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Engineering gut microbes for disease detection and drug production

the MiStiC project

Developing new drugs is a journey that requires significant resources and knowledge. A promising strategy involves harnessing the power of microbes in so-called microbial synthetic in vivo cell therapy systems to produce natural products with medicinal properties. The MiSTiC ERC (European Research Council) project led by Joleen Masschelein (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) investigates the potential of beneficial, human-associated microorganisms to produce complex natural products for chronic intestinal disease treatment. This approach can potentially revolutionize drug development, as it addresses challenges of complexity and scarcity while offering new, sustainable routes to personalized medicine.

Joleen Masschelein's journey in microbiology

Using microbes as factories

Joleen Masschelein started as a group leader at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology in 2020. Her Laboratory for Biomolecular Discovery & Engineering is passionate about exploring the vast and untapped microbial world to uncover new compounds with therapeutic potential.

On the eve of the 2nd edition of the VIB Conference on Emerging Applications in Microbes, VIB alumni reconnected with their former colleagues in Leuven to catch up over science and beer.

Catching up with VIB scientists all across the world

On the eve of the 2nd edition of the VIB Conference on Emerging Applications in Microbes, VIB alumni reconnected with their former colleagues in...

Early 2022, VIB-UGent alumna Stien Beirinckx started working on a European project as part of the LIFE program, which aims for a climate-neutral Europa by 2050. While she focused on improved crop production through plant-microbe interactions during her PhD, she now uses science to advance policy regarding farming management for climate-resilient agriculture. The shift from academic research to policy seems abrupt, but is it?

From fundamental to applied science and later policy-making: sustainability is the recurring theme in alumna Stien Beirinckx's career

Early 2022, VIB-UGent alumna Stien Beirinckx started working on a European project as part of the LIFE program, which aims for a climate-neutral...

Microbiology

Engineering gut microbes for disease detection and drug production

Using microbes as factories

Catching up with VIB scientists all across the world

From fundamental to applied science and later policy-making: sustainability is the recurring theme in alumna Stien Beirinckx's career

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