The SPIE Gold Medal is the highest honor in the field of photonics . It is awarded in recognition of outstanding engineering or scientific accomplishments in optics, photonics, electro-optics, or...
Research2B is the network gathering the different Knowledge Transfer Offices from universities and university colleges of Brussels. The network consists of the VUB, ULB, Université Saint-Louis –...
VIB introduces an upgrade to its toolbox for structural analysis of biological molecules, leading the way for drug development. These tools help to overcome critical obstacles that limit the...
Please take note of the amended guidelines for research and applied research and valorisation. From now on research with test subjects on campus is in principle not allowed (unless digital). This...
Researchers from the lab of Wim Versées (VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology) in collaboration with the team of Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) presents...
It's full speed ahead for interuniversity scientific excellence, as Flemish universities are pooling their resources to finance interuniversity research consortia for the first time. They are...
The Methusalem programme is one of the most prestigious types of funding in Flanders. This year, Prof Mathieu Vinken and Prof Gert Desmet will receive long-term structural funding for respectively...
VUB professor Wim Distelmans supports app to help care providers Forum Palliative Care and LevensEinde InformatieForum (LEIF), part of the Waardig Levenseinde Expertise Centre in Wemmel, are...
The transformation to climate neutrality is a particularly difficult task, not least because basic industry still relies heavily on fossil resources. Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel...
125 million euros from the Vlaamse Veerkracht recovery plan will go to research and innovation on hydrogen, says Minister of Economy Hilde Crevits. Hydrogen is used for storing, converting and...
Looking for an introduction about our services and the support we offer to the VUB research community? Interested in an overview of the funding opportunities in Flanders, Brussels and Europe? Or a...
Flemish Minister of Innovation Hilde Crevits grants €430,000 in support to CAPTURE, the research platform of the VUB, Ghent University, UAntwerpen and VITO. CAPTURE focuses on research on the...
VUB geochemist and palaeoclimatologist Niels de Winter has received an Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award from the European Geosciences Union (EGU). EGU is the most important geoscientific...
NEW START-UP ANIMAB SECURES €3.4M SEED INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF LIVESTOCK ANIMALS Animab, a venture spin-off from VIB, announces today that it has successfully concluded a €3...
Marwa ElDiwiny, doctoral researcher in robotics at the VUB, has been included in Robohub's annual 30 Women in Robotics You Need to Know About list . The list is drawn up every year on 13 October, on...
VUB researcher Victor Grosu wins MedTech Accelerator 2020 with SMARCOS project Robots and humans are now able to work together to counter societal challenges such as the ageing population and the...
Open marketplace for research, valorisation and training on resource recovery technologies CAPTURE brings together universities/research centres; companies; public organisations and governments to...
VUB revolutionises research into surface bonding With his doctoral research on the effect of paint layers on metal, Dr Sven Pletincx, supervised by Prof Tom Hauffman and Prof Herman Terryn of the VUB...
The Francqui Foundation has awarded the Collen-Francqui Start-Up Grant to VUB/VIB professor Damya Laoui. In addition to a financial allowance of €200.000, this three-year mandate also includes a...
VUB Professor Cathy Macharis released her new book called ‘Met een factor 8 naar de mobiliteit van de toekomst’, in which she highlights the impact of the transport sector on climate change and that...
Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare. In two publications - a...
Seppe is a PhD student at the VUB at the mechanical department in the Robotic & MultyBody (R&MM) research group, part of BruBotics . Through a collaboration with the Physical Chemistry and...
No fewer than four Vrije Universiteit Brussel researchers are receiving the European Commission's prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant this year. Togtether, the four grants total more...
Researchers from the Department of Applied Mechanics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel have succeeded in building metal parts that automatically indicate when they are overloaded or are causing...
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a partner in the Smart Village Lab project, the first physical realisation of innovative living lab Green Energy Park. The lab will investigate how living can become...
Researchers of VUB's End-of-Life-Care Research Group wrote a scientific report on palliative care during the COVID-19 crisis. It offers a summary of important scientific findings and their...
Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Harvard University have succeeded in shaping the optical near-field, which is light that sticks to surfaces . To manipulate near-field light on a...
DNA sequencing provides insight into the blueprint of living cells and individuals and is now used in many aspects of biological sciences, medicine, biotechnology and forensic sciences. An ultrafast...
Photonics in Flanders: innovating at the speed of light Photonics is directly or indirectly tied to 10% of the entire European economy – and that percentage will only increase. It’s no wonder that...
Each year, the FWO and the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique award the BiR&D Cross-Disciplinary PhD Thesis Award, in recognition of a PhD thesis that presents an original and cross-disciplinary...
Among the effects of global warming, increased drought, a higher risk of flooding and sewage water flowing directly into rivers after heavy rain are particularly challenging for cities. There is...
VUB spin-off PharmaFluidics , innovative player in the field of analytical chromatography has been awarded a €613.000 grant from VLAIO. The grant will run over two years and will support the further...
Discover 5 VUB projects (2 SBO-Ms and 3 SBO-Es) that were selected for the Strategic Basic Research call (SBO) of the FWO. The Strategic Basic Research (SBO) programme focuses on innovative research...
Today access to high-quality research infrastructure is vital for providing research opportunities and the ability to create knowledge and technologies. Such infrastructure attracts top scientists...
VUB spin-off Konligo launched new COVID-19 proof structures, that offer a rainproof comfortable and entertaining queue for customers in front of a store. They also made a complete solution for...
Robots can do more than just assemble cars. They can understand us and even give us love. Help with homework. Or just have a nice chat. Social robots will change our care and above all for the better...
Icometrix, VUB, UZ Brussel, KU Leuven, UZ Leuven, UZ Antwerpen and imec, together with hospitals and organizations worldwide, joined forces in a global initiative to leverage artificial intelligence...
In dealing with the COVID‐19 crisis, the research has been broadly addressed and covers epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and social impact. The Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (EWI...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support decision makers in managing the COVID-19 crisis across multiple dimensions. However, the question remains how to take the right actions to effectively handle...
For the second time, the UZ Brussel has been awarded (as the only Flemish hospital) with the AAHRPP label . The AAHRPP accreditation indicates that an organization follows rigorous standards for...
For time researchers, this crisis offers unprecedented opportunities. Scientists often learn more from crises and pathological situations than from normality. Psychologists learn from pathologies how...
VUB TechTransfer offers the opportunity to participate to IP Booster, a European Commission initiative, offering universities support to IP strategy services. Information about IP Booster can be...
VUB spin-off eTheRNA announced that a consortium has been formed with North American and European partners to develop a novel mRNA vaccine against CoV-2 and preclinical development has started. Read...
A team of VUB ETRO and imec researchers is developing a technology that projects medical scans on the body of patients in real time during surgery. Using augmented reality (AR), the 3D models are...
This 3-part exclusive Youtube series 'Dox' investigates how the future of our body will look like. Scientists explain how technology is going to enhance our lives, and even be able to save it. In...
A team of scientists active within the VUB AI Experience Center has now developed a new algorithm for a self-driving wheelchair that learns much faster and independently on the basis of trail and...
Research by Prof. Kelly Ickmans and Roselien Pas shows that pain education works successfully with children who suffer from chronic pain. Thanks to PNE4Kids, a Pain Neuroscience Education program ,...
At the end of 2019, hbits was officially welcomed as a spin-off of VUB. As part of the Human and Social Sciences, hbits grew – under the daily management of researcher Joeri Minnen (left) and...
More and more invasive exotic species are found in our regions. These species occur outside of their natural range and cause damage to native biodiversity. Belgium has 26 invasive exotic aquatic...
VUB scientist Tomas Ambra developed a new computer model that maps the currently fragmented freight transport process in real time and proposes better solutions using information such as weather...
Gert Desmet, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering (CHIS) at VUB, was ranked at the prestigious 7th place in the top 100 of the Power List. The Power List celebrates the tremendous range of...
Immunotherapy is a treatment that stimulates our own immune system to guard itself against cancer. But can we ever completely eliminate cancer? Eos- editor Kim Verhaeghe asked VUB /VIB researcher...
The new VUB AI Experience Center is a space to experiment with AI and robotics and to produce technological solutions, and allows participants to strengthen their digital skills. It’s aimed at...
The monitor gauges the practical experiences of healthcare providers and patients with their use of digital applications in healthcare. SMIT research group (imec-VUB) is involved in the scientific...
Bio-printing has brought new perspectives to cell research. So far, however, other 3D printing methods have fallen short of expectations. A special bio-ink has now been developed at TU Wien (Vienna)...
Every Flemish farmer who receives ‘direct aid' within the framework of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is obliged to respect a number of climate and environmental principles and...
Scientists from VUB’s MOBI research group are leading an EU consortium that’s spearheading the transition to renewable energy sources and could ultimately reduce costs for consumers. RENAISSANCE,...
The MOBI research group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is investing in a high-tech pilot line for the development and production of new battery technologies for electric vehicles. This pilot line...
On September 11 the Hanoi University of Science & Technology received a visit of a VUB delegation, to raise knowledge and technology transfer awareness in the Vietnamese research community. This...
All Flemish universities climb higher in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. VUB rises from category 251-300 to 201-250. Read more .
This year’s winner is VUB researcher Hans Ingelberts of the Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO) . His project SurgeLight aims at developing a surgery guidance system capable of...
On Thursday the 4th of July VUB and UZ Brussel officially founded the non-profit organization 'Green Energy Park', the future living lab for green energy and mobility, the hospital of the future,...
VUB spin-off Konligo takes home the bronze medal in the "Best Stand Feature Area" category, for its stand structure designed for the MoOD + Indigo fair organized by Easyfairs. The structure was build...
Together with TTO Flanders, a joint initiative of the tech offices of 5 the Flemish universities, VUB is represented at thé life sciences conference and exhibit in Ghent today, where the 5...
Founded in 2002 and closed earlier this year, BI³ Fund invested in 8 spin-offs of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. One of them was Collibra, the first Belgian unicorn. Purpose was to invest in an...
VUB rector Caroline Pauwels and Pieter De Leenheer, cofounder of Belgium’s only unicorn company Collibra, unveiled their plans for a multidisciplinary AI Research Center, working in close...
Under the guidance of Prof. Wolfgang De Meuter of the Software Languages Lab at the VUB, dr. Jesse Zaman developed a new visual programming language with DISCOPAR that enables citizens to easily...
NUMECA joins Cadence, leader in Intelligent System Design Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NUMECA International, VUB spin-off and...
VUB spin-off Precirix , a private, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel radiopharmaceuticals in oncology, announces the appointment of Dr. Niva Almaula, an experienced business...
This new VUB spin-off, in collaboration with imec, developed a video game for children who stutter. In their associated ETRO-Lab they used software technology and speech recognition. They are...
VUB spin-off eTheRNA immunotherapies NV today announced it has entered into a strategic cooperation and product license agreement with China Grand Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Holdings Ltd to...
PhotonHub Europe will stimulate technological innovation of SMEs and mid-caps Photonics – the science and technology of light – is a key digital technology that is radically transforming the...
Knowing what citizens and consumers really think of new measures, products or advertising is crucial for governments and businesses. But it is often difficult to find out. iCense, a new spin-off from...
Camel-IDS, VUB spin-off and a private, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel radiopharmaceuticals in oncology, today announces the launch of a new corporate identity and company name...
One year after successfully completing a € 2.4M Series A financing round, Axiles Bionics announces a new R&D collaboration with BruBotics Research group from Vrije Universiteit Brussel to achieve...
Across Europe, 40 million workers suffer from muscle, joint and nerve pain caused by physically demanding tasks. Moreover, such musculoskeletal disorders are the cause of as many as half of all...
More than 1,5 years ago, Steven Powell became the CEO of the VUB spin-off eTheRNA. Since then, Powell has been working on an ambitious business plan for the company. With the second round of capital...
In January, Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo announced a plan to transform Paris into a 'Ville Du Quart D´Heure' with less traffic and more freedom. Now is the time for Flanders to follow, says the...
An optical nanomotion detection method developed at Vrije Universiteit Brussel with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland shows that living yeast cells exhibit specific...
Humans and robots are increasingly working together. To make this collaboration as safe as possible for people and for the work they do, “soft robots” made of flexible and soft materials are becoming...
VUB spin-off eTheRNA received €34 million to bankroll the development of its mRNA technologies, as well as a suite of mRNA immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, including a program...
The TOR research group has been conducting time-use research since 1982. Together with hbits , a Vrije Universiteit Brussel spin-off, TOR launches the time-use survey to map out the consequences of...
The study by the MOBI research group about the mobility behavior before, during and – the perspectives on – after the lock-down in Belgium is finished. The results show that especially the bicycle,...
Researchers from the VUB, the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), Harvard University (USA), the National University of Singapore (Singapore), and CNST (Italy) have developed the world's first...
Researcher Albert De Beir of research group BruBotics developed a plastic adaptor to turn a snorkelling mask into an emergency mask for medical staff. Already 100 masks were made through 3D printing...
Researchers from the VUB research group Neuro-Aging and Viro-Immunotherapy (NAVI) collect blood samples from COVID-19 patients to examine their immune system during and after their illness. With the...
A group of top scientists from the universities of Hasselt, Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels have set up a corona consortium this week. These are specialized 'modelers', who predict with mathematical...
Pharmacists stand strong but Covid-19 takes its toll: 2 out of 3 pharmacy visits are coronavirus-related, but 40% not essential. These are among the findings of the latest survey, conducted between...
If the number of covid-19 patients in Belgium continues to rise, there may be a shortage of artificial respirators. A team of engineers at Vrije Universiteit Brussel’s FabLab Brussels has therefore...
Today more and more companies & individuals are using solar panels. Good and sunny weather leads to surpluses of green energy, but according to VUB researchers, the current support measures do...
VUB spin-off Double pass specialised in sport technical and talent development management, has been chosen as the partner to roll out FIFA’s new groundbreaking Talent Development Programme. This...
In cancer, AI has shown great promise in characterizing tumors, suggesting appropriate treatments and predicting patient survival. Despite the large potential impact on patient well-being and outcome...
A consortium of the VUB and three Flemish companies has a budget of 3 million euros to test a new immunotherapy on patients with colon cancer. (Ex-) professor Kris Thielemans (VUB) is the scientific...
The VUB AI Experience Center is a high-tech test, demonstration and meeting environment where companies, technological entrepreneurs, researchers and policy makers can experiment with AI and work...
In only a couple of days, the VUB spin-off Konligo that wants to revolutionise the event sector, has raised €300.000. The objective is to accelerate the development of its lightweight and...
“Ghostly” is an Android game for rehabilitation of patients suffering from motor and neuro-muscular disorders . In the game’s challenging and rewarding game scenarios, a character will be controlled...
Athletes can get overtrained. Not good for the body of course, but when are they really going too far and how bad are the consequences? The research team of Romain Meeusen of the research group MFYS...
Felix Van de Maele, CEO of VUB spin-off Collibra , was named a person of the year by De Tijd. Collibra was the first belgian unicorn in 2019 . The company was founded in 2008. Today it has about 600...
Prof. dr. Bart Neyns and his colleagues of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences have made remarkable strides in a new treatment of cancer whereby one's own body cells are used to...
VUB and the University of Antwerp have launched the Knowledge Platform Diversity, Urbanism & Citizenship, a unique collaboration between the two universities, which will be located in Mechelen...
The Flemish government has established the Knowledge Center Data & Society (Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij). It focuses on the interplay between data, artificial intelligence and society...
At the UZ Brussel, radiologists for patients who undergo a 3D diagnostic examination at the Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit have recently been using a new generation CT-scanner. Of...
The Applied Physics research group of the VUB has developed a new generation of optical computers, so-called Coherent Ising machines. Such a "coherent Ising machine" can be considerably faster and...
In the past two decades, the number of young researchers in Flanders has increased considerably. However, the number of permanent jobs at the universities has remained the same, what makes more and...
The aim of the VUB-ULB project SUBLIMUS is to develop a cheap and green way to harvest gold and silver from the sludge residues of the sewage treatment plants of the Brussels-Capital Region. The...
VUB spin-off Fertiga announces the closure of its first financing round together with Novalis Biotech Incubation and international private investors. Its product, the Corona Test was initially...
VUB spin-off Camel-IDS announced the appointment of Ruggero Della Bitta MD, PhD, as Chief Medical Officer. Read the press release .
CapitalG, an investment arm of Google parent Alphabet, has led a $100 million funding round in the data technology spin-off Collibra. The investment puts the company on a list of startups known as...
VUB spin-off eTheRNA announces the recruitment of the first patient for a collaborative TriMix-BRE study to investigate the effect of the TriMix product as neo-adjuvant treatment (treatment before...
Founder of VUB spin-off Collibra Felix Van De Maele was a guest in the studio at BRUZZ. He tells that 10 years ago the Brussels Region was the only investor that believed in his idea and that is why...
Reuters Top 100 institutions all produce original research, create useful technology and stimulate the global economy. More than 600 universities were screened. VUB Ranks 59 which is a very good...
Proteins perform a wide variety of functions in cells through interactions with each other and many additional molecules. VUB professor dr. Wim Vranken, doctoral researcher Gabriele Orlando and Dr...
The imec.icon ROBO-CURE research project, in collaboration with UZ Brussel, VUB, Cronos, QBMT, Medtronic Belgium, imec & UGent, developed a social robot that can autonomously offer better and...
VUB-VIB spin-off and emerging drug discovery company Confo Therapeutics has been awarded a €1.7 million grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). The grant will run over two...
Pharrowtech, an imec spin-off and designer of chip and antenna solutions for high-speed wireless applications has raised more than €6 million for its Seed investment round. This ambitious investment...
Over the next three years, researchers from the VUB, University of Cambridge, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI-Paris) and Swiss Federal Laboratories...
In the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases at UZ Brussel, a patient with Dunbar's syndrome had surgery through robotic surgery for the first time. A robot-assisted procedure is less invasive for the...
AgroSavfe, a rapidly growing and transformative Crop and Food protection company developing a new generation of protein-based biocontrols to protect food from farm to fork , announced the closing of...
Axiles Bionics announces that it has successfully completed a €2.4M Series A financing round, led by its co-founders and several private investors, including VUB and ULB alumni. The spin-off develops...
Vicerector Hugo Thienpont will give the old school building in Oetingen a new meaning by establishing a STEAM academy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) . It will be an...
