Keep calm and carry on
From book to television and back to books: The scicomm journey of stress expert Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt
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"Bacteria are brilliant chemists"
VIB and J&J team up to harness bacterial enzymes for peptide synthesis
Can we protect nerve cells from dying?
Alzheimer researchers uncover protective pathway in mice.
The roots of discovery
A peek into the behind-the-scenes technology of the De Rybel lab’s latest breakthrough
Creating cruelty-free lab-grown exotic leather
Quality, durability, exclusivity, and… sustainability. Can a leather alternative really ‘have it all’? The team behind Corium Biotech believes so. With deep expertise in 3D skin models and a strong connection with luxury brands in Paris, they aim to transform the market for exotic leather with entirely new, sustainable bio-materials.
Tackling food waste at its source
Around 40% of all food waste stems from issues with shelf life—a problem I-Challenge aims to address head-on. With their innovative testing and predictive software, this startup aims to make shelf-life solutions more accessible across the entire food chain.
Found: the missing piece to create natural red colors - Ready to leap from concept to business?
Lantana Bio is revolutionizing the natural color market by using baker’s yeast to produce anthocyanins more sustainably. This innovative approach offers a scalable, eco-friendly solution for cosmetics and food industries, meeting rising consumer demand for natural ingredients.
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Connecting the dots | Abigail Swillens’ journey from clever academic to ‘Clever Coyote’
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” This Steve Jobs quote is one of Abigail Swillens’ favorites. She is the founder of Clever Coyote, her science communication business that helps scientists craft and present their stories. Her career trajectory shows how the pieces of a puzzle often fall into place in unexpected ways.
Keep calm and carry on
From book to television and back to books: The scicomm journey of stress expert Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt
Where does the analysis stop and where does the interpretation begin?
Strategic lessons on science communication from research on citizen science partnerships
"Bacteria are brilliant chemists"
VIB and J&J team up to harness bacterial enzymes for peptide synthesis
Nikky Corthout selected for Nikon’s Small World contest—again!
Nikky Corthout, expert microscopist at the Leuven BioImaging Core, once again saw her work lauded at the Nikon Small World contest. It’s already the fourth consecutive year one of her images is selected in this competition showcasing the art and science of life on the smallest scale. Corthout participates as a way to highlight the work and expertise of the BioImaging Core. “Entering the contest every year has helped put our core facility on the map and brought visibility to the type of high-caliber work we support at VIB.”
Meet Henne Holstege
Henne Holstege has spent her career exploring the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases and healthy aging. Her groundbreaking research on cognitively healthy centenarians has been instrumental in understanding how certain individuals defy age-related cognitive decline, potentially paving the way to new, protective approaches against Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases.
Can we protect nerve cells from dying?
Alzheimer researchers uncover protective pathway in mice.
reMYND announces positive Phase 2a clinical trial results for treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
reMYND, a biotech company developing treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Huntington's disease, announces promising results from its Phase 2a clinical trial investigating septin modulation in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
The roots of discovery
A peek into the behind-the-scenes technology of the De Rybel lab’s latest breakthrough
Creating cruelty-free lab-grown exotic leather
Quality, durability, exclusivity, and… sustainability. Can a leather alternative really ‘have it all’? The team behind Corium Biotech believes so. With deep expertise in 3D skin models and a strong connection with luxury brands in Paris, they aim to transform the market for exotic leather with entirely new, sustainable bio-materials.
Tackling food waste at its source
Around 40% of all food waste stems from issues with shelf life—a problem I-Challenge aims to address head-on. With their innovative testing and predictive software, this startup aims to make shelf-life solutions more accessible across the entire food chain.
Found: the missing piece to create natural red colors - Ready to leap from concept to business?
Lantana Bio is revolutionizing the natural color market by using baker’s yeast to produce anthocyanins more sustainably. This innovative approach offers a scalable, eco-friendly solution for cosmetics and food industries, meeting rising consumer demand for natural ingredients.
Mapping trees | Kim Calders and Kenneth Cools reflect on their joint scientific and creative journey
Kim Calders and his team at Ghent University study forest dynamics. They do so by making 3D scans of trees across the globe. With these scans, they create ‘digital forest twins’, which in turn enable the researchers to use satellite data to monitor forest disturbances from space. Apart from academics, the project team also includes Kenneth Cools, whose illustrations and animations promote and disseminate the research goals and findings.
“Physically spending time together makes all the difference”
Transdisciplinary artist Roel Heremans discusses the importance of personal interactions as an artist-in-residence
Programmable Photonic Chips Adapt PICs to Multiple Futures
While electronics are perfect for performing fast calculations, photonics are ideal for moving information around. A major drawback of the latter, however, is the slow and costly development process for new photonic integrated chips, hampering their widespread use. If photonic chips could be reprogrammed for different applications, this would drastically lower development costs, shorten the time to market, and improve the sustainability of their use.
Neuroscience for, with, and by patients
How scientific research thrives thanks to the patients it is aiming to treat
Minds at work
Three VIB research centers study the enigmatic organ that is our brain
Blueprint for processing of visual information in the mouse brain
The Bonin lab characterizes the functional diversity and specificity of visual areas in the brain cortex
Clearing obstacles on the road to recovery
Leuven research team identifies a cellular switch that blocks spinal cord circuit reorganization after injury and suggests a way to reverse it
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