🌱 Yesterday, Protealis, a VIB and ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) spin-off, hosted Belgium's first Soy Field Day in Ghent, the northernmost event of its kind, to showcase innovations in soy cultivation for colder climates: https://lnkd.in/eY-yvKiD 💪 As local soy production grows across Europe, this marks a significant step toward reducing soy imports and promoting sustainable, deforestation-free agriculture.
About us
VIB’s core mission is to generate disruptive insights in the molecular underpinning of life and to translate these actively into impactful innovations for patients and society. VIB is an independent research institute where some 1,800 top scientists from Belgium and abroad conduct pioneering basic research. As such, they are pushing the boundaries of what we know about molecular mechanisms and how they rule living organisms such as human beings, animals, plants, and microorganisms. Based on a close partnership with five Flemish universities – Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Hasselt University – and supported by a solid funding program, VIB unites the expertise of all its collaborators and research groups in a single institute. VIB’s technology transfer activities translate research results into concrete benefits for society such as new diagnostics and therapies and agricultural innovations. These applications are often developed by young start-ups from VIB or through collaborations with other companies. This also leads to additional employment and bridges the gap between scientific research and entrepreneurship. VIB also engages actively in the public debate on biotechnology by developing and disseminating a wide range of science-based information
- Website
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http://www.vib.be/
External link for VIB
- Industry
- Research
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Gent
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1995
- Specialties
- Immunity & Inflammation, Cancer Research, Medical Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Microbiology, Structural Biology, Computational Biology, Translational Research, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, and Science Communication
Locations
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VIB Headquarters, Suzanne Tassierstraat 1
Suzanne Tassierstraat 1
Gent, 9052, BE
Employees at VIB
Updates
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💡New insights into cell death 🔬 Pyroptosis is a cell death process previously associated only with inflammation and tissue damage. Key findings from this study reveal that this process not only contributes to inflammation but also plays a crucial role in wound healing! https://lnkd.in/eycAKfBP 🙌 Research published in Nature by Kodi Ravichandran and colleagues (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research Universiteit Gent)
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With the advent of machine learning as example, new technologies weave different life sciences disciplines together. So what does it mean to be a co-affiliated principal investigator? 👉 https://lnkd.in/evdNbRzg 🎙️ We asked Anastassia Vorobieva, Steven Maere and Yvan Saeys about it as they joined our new VIB.AI center.
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🔬 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is the most common degenerative motor neuron disease in adults. 👉 New work (https://lnkd.in/eqRZar9P) by Ludo Van Den Bosch, Christine Germeys, and colleagues (VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research KU Leuven) reveals the role of a specific enzyme, EGLN2, in protecting motor neurons and mitigating ALS symptoms in different animal models. ALS Liga België - Ligue SLA Belgique
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🚀 Exciting news from VIB spin-off scene MRM Health today announced the appointment of Grégoire Franoux as Chief Business Officer. Additionally, the company also welcomed industry veteran Ron Robinson M.D. to its Board of Directors 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCQm3tRw 🔬 Grégoire Franoux has an impressive track record in strategic planning, licensing, business delevopment and corporate finance within the biotech sector. 🌱 Ronald Robison brings a wealth of experience, having served in global senior pharmaceutical R&D leadership roles at several organizations. He has overseen the approval of more than 20 new molecular entities worldwide with over ten innovative clinical indications obtained under FDA breakthrough therapy designation.
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☀ Today, the VIB Single Cell Transcriptomics Summer School kicked off with an insightful talk on scRNAseq concepts and platforms by Niels Vandamme from VIB Technologies. We had an incredible turnout of 136 participants! 📅 Over the next three days, a select group will dive deep into the entire process, from data acquisition to in-depth analysis. A huge thank you to the trainers, the support of 10x Genomics and Element Biosciences, and Janick Mathys! 🌟 Interested in what else #VIBTraining has to offer? Check out the website here: https://lnkd.in/ex9wneed #transcriptomics, #singlecell
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📢 Speaker Announcement 📢 Next week, Jerome Van Biervliet, our Managing Director at VIB, will be speaking at BioCentury’s Grand Rounds R&D Conference in Nashville. 🗓 9th – 11th September 2024 📍Four Seasons Hotel Nashville 🎫 https://lnkd.in/eUw2QxKv This event brings together life sciences leaders to tackle the roadblocks in translating cutting-edge science into groundbreaking new medicines. 🙌 Jérôme will join a dynamic panel of biopharma execs, VCs and academic leaders, to discuss Closing the Innovation Gap: Partnerships for Next-Gen Treatments. He will share his insights on how we can all work together to bring the next generation of breakthrough treatments to market—within years, not decades. VIB’s mission is to push the boundaries of scientific discovery, transform it into disruptive biotech innovations and support the growth of the life sciences ecosystem in Flanders (Belgium). #GrandRounds #BiotechBreakthroughs #researchdevelopment #academia #venturecapital #biotech #drugdiscovery #drugdevelopment #RnD #BioCenturyGrandRounds
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#RNGS25 is back! ➡ https://lnkd.in/enPcwerg. VIB Conferences' flagship meeting will span three days this 6th edition and focus on the following topics: 🔸 innovative approaches in #sequencing 🔸 #multiomics 🔸 #3DGenomics 🔸 #epigenomics 🔸 large scale sequencing 🔸 #ML & #AI in #NGS 📅 19-21 March 2025, Antwerp, BE Speakers include: Rocío Acuña Hidalgo, Kirsten Bos, Jeroen de Ridder, Gang Fang, Molly He, Alexander Hoischen, Masahito Hosokawa, Lorenz Kretschmer, Christopher Mason, Todd Michael, John A. Morris, Tatsuya Nobori, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Ana Pombo, Yujia Qing, Rosa Rademakers, Helen Ray-Jones, Fritz Sedlazeck, Oliver Stegle and many more! The organizing committee consists of: Arvid Suls, Bram Van den Bergh, Héloïse Bastiaanse, Katy Vandereyken, Mojca Strazisar, Rekins Janky, Wouter De Coster, Toon Swings, Evy Vierstraete
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Very proud to announce that three(!) VIB researchers have received Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVs6pGWi Congratulations to 🔸Emanuela Pasciuto (VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology, Universiteit Antwerpen) 🔸Colinda Scheele (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, KU Leuven) 🔸Esther Klingler (VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research, KU Leuven)
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🤯 The menstrual cycle remodels breast tissue. Amazing work (https://lnkd.in/eRSHRM-f) by Marta Ciwinska, Colinda Scheele (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology), and colleagues now shows how this affects the risk of developing cancer! The Netherlands Cancer Institute Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Oncode Institute University of Cambridge Cancer Grand Challenges