the tumor and stimulates the immune system to attack surviving cancer cells
Reporter on the road: spark- how it all started in Silicon Valley
17 August 2018
While Silicon Valley is recognized for its tech & internet industry, its historical role in life sciences is maybe less well-known. In the ‘70s, Stanley Cohen of Stanford and Herbert Boyer of UCSF started tinkering with bacterial plasmids in their labs.
The virtues of early diagnosis a window of opportunity in spondyloarthritis
17 August 2018
Spondyloarthritis is one of the most common types of chronic joint inflammation. Studies by VIB-UGent suggest that when diagnosed and treated early, disease progression may be halted to a point where patients no longer need medication nor suffer symptoms
New insights in cell death in plants might generate new leads for weed control
14 August 2018
Some plants like the giant sequoia trees can grow into the “Largest Living Things on Earth”. Ironically, most of a tree’s biomass is actually not alive, but is formed by persistent cell corpses that are collectively called wood.
Researchers show that transcription factors cooperate to cause leukemia
13 August 2018
A group of scientists led by prof. Jan Cools (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology) has expanded scientific understanding of the development of T-ALL, an aggressive form of leukemia. Their results are published in the academic journal Cancer Cell.
Tech watch highlights
11 August 2018
Evaluation of the fox white 1.0 biomolecular measurementtechnology platform - Whole human dna sequencing at VIB on the promethion from oxford nanopore technologies - VIB single cell accelerator
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10 August 2018
VIB's scientific publications second quarter 2018
Fresh from the Jan Cools lab: 2 genes cooperate to drive leukemia development
3 August 2018
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, known as ALL, is one of the most common cancers occurring in childhood. Even though chemotherapy is very effective in treating the disease, it leads to significant side effects that impact children later in life.
Ruling of European Court of Justice puts sustainable agriculture in Europe at risk
31 July 2018
Wherever you look around the world, the gradual improvement of people's health and living standards has always been accompanied by a systematic optimization of the production of safe, nutritious and affordable food.
Launch of Single Cell Accelerator drives VIB to forefront of single cell research
25 July 2018
This new program will run through VIB’s Tech Watch initiative and will inject additional funding & technological support in emerging single cell technologies. This will enable VIB to establish its position at the forefront of this moving research field.
A study by Thomas Voets and his team heats up our understanding of ion channels
19 July 2018
The teams of Thomas Voets (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) and Joris Vriens (KU Leuven) have successfully published a boundary-pushing paper on mammalian heat-sensing channels in the high-impact journal Nature.
Molecular culprits of protein aggregation in ALS and FTLD
18 July 2018
Using a newly developed fruit fly model, researchers led by prof. Ludo Van Den Bosch (VIB-KU Leuven) have zoomed in on the protein structure of FUS to gain more insight into how it causes neuronal toxicity and disease.

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