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Who’s afraid of bioRxiv: Weighing the pros and cons of preprint publishing
14 December 2017
BioRxiv, a free online archive where scientists can post draft papers known as preprints, is causing quite a stir in the world of life sciences.
Fighting for a world without asthma
13 December 2017
Almost everyone knows someone with asthma. An international research consortium for asthma prevention led by the Dutch scientist Hermelijn Smits will search for novel approaches to prevent potentially eliminate this lung disease in the world.
New VIB start-up Aelin Therapeutics secures 27 M€ to exploit its proprietary Pept-in™ protein knockdown platform
11 December 2017
Aelin Therapeutics announces that it has secured a 27 M€ investment to pioneer a novel modality in drug development in order to create a completely new class of antibiotics and first-in-class therapeutics against high-value undruggable human targets.
Reporter on the road: science nomads: the postdoc journey is half the fun
7 December 2017
Steven Boeynaems is a VIB alumnus who worked at the Kevin Verstrepen Lab and the Ludo Van Den Bosch Lab. Recently he traded Belgium for the Californian sun. At Stanford University he keeps pursuing his passion for science and science communication.
Quickscan scientific topics 2017
6 December 2017
VIB's scientific publications 3th quarter 2017
Scientists shed light on a tumor-suppressive protein in metastases
5 December 2017
A new study conducted at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium has labeled the protein Caveolin-1 as a high-potential pursuit in the fight against cancer.
ERC Consolidator Grants for three VIB scientists: boost for innovative research
28 November 2017
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 3 VIB scientists a consolidator grant: Anna Sablina, Sarah-Maria Fendt and Massimiliano Mazzone, all from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology.
Expanding VIB Cores set the wheels of science in motion
23 November 2017
This year, we saw the birth of our 10th core facility: the VIB Metabolomics Core, headed by Bart Ghesquière in Leuven and Geert Goeminne in Ghent. Of course, this tech platform didn’t come out of nowhere.
Beginning with the patient: Dirk Elewaut shares his research inspiration
21 November 2017
A mixed group of VIB, VUB and UGent scientists led by Dirk Elewaut recently published a paper in the scientific journal Leukemia on their study of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects bone marrow.
Philip Van Damme and Sander Beel introduce their prolific research on brain disorders
19 November 2017
Philip Van Damme (VIB-KU Leuven) is cearly on a roll. Joined by Sander Beel, he has recently published no fewer than three pioneering research papers in the renowned academic journals Neurology, Human Molecular Genetics and Muscle and Nerve.
Historical paintings help scientists to better understand plant evolution and ecology
17 November 2017
David Vergauwen and Ive De Smet now launch a crowd sourcing campaign to collect depictions of plants in historical paintings and other art objects. You can help by sending in your pictures when travelling or visiting a museum.
Count your blessings: Quantitative Microbiome Profiling
15 November 2017
Wen it comes to the bacterial content of your bowels and how it relates to your health, not only percentages matter, but also numbers count. That is at least one of the main messages of the latest research of Jeroen Raes (VIB-KU Leuven) and his team.
Gut bacteria are sensitive to salt
15 November 2017
Common salt reduces the number of certain lactic acid bacteria in the gut of mice and humans according to a study published in Nature by an interdisciplinary research team including Professor Markus Kleinewietfeld from VIB and Hasselt University.
King Baudouin Foundation published results of survey on research culture at Belgian universities
14 November 2017
The King Baudouin Foundation published the results of a survey on the research culture at Belgian universities. The title of the summary of the results reads “Driven by curiosity, but confronted with time pressure and paradoxes”.
New Silicon Probes Record Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously
9 November 2017
Neuroscientists who want to follow the nervous system’s cellular conversations will soon have access to easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity at hundreds of different sites within the brain.

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