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Outstanding work and ground-breaking science on potential
#COVID
-19 treatment by Xavier Saelens & team from the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology. Keeping a level head in times of crisis is crucial!
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Today, VIB is proud to announce the appointment of
@steinaerts
as the Scientific Director of the VIB Center for Computational Biology and AI. This new research center will focus on quantitative life science research. Find out more👇
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Today we celebrate the 85th birthday of Em. Prof. Marc Van Montagu, one of VIB’s founding fathers. Congratulations Marc!
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Prestigious
@ERC_Research
Advanced Grant goes to Pierre Vanderhaeghen
@CBD_VIB
for his investigation of human neuronal maturation. Congratulations
@VanderhaeghenP2
!
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Congratulations to Patrik Verstreken (
@Verstreken_Lab
@CBD_VIB
), Diether Lambrechts (
@LambrechtsDlab
@vib_ccb
), and Peter Carmeliet (
@CarmelietLab
) for their
@ERC_research
Advanced Grant!
@KU_Leuven
#ERCAdG
👉
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👏 Congratulations to Renzo Mancuso (
@MancusoRenzo
) for obtaining an
@ERC_Research
Starting Grant! His team will investigate microglia-neuron interactions in human Alzheimer's disease.
#VIBNeuroscience
Read more 👉
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🎉 Today we celebrate our 25th anniversary! Discover our research, our story, and the origin of impact here 👉
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🙌 Congratulations to Sarah-Maria Fendt (
@FendtLab
@vib_ccb
) & Stein Aerts (
@steinaerts
@CBD_VIB
) for being elected as
#EMBO
members! We're glad to see them represent Belgium, VIB, and
@ku_leuven
among this year's new members.
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Congratulations to Stein Aerts (
@steinaerts
@CBD_VIB
) and Lieven De Veylder (
@DeVeylderLab
@PSB_VIB
)for their
@ERC_research
Advanced Grant! This makes 5 VIB researchers who obtained this prestigious grant this year 🙌 .
@KU_Leuven
@ugent
#ERCAdG
👉
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🧠 Pierre Vanderhaeghen (
@CBD_VIB
,
@VanderhaeghenP2
) & his team discovered the secret of slow human brain growth. This can greatly impact research into neurological diseases.
👉
@ScienceMagazine
published their work.
@KU_Leuven
@ULBruxelles
@ULBRecherche
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No less than three VIB PI’s have been elected as
@EMBO
member! Congratulations
@jchrismarine
@vib_ccb
@KU_Leuven
,
@jansteyaert
@VStructbiol
@VUBrussel
) and
@GoossensLabVIB
@PSB_VIB
@ugent
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VIB is establishing a new Center for Computational and Quantitative Life Science Research and is looking for a Center Director/Research Professor to provide vision and leadership. Find out more on . Please RT.
#Bioinformatics
#Computationalbiology
#jobs
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The recent paper in
@NatureComms
is not only flawed scientifically, it also discourages
#gender
equality in
#academia
. Female mentorship is something we strongly promote and will continue to do so. Read our statement :
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Immerse yourself in top level
#PlantScience
on 7-8 June. Over 21 world-renowned speakers will discuss important & current topics from
#droughttolerance
&
#salinity
to
#floodtolerance
& much more!
#PlantResearch21
Early Bird ends 26 April!
More info:
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Great news
@MartinGuilliams
of
@InflamResCen
&
@BertDeRybel
of
@PSB_VIB
are the only two scientists working in Belgium that were selected to be
@EMBO
Young Investigators. A well-deserved recognition of scientific talent!
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5 travel grants available for Translational Immunology! This VIB Science conference takes place in Ghent on 26-27 March 2020. Discover the
#TransImmu20
speakers here: & Join talks on
#translationalmedicine
,
#immunopathology
,
#ImmuneDisorders
,
#Autoimmunity
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👏 Congratulations to
@steinaerts
(
@CBD_VIB
) on receiving a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative grant (
@cziscience
) for his project on learning regulatory codes from
#SingleCell
#multiomics
atlases. Read more 👉
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European scientists write open statement asking EU Parliament and EU Commission to reconsider genome editing for sustainable agriculture and food production
#GiveCRISPRaChance
#CRISPR
#PhDChat
#plantscience
#geneediting
#scicomm
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Prof. Dirk Inzé receives GCHERA World Agriculture Prize 2017. Important recognition for amazing career. Congrats!
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Today, Marc Van Montagu celebrates his 90th birthday.🎉 Not only is Marc one of the founding fathers of modern biotechnology, but with
@VIB_IPBO
he has also dedicated himself to (inter)national outreach for decades. Truly inspiring! Congratulations, Marc! 👏
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🤯 Not one (or two, or three), but four (!) VIB researchers received an award from the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation. 👏 Congratulations
@HannahBertels
(
@TakeokaLab
@__NERF
),
@LuVaDeBo
& Philip Van Damme (
@CBD_VIB
), and
@SWeckhuysen
(
@CMN_VIB
)!
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✨ Everyone at VIB is excited to welcome Dr Christine Durinx (
@CDurinx
) as new managing co-director! Together with Jérôme Van Biervliet, she will help VIB build a future marked by computation biology, AI, and personalized health.
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Join us in congratulating
@InzeDirk
from
@PSB_VIB
for his invaluable contributions to plant research in Belgium and beyond! 🌿👏 Wishing you all the best as Professor Emeritus at
@ugent
.
#PlantScience
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Bart Lambrecht
@InflamResCen
) and Wout Boerjan
@PSB_VIB
(both also
@ugent
) have been awarded the FWO Excellence Prize for a distinguished career. Congratulations!
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📰 Great news to start the week! We are pleased to announce that
@YvesVandePeer
will be the new Scientific Director of
@PSB_VIB
. We are looking forward to working with Yves in his new role. 🤝 Congratulations!
▶️
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Huge congratulations to
@InzeDirk
(
@PSB_VIB
@ugent
) for being selected to the Scientific Council of
@ERC_Research
! Well-deserved recognition for a top scientist.
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Prof. Peter Carmeliet of VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology has been elected as an International Honorary Member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS). Congratulations!
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The teams of Xavier Saelens and
@NicoCallewaert
@VIB_CMB
weaponize single-domain llama antibodies to fight coronaviruses. Paper on
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Inge De Clercq (
@PSB_VIB
@ugent
) received an
@ERC_Research
starting grant and will use it to investigate intra-cellular plant communication. Congratulations, Inge!
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Thrilled to announce COVID-19 antibody is effective against new variants. Preprint publication of Xavier Saelens and
@NicoCallewaert
labs -
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👏 Congratulations to
@FendtLab
for receving an
@ERC_Research
Proof of Concept (
#PoC
) grant! With this grant, the team will investigate a potential new drug target for
#metastatic
#breastcancer
🔬
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An international team of researchers led by Patrik Verstreken
@CBD_VIB
has succeeded in reversing the effects of Tau, a protein implicated in over 20 different diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Paper
@NeuroCellPress
. Picture by Largo Barrientos
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The team of
@YvanSaeys
(
@InflamResCen
) receives a prestigious grant from
@ChanZuckerberg
to develop
#opensource
single-cell software ecosystem dynverse
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A team of
@InflamResCen
and
@uzgent
led by
@bart_lambrecht
are currently testing Leukine, a drug that could treat COVID-19-associated respiratory illness, moving as fast as they can to make this promising therapy available for wide use
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👏 A round of applause for Sarah-Maria Fendt (
@FendtLab
) on receiving the prestigious
#Francqui
prize! The jury lauded her promising research on the
#nutrients
#cancer
cells need to proliferate in other parts of the body. 👇
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In just 3 weeks time we set up an entire COVID-19 testing infrastructure! 8 Ghent-based VIB teams of volunteers test patient samples to determine if they are infected with SARS-CoV-2. Effort launched after the call of federal minister
@debackerphil
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Great news, the awesome Charlotte Scott of
@InflamResCen
@ugent_fwe
was selected for a prestigious
@ERC_Research
Starting Grant to continue her work on hepatic myeloid cells in non-alcoholic fatty livers! Future of liver research is looking bright! :-)
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🙌 Congratulations to Roosmarijn Vandenbroucke (
@vdb_roos
@Vdb_lab
@UGent
) for receiving an
@ERC_Research
Consolidator grant! With this grant, she will explore new ways to get medication from the blood to the brain.
#ERCCoG
👉
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⚖️ Keep your hormones in check! Using the single-cell technology, the lab of
@BertDeRybel
discovered how one protein complex safeguards appropriate hormone levels in space ànd time in the plant root vasculature
@PSB_VIB
@InflamResCen
@NaturePlants
👉
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🎊 More wonderful
@ERC_Research
news!
@ImpensLab
has received an
#ERC
Consolidator grant for his research on
#Moyamoya
disease (
#MMD
). With this grant, the Impens Lab hopes to provide unprecedented insight into MMD-related immune responses! 👉
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Zonet werd de 'eerste steen' gelegd van het nieuwe UGent-VIB Onderzoeksgebouw FSVM II. Trots!
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Good news:
@ERC_Research
has given a consolidator grant to
@MoritzNowack
of
@PSB_VIB
@ugent_fwe
& his team for their work on the molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death in plants! Congratulations to all involved!
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With a stellar line-up the (delayed) virtual first edition of
#THPT21
will take place on 5-6 May 2021. Find out everything about the hurdles
#Tumorheterogeneity
&
#cellplasticity
cause in the fight against cancer. See the program here:
#THPT20
➡️
#THPT21
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🔬 The team of
@LabMazzone
(
@vib_ccb
@KU_Leuven
) discovers a new way to target pancreas cancer, one of the most aggressive and lethal cancers. The key is pH.
Read more 👇
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🔬 "Core facility staff members often have a background in fundamental research, but are typically tech-savvy," says
@SasLippens
.
To recognize their expertise, the VIB Core Facility pioneered dedicated career tracks for their employees!
Read more 👉
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"Say hello to Winter, not just any llama, her blood could save us all from
#COVID19
", the saga of Winter the llama with the key to producing antibodies
@VIB_CMB
@ugent
picked up by
@CNN
! 🦙🦙🦙 Co-starring
@NicoCallewaert
and Bert Schepens!😉
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Ever wonder how tumors grow and metastasize? 🤷♂️ The
@lab_marine
at
@vib_ccb
&
@KU_Leuven
discovered that
#endothelial
cells can spur
#tumorgrowth
. Certain cancer cell types can shift identities to proliferate in newly colonized organs and metastasize!
👉
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👏 Congratulations
@bart_lambrecht
for receiving the “Eugenio Morelli” Foundation International Prize for pulmonology, by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. A prestigious recognition for your continuous efforts to bridge the gap between the lab & patients.
@InflamResCen
@ugent
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The preprint detailing the research of Xavier Saelens and team (
@VIB_CMB
) on developing llama antibodies to attack
#coronavirus
is one of the
@nature
Pick of the coronavirus papers!
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Great breakthrough in asthma research: Savvas Savvides and Bart Lambrecht of
@InflamResCen
in collaboration with argenx and
@uzgent
have ended an age-long scientific thriller, thus creating new asthma treatment possibilities, more:
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Scientists of more than 85 institutes & universities across Europe unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
#crispr
#plantsci
#agriculture
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🎉 Congratulations to Charlotte Scott
@KC_DC_01
(
@InflamResCen
@ugent
) for being elected as
@EMBO
Young Investigator in the
@EMBO_YIP
Program! 👉
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“Janssen's choice to locate to Belgium for the cell therapy production is a confirmation of the international appeal of our life sciences ecosystem, accelerated by VIB. Looking forward to work together on next generation technologies!”
@JVanbiervliet
@JanssenBelgium
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International group of scientists, including teams from VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research
@InflamResCen
, discovered a cell type that plays a crucial role in the immune response to respiratory infections
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18 invited, 4 selected speakers & > 130 posters @
#Type2Immunity19
will showcase the latest on Tissue
#homeostasis
& repair, Type 2 Neuro-immune axis, Type 2 in
#allergy
,
#asthma
&
#helminth
infection, Type 2
#Immunity
&
#Cancer
. Save 20% & register early:
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Our researchers
@KevinVerstrepen
, Patrik Verstreken &
@steinaerts
have all received an ERC PoC grant to explore the translational potential of their research. Congratulations!
#ERC
#research
#biotech
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Come meet and discuss with colleagues @
#Polyploidy19
, get updated on the newest developments and insights into recent and ancient
#polyploidy
and whole
#genome
duplication. 11-14 June Ghent, BE. More info: reg. deadline 28 May
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The 2020
#NobelPrize
in Chemistry goes to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their development of
#CRISPR
, a groundbreaking tool in
#biotech
research. Well-deserved. Congratulations!
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020
#NobelPrize
in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
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An
#FAVV
food inspector tried to prevent young scientists from eating
#CRISPR
rice pudding, but of course he couldn't prove that the rice was actually CRISPRed
#GiveCRISPRaChance
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Exciting news from the
@VIBFlowCoreGT
! They welcomed the brand-new advanced
@BDBiosciences
#FacsDiscoverS8
cell sorter with serial number 1️⃣.
▶️
This cutting-edge technology will revolutionize the way we study cells, opening up incredible possibilities…
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👏 "Thank you for the nice recognition of our work but also for bringing plant research to the attention of the public," -
@BertDeRybel
@PSB_VIB
winner of the Laureate of the Academy prize 2021
@_KVAB
🎉
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Happy
#FluorescenceFriday
everyone!😁 Ruben Tenorio, from the Inze & Nelissen lab
@PSB_VIB
, visualised the expression of the CYP83A1 gene in the bundle sheath cells of an arabidopsis leaf. The gene might not have the prettiest name, but the image is GORGEOUS!…
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Tracking the evolution of plants through paintings? Yes, it’s possible. Check out the new paper by
@IveDeSmet1978
(
@PSB_VIB
) & David Vergauwen (Amarant) in
@TrendsPlantSci
.
#ArtGenetics
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🧬
@ToonSwings
had the honor of interviewing Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna
@doudna_lab
@UCBerkeley
. They talked about
#CRISPR
tech,
#openscience
, the impact of the pandemic on her life & lab, and more at
#25YearsVIB
!
#originofimpact
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Eating CRISPR rice pudding = making a statement that sticks (we'll overlook that it's actually
#pancakeday
)! Nice initiative in Brussels by these young scientists
#FoodForThought
#giveCRISPRaChance
Eating CRISPR rice pudding with
@G_De_Jaeger_lab
while
#FAVV
telling us not to. Scientist know what they are doing
#GiveCRISPRaChance
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5 VIB researchers get an
@ERC_Research
Advanced grant for exceptional leadership in new high-risk/high-gain research. Congrats to
@InzeDirk
, Wout Boerjan,
@YvesVandePeer
,
@kodiravi
&
@BrtDeStrooper
@ugent
@KU_Leuven
Full details:
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We are very proud to present the successful series A financing of Exevir Bio, a VIB spin off based on the work of Xavier Saelens &
@NicoCallewaert
using llama-derived antibodies for antiviral therapies providing broad protection against coronaviruses
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"We gooien iets weg dat vroeg of laat de Nobelprijs krijgt", Johan Cardoen over recente beslissing Europees Hof in
@tijd
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Proud to announce that Jo Bury, our managing director, was selected for membership of the European Innovation Council (EIC), taskforce of the
@EU_Commission
supporting innovative researchers & entrepreneurs to create societal & economic impact! Read more:
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The full speaker line-up for
#PlantResearch21
! Submit your abstract & present your research in a plenary short talk on 7-8 June together with
@mark_lynas
,
@Ana_CanoDelgado
,
@Dixon_LE
,
@Hiddemhigh
,
@wenboEffector
@erblabs
,
@IonPlants
, and many more! info:
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💡Exciting news in
#Alzheimer
’s research!
@DeStrooperLab
and
@CBD_VIB
published a new paper in
@ScienceMagazine
uncovering the cause of brain cell death in the disease. Learn more:
@UKDRI
@KU_Leuven
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VIB bouwt Bio-Incubator en hoofdkantoor op Tech Lane Ghent Science Park op campus van Eiland Zwijnaarde. Dit zorgt voor verdere verankering van de life sciences cluster in Gent
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Yesterday, 4000 enthusiastic visitors discovered the exciting world of microbes at Biotech Day. It was a day of information, inspiration, excitement, and discovery for kids and adults alike. So grateful, great edition!
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Great news: we are very happy to welcome our new managing director, Jérôme Van Biervliet! We’re looking forward to working with you on groundbreaking, innovative scientific research and translational projects for many years to come, Jerôme!
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A big step towards
#SARSCoV2
antibodies by the teams of Xavier Saelens and
@NicoCallewaert
@VIB_CMB
, new study in
@CellCellPress
presents an antibody that binds
#COVID
ー19 spike proteins!
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🎉 Congratulations to Nico Callewaert and his team (
@NicoCallewaert
@VIB_CMB
) for receiving an
@ERC_Research
Advanced grant for their project on glycoengineered CAR-T cells. Watch out, cancer!
#FrontierResearch
#AdG
#cancer
#research
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👏 Congrats to
@jansteyaert
(
@structbiolbxl
,
@VUBrussel
) for winning the Gabbay Award 🏆 ! The award celebrates his essential contributions to nanobody technology. He will join an impressive list of awardees at the ceremony on Oct. 27
@BrandeisU
.
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👏 Congrats to Bart De Strooper (
@DeStrooperLab
), the newest member of the National Academy of Medicine (
@theNAMedicine
). This high honor recognizes Bart's achievements in understanding the mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease.
#VIBNeuroscience
👉
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🏆
@AnastassiaVoro2
from
@structbiolbxl
receives a prestigious
@ERC_Research
starting grant for her PoreMADNeSS project. In our VIB interview, she explains her research that convinced the ERC jury. Congratulations, Anastassia!👏
#ERCStG
👉
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👏 Congratulations to Joost Schymkowitz and Frederic Rousseau (
@VIB_Switch_Lab
,
@CBD_VIB
) for receiving an
@NIH
R01 grant! They will investigate the mechanisms behind protein aggregation in Alzheimer's disease.
#VIBNeuroscience
Read more 👉
@KU_Leuven
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🍻 Cheers to
@KevinVerstrepen
@sspaepen
Karin Voordeckers Stijn Mertens
@KU_Leuven
@VIB_microbes
Their online course "Beer: the science of brewing" won the 2021
@MEDEAawards
for best educational media! Congrats team 👏
Learn all about beer brewing
👉
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#Alzheimer
's Disease research is accelerating with exciting new insights into molecular & cellular mechanisms. The hybrid 1st edition of New Horizons in Alzheimer's Disease assembles 32 thought leaders who are trailblazing these new paths.
#NHAD21
website:
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Finally we're back together again for an on-site
#VIBSeminar22
. We missed you all and are glad to see so many of our community together again. We hope you enjoy this edition in Genk!
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Co-organizer Bart Lambrecht (
@InflamResCen
) explains why Type 2
#Immunity
research is vital & the focus of the
#VIBConf
#Type2Immunity19
(21-22 Feb 2019) in coop with
@CellPressNews
. Join >260 colleagues & a stellar line-up of speakers in beautiful
#Bruges
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Say hello to our newest spin-off 👋 Protealis wants to harvest the full potential of legume crops to help overcome Europe’s protein deficit
#plantbased
#protein
(1/4)
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VIB research from the Yvan Saeys group
@InflamResCen
hits bioRxiv’s most downloaded top 10. Congratulations to the whole team! I's the first time VIB research makes it into the top 10 of this list
@biorxivpreprint
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This is your last chance (20 May) to join >200 of your colleagues incl. leading
#microbiology
researchers @
#Microbes19
. This 1st ed. offers a unique chance to meet your next collaborator during poster & meet the editor sessions, conference dinner & more:
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#FluorescenceFriday
! Look at this cute Arabidopsis seedling by
@WSmagghe
@JelleVanLeene
@G_De_Jaeger_lab
(
@PSB_VIB
). The yellow dots illustrate the activity of an enzyme that helps control plant growth and development, which may lead to more climate-resilient crops.
#VIBforCOP27
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Stripping down bacterial armor: new way to fight anthrax. Antonella Fioravanti (VIB-VUB): “I created these Nanobodies as a tool to study the Sap S-layer but that they would also inhibit bacterial growth was an unexpected bonus”
@NatureMicrobiol
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Sarah-Maria Fendt (
@FendtLab
@vib_ccb
@KU_Leuven
) is awarded the prestigious
@EMBO
Gold Medal for her innovative work on
#cancer
metastasis. Congratulations, Sarah!
Sarah-Maria Fendt
@FendtLab
: “The award highlights that our research on metabolism and metastasis formation is important. I hope that junior female researchers will look at this award and say, ‘this is what I can achieve.’”
@CMN_VIB
@KU_Leuven
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Launch of Single Cell Accelerator drives VIB to forefront of single cell research
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VIB-UAntwerp showcases whole human genome
#DNA
sequencing with 63Gbs output on a single PromethION flow cell, opening up new routes to study neurodegenerative diseases!
@VIBTechWatch
@wouter_decoster
@PuniMoj
@svenndhert
@nanopore
@Clive_G_Brown
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👀🧫 Curious how group leader Joleen Masschelein (
@VIB_microbes
,
@Masschelein_Lab
) uses microbes as factories to produce medicines? Find out in this interview 👉
Here's Joleen's view on
#womeninscience
. 👇
#diversityatVIB
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Last year there was no VIB New Year’s reception due to COVID-19. Instead, VIB made a promise. We would support the planting a tree for every employee. And today we joined forces with
@MijnNatuurpunt
to start planting in the Hoombos in Haaltert. Thanks to everyone who joined! 🌲🌳
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