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Our head office is now located at VIB, Suzanne Tassierstraat 1, 9052 Ghent.

Our contact number remains the same: +32 9 244 66 11. Our new office is conveniently located and is designed with sustainability in mind. The building offers six floors of modern laboratory and office space, catering to the needs of budding biotech entrepreneurs.

We're looking forward to welcoming you to our new location.

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Upcoming Conferences

For details about all conferences, check out the Conferences website!

Conference - applications of quantum computing

Applications of Quantum Computing in Life Sciences

6 May 2024, Leuven, Belgium

Recent insights into Immuno-Oncology

Recent insights into Immuno-Oncology (2nd edition)

30-31 May 2024, Antwerp, Belgium

International Lathyrus Day

International Lathyrus Day

3 June 2024, Ghent, Belgium

Most Recent Blog posts

Check all our blog posts in the VIB Blog!

Nathalie and Marieke giving a workshop about researching sleep in flies

Empowering Futures: TAJO and scientists join forces for workshop initiatives

Two labs from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research teamed up with TAJO – an organization combatting early school leaving and allowing young people to enter society autonomously and prepared. The two labs inspired the young TAJO people to get interested in neuroscience. We touched base with the researcher volunteers and TAJO educators to find out more about the initiative, its impact, and how to get involved.

Alexander Botzki - Amelie Stein

Conversations with experts: applied bioinformatics in life (sciences)

In anticipation of the upcoming Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences conference, we had the pleasure of sitting down with two experts.

Multiple cell types in the brain

Miniscule cleaners

Microglia are specialized immune cells that play both soldier and feeder roles. The Pac-Man of our brains, you could say. They eliminate foreign and other threatening substances by engulfing them, thus contributing to keeping the brain healthy.