🎧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! What drives scientists? What keeps them going? Real stories. Real science. 🎙️ Now streaming on Spotify, Apple & YouTube. #CalledToScience #BehindTheScience #ItsScientific

🎙️𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰, 𝟐𝟗 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥! It all began with one simple question: What was your call to science? One word kept coming back: 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄! You’ll hear it all starting tomorrow in Called to Science.

CALLED TO SCIENCE – Trailer Out Now! 🎙️ We’re excited to share the trailer for CALLED TO SCIENCE, our new podcast launching on 29 april! 👀 Watch the trailer here: https://t.co/WmarWU8JCp #CalledToScience #PodcastLaunch #DrivenByScience

𝐈t'𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥. We’re sharing real stories from our scientists, because the person behind the science is crucial: What drives them? Where did it all begin? What keeps them going? 🎥 Coming soon. #ScienceStories #ComingSoon #BehindTheScience

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. A series of raw, unfiltered conversations that highlights the voices of researchers, their challenges, breakthroughs, and what drives them every day. Authentic, personal and powerful. 📅 Launch: April 29 #DrivenByScience

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿? Join VIB – where top science meets global talent! PhD, postdoc or PI – grow your career in a vibrant, cutting-edge research environment in Belgium. 👉 https://t.co/Aya2bo7qIG #LifeAtVIB #ResearchExcellence

𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮 Researchers @VIB_CMB @ugent found that blocking a key protein may restore treatment response in drug-resistant patients ▶️ https://t.co/GWHOL4Nsm9

🗺️ How do you map the 37,200 billion cells of the human body? @tijd asked Tom Taghon (@ugent), Yvan Saeys (@InflamResCen) and Sarah Teichmann (@Cambridge_Uni) about the Human Cell Atlas. Read the English version here: https://t.co/EWWuvklmtk

🤯 Blocking an enzyme can reprogram immune cells to improve cancer treatments? Check out our latest research by @LabMazzone @samantha_pretto and colleagues @vib_ccb! @ERC_Research @Stkstichting @FWOVlaanderen 👉 Read here: https://t.co/svmWPvrQ0X

🌱 Knowledge on plant growth is crucial for understanding their response to a changing climate. Work by @jennyrussinova, @NemanjaVukas and colleagues now reveals the role of asymmetric cell division in brassinosteroid activity. Read more 👉 https://t.co/6JnFD2uein

Big welcome to our 7 new Marie Curie fellows! 🤩 These Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of the EU offer postdoctoral fellowships to young talented researchers. 👉 Find out who’s joining us: https://t.co/kZmY4L2hsm

🧠 In a new study in @ScienceMagazine, Nikolai Hecker, @niklaskemp, and others in the team of Stein Aerts explore 300 million years of brain evolution through the lens of enhancer codes. @_VIB_AI @CBD_VIB @FWOVlaanderen @ChanZuckerberg @ERC_Research 👉 https://t.co/S4wEEoratG

🌊 Marine microbes manage to not only capture carbon from the atmosphere but also integrate this carbon into stable, persistent molecules. New PI @sammy_pontrelli joined @vib_microbes to unravel the secrets of those microbes. 👉 Read more: https://t.co/EATTbxqqWr

🧬 New research in @NatureComms by @MalyValerie @HelenR_J and colleagues (@CMN_VIB) shows how DNA regions called enhancers affect gene activity, even when located far from that gene, by creating 3D loops in the genome. 👉 Read more: https://t.co/zQQo1SYNCt

The @VIBTrainConf team will gather some of the leading scientists in #Cancerbiology and #Inflammation at #INCI25 in Bruges in May. It's an ideal setting to present your research, expand your network, and get inspired!

Excited to introduce Sebastiaan 'Seppe' De Schepper, our new group leader at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular! 👉 Read why we're thrilled to have him on the VIB team: https://t.co/mEMoiG77g4 Welcome aboard, Sebastiaan! 🙌

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴🧬 As part of our #RNGS25 conference, we spoke with Wouter De Coster @BramVDBe @VIB_microbes 👉 Read here https://t.co/TPK1EvjStL Join us at #RNGS25: 📅 19-21 March 2025 🔗 https://t.co/HKr5pZChfP ⏰ Early Bird: 5 Feb

🔬 New research by @Janmichiels0 @LiselotDW @BollenCelien and colleagues (@VIB_microbes) in @NatureComms shows how protein 'clumps' drive bacteria into a state of dormancy, with implications for antibiotic resistance. 👉 Read here https://t.co/Z91cQEdGPD @FWOVlaanderen @KU_Leuven

🤔 Have you ever wondered how liver immune cells respond to liver injury? @FedericoDePont1 @AniaBujko @KC_DC_01 and colleagues (@InflamResCen) reveal how the plasticity of liver immune cells contributes to tissue repair. @ERC_Research @FWOVlaanderen 👉 https://t.co/FHscahqK74

🤩 @NatureBiotech recently interviewed our very own @AnastassiaVoro2. Learn more about her and her work in five questions. 👇