News

Annual Report 2025 of the Vice-rectorate Innovation & Industry Relations

Tuesday 23/06/2026

Discover the real-world impact of VUB's innovative research in 2025 with our newly released Annual Report 2025. From new spin-offs to impactful industry collaborations, check out the full report for all the details.

Aurora niPCT™ test aims to shorten time to pregnancy in IVF

Tuesday 23/06/2026

A groundbreaking diagnostic test developed by Fertiga—a spin-off of UZ Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)—could soon help women undergoing IVF treatment get pregnant faster. The innovative Aurora niPCT™ test analyses the cells surrounding an egg to help embryologists select the eggs with the highest developmental potential.

VUB opens its labs for FTI Brussels

Monday 22/06/2026

VUB is a structural partner of the FTI Festival in Brussels. From tours on the Etterbeek campus to visits at research centres on the outskirts of Brussels, get a unique behind-the-scenes look at research that is helping shape the future.

InterACT programme seeks expressions of interest from Belgian non-academic organisations

Sunday 21/06/2026

InterACT is a postdoctoral research and training programme, designed to help researchers translate scientific knowledge into meaningful societal and policy-relevant impact. Express your interest to host a researcher at your organisation without any costs.

Researchers

Confo Therapeutics announces promising results for new weight-loss surgery complication treatment

Tuesday 16/06/2026

Confo Therapeutics, a biotechnology company and spin-off from VUB and VIB, has shared encouraging new results for a drug candidate designed to treat a serious complication of weight-loss surgery. The drug candidate, called CFTX-2034, aims to treat a condition known as post-bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH).

VUB shines at Knowledge for Growth 2026

Monday 08/06/2026

VUB was at Knowledge for Growth 2026 to connect with industry, investors and entrepreneurs.

VUB researchers use Strava data to map Brussels' cycling blind spots

Friday 22/05/2026

A cross-disciplinary study by VUB researchers has blended data science with mobility expertise to identify 30 major bottlenecks in the Brussels cycling network where segregated bike lanes are critically missing.Developed by researchers Sara Tori and Floriano Tori, the innovative method combines static government data with anonymised tracking from the sports app Strava.

AISHA

Thursday 21/05/2026

The ERIS team is happy to announce that Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Aerts has been awarded AISHA project under DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08 call.

OPTIME

Thursday 21/05/2026

The ERIS team is happy to announce that Prof. Theun Pieter van Tienoven has been awarded OPTIME project under Horizon Europe cluster 2.

ORIGINS

Thursday 21/05/2026

The ERIS team is happy to announce that Prof. Dr. Wendy Van den Broeck and Mr. Simon Delaere have been awarded ORIGINS project under HORIZON-CL4-2025-03 call.

etherna propels Dropshot Therapeutics’ renal target to clinical stage

Tuesday 19/05/2026

VUB spin-off etherna has achieved a major technological milestone as its partner, Dropshot Therapeutics, advances an mRNA LNP renal disease target to the clinical stage.

Your startup starts here: Founders inspire next wave of entrepreneurs

Tuesday 19/05/2026

On May 13, an inspiring panel conversation brought together four diverse startup founders to share their entrepreneurial journeys. With this event, StartLab.Brussels has also opened the call for applications for VUB researchers interested in entrepreneurship.

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