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The very first cell division - Meet Tom Dendooven
Science, People, Interview

The very first cell division - Meet Tom Dendooven

Following a PhD and postdoc at Cambridge, Tom Dendooven recently joined the VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology as group leader. Backed by an ERC Starting Grant, his research tackles sperm development and how this goes awry in male infertility. Vita Cooman and Florence Thys (both PhD students at CSB) ask him a some questions, ranging from moving abroad to his favorite beer.

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Two weeks in Turku
Microbiology, Interview

Two weeks in Turku

Emma Lemmens dipped into untargeted metabolomics, ice-cold water, and a fresh dose of motivation

From Antwerp to Flanders as Nanopore Day keeps growing

From Antwerp to Flanders as Nanopore Day keeps growing

What began as a local idea between colleagues has quickly grown into a meeting point for the wider long-read sequencing community in Flanders

The lost world of farmhouse brewing
Microbiology

The lost world of farmhouse brewing

And the yeasts that survived it

From lab to patient: Why European biotech is at a crossroads
People, Society, Interview

From lab to patient: Why European biotech is at a crossroads

Innovation only succeeds when it demonstrably creates value for both patients and the healthcare system. How can biotech and pharmaceutical players design their R&D strategies so that medical innovation reaches patients faster, more precisely, and in an affordable way? An interview with Jérôme Van Biervliet and Frank Hulstaert.

A cross-center collaboration to tackle genetic epilepsies
Neuroscience

A cross-center collaboration to tackle genetic epilepsies

An interuniversity project funded by the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation combines stem cell models and AI to study rare genetic epilepsies.

Inside the science of endometriosis-associated pain
Science, People, Society, Neuroscience, Immunity & Inflammation, Interview

Inside the science of endometriosis-associated pain

An Interview with Eleonora Persoons from the Vriens/Voets Lab and Vaidi Plovie from Endo.Insideout vzw

On dealing with large volumes of sensitive data
Science, Computational Biology, Tech Ecosystem

On dealing with large volumes of sensitive data

How the De Preter lab became the first users of VIB Data Core’s new secure compute cluster

Introducing the Neurodiversity Guide: a workplace guide from the lived experience perspective
People, Neuroscience, Interview

Introducing the Neurodiversity Guide: a workplace guide from the lived experience perspective

"This guide isn’t just for neurodivergent people — it’s for everyone"

Two labs, one question: MAGISTER begins
Science, People, Society, Immunity & Inflammation, Medical Biotechnology

Two labs, one question: MAGISTER begins

First laureates of the Fund Stéphanie Willems (King Baudouin Foundation), tackling glucocorticoid resistance in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Proteomics for patients and society
Science, Tech Ecosystem

Proteomics for patients and society

How the VIB Proteomics Core is rebuilding its pipeline to power clinical studies, patient diagnostics, and biomarker discovery

From discovery to diagnosis: turning research insights into tools for patients
Science, People, Society, Interview

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

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

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