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From discovery to diagnosis: turning research insights into tools for patients

An interview with Siele Ceuppens, Senior Scientist at VIB Discovery Sciences

Modern science needs stronger infrastructure, and a new generation is rising to build it

Behind every cutting-edge experiment is a growing need for people who can build, manage, and future-proof the infrastructure that makes science possible. With its first ARISE fellow from EMBL, VIB is joining a European effort to train exactly that new generation of research technology professionals.

Building bridges from science to society

Called to Science with Jiska van der Reest

1 million Euro for research into Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Albena Jordanova receives Generet Prize for rare diseases

Germ-free mice and gut inflammation - Meet Lars Vereecke

As newly minted VIB Expert scientist and associate professor at UGent, Lars Vereecke leads the Host-Microbiota-Interaction lab at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation research. His lab established the first Belgian germ-free and gnotobiotic mouse facility and is part of the Ghent Gut Inflammation group. He is also a group leader at the Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG).

Proteomics at scale

How the VIB Proteomics Core is future-proofing its pipeline

Biotalys: Bringing protein-based crop protection to the field

US EPA approval for EVOCA™ stands as a major validation

Dimitra Sokolova studies astrocytes, microglia and T cells from autism to Alzheimer’s disease

Science with values at its core

Called to Science with Ruben Vazquez-Uribe

Meet Polina Novikova

Polina Novikova joins the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

Eight novel genes expand the clinical and molecular spectrum of peripheral neuropathy

Last year, scientists across the globe were able to link eight new genes to peripheral neuropathy—three of them by researchers at the Jordanova lab (VIB-UAntwerp). Postdoc Ayşe Candayan explains that more than any single technology, it was close collaboration and creative problem-solving that made these discoveries possible.