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Sigma-Aldrich® and VIB Form Alliance to Provide Scientists with Enhanced and Faster Access to Novel Translational Research
22 January 2015
Alliance will leverage Sigma-Aldrich’s leading manufacturing and global distribution capabilities to provide accelerated access to VIB’s innovative research products, tools and technologies.
Quick scan science topics December 2014
13 January 2015
Sequence HEK293 cells available for entire research community
8 January 2015
The groups of Nico Callewaert (VIB/UGent), Yves Van de Peer (VIB/UGent) and Jan Tavernier (VIB/UGent) sequenced six HEK293 cell lines using whole-genome resequencing.
Stem cell research offers new insights into how dementia develops
5 January 2015
Researchers at KU Leuven and the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) have succeeded in correcting a genetic mutation thought to cause frontotemporal dementia.
Interview with Brian Kobilka and Jan Steyaert
18 December 2014
Brian Kobilka shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz. A couple of months ago Kobilka was in Brussels to give a talk about his work on invitation of Jan Steyaert (VIB/Vrije Universiteit brussel).
Wake-up call for more research into cell metabolism
9 July 2014
New therapeutic avenues for diabetes, inflammatory conditions & cancer.
Do you feel the sport VIBes?
25 June 2014
VIB sport T-shirts are offered for everyone interested. These shirts can be used during several sports activities and events: from running, walking, cycling and even football and tennis.
The unfolded protein response controls the functioning of the immune system
21 April 2014
Fabiola Osorio, Simon Tavernier, Sophie Janssens and Bart Lambrecht (IRC – VIB / UGent) have shed light on how our immune system is influenced by the unfolded protein response (UPR).
VIB scientists find new strategy to combat bacterial infections
29 January 2014
Alvin Lo and Han Remaut (VIB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have identified a chemical substance with the potential of acting as a new drug to treat bacterial infections, particularly urinary tract infections.
Publish or perish
10 December 2013
Recently, the question has been raised whether or not scientific misconduct is on the rise and what the possible causes for it might be.
ERC-grants for three VIB scientists: boost for innovative research
9 December 2013
ERC-grants grants for three VIB scientists: boost for innovative research
Movements of proteins can be predicted from their amino acid sequence
25 November 2013
Researchers of the VIB department of Structural Biology and the ‘Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels (IB2)’, have developed a method to predict how much the backbone chain of a protein moves based on only its amino acid sequence.
Why plants usually live longer than animals
24 October 2013
Plant researchers at VIB and Ghent University discovered a new step in the complex regulation of stem cells. Today, their results are published online in this week’s issue of Science Express.
New breakthroughs in TNF biology
19 September 2013
Two new stories from the group of Claude Libert (VIB - UGent) increase our knowledge about the mechanism of TNF release, the role of the gutin TNF’s acute toxicity and the value of TNFR1 as adrug target.
Flemish scientist Nico Callewaert (VIB-UGent) in Top 20 Translational Researchers
11 September 2013
Nico Callewaert (VIB/UGent) is the only Belgian in the “Top 20 translational researchers”. He was selected partly due to his research into converting cells into medicine factories.

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