VIB scientists overview

Microbiology

  • Nico Callewaert Lab
    • ERC group
    • ​Synthetic biology of the eukaryotic secretory system
    • Novel concepts in biopharmaceuticals
    • Novel technology for discovery of molecular biomarkers of disease
    • Engineering the Mycobacterium-host interface for better vaccines and drugs

  • Remy Loris Lab
    • bacterial stress response and Toxin-Antitoxin modules
    • intrinsically disordered proteins
    • macromolecular crystallography and biophysics

  • Jan Michiels Lab
    • ​​​Molecular and evolutionary aspects of persistence
    • Discovery of novel antibiotics
    • Engineering ethanol tolerance

  • Jeroen Raes Lab
    • ​novel computational approaches for large-scale, next-generation sequencing projects investigating the human microbiome
    • analysis of sequence data and the investigation of ecological communities from metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and meta-metabolomics

  • Han Remaut Lab
    • ERC group
    • Helicobacter pylori Adhesion - Countering a life-long attachment to the host
    • Chaperone/Usher Pilus Assembly - Towards selective disarmament of adhesive fibers
    • Curli - Structural biology of controlled amyloid deposition

  • Xavier Saelens Lab
    • ​development of broad (universal) human influenza vaccines for both influenza A en B virus strains

  • Johan Thevelein Lab
    • molecular genetics and biochemistry of nutrient sensing and signaling in yeast (S. cerevisiae)
    • polygenic analysis of complex yeast traits, in particular traits with commercial importance
    • development of superior industrial yeast strains for bioethanol production, beer brewing, bakery, wine production and other applications

  • Charles Van der Henst Lab
    • Phenotypic characterization of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria
    • Whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics
    • Microbial resistance and drug discovery (antibiotic, antivirulence and antiresistance)
    • Bacterial virulence and host-pathogen interactions​
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  • Patrick Van Dijck Lab
    • Nutrient sensing and signal transduction in Candida species
    • Single and dual-species in vitro and in vivo biofilm formation ​
    • Antifungal drug tolerance and resistance mechanisms​
    • Essential oils and microbial dark matter as source for antifungals​

  • Kevin Verstrepen Lab
    • ERC group
    • Evolutionary mechanisms underlying hyper-evolvable properties
    • Yeast genetics and epigenetics
    • Importance of tandem repeats as drivers of genetic change