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fungi

Fungi could be building material of the future

Thursday 06/05/2021

Innovative research at VUB supports transition to circular bio-based society For decades, we have been extracting materials from natural sources such as fossil fuels without considering the environmental impact. Plastic, concrete and synthetic composites are examples of such materials. But what if we could replace these with truly circular sustainable and biodegradable materials?

Fertiga

Belgian technology doubles the chance of pregnancy via IVF

Tuesday 04/05/2021

Fertiga is a spin-off company from one of the global IVF leading centers; UZ Brussel. UZ Brussel has been pioneering in IVF, with the first ICSI baby worldwide born in 1992. Fertiga developed a test (called the Aurora Test) that doubles the chance of success with a first IVF attempt to more than 60 percent.

pharmafluidics

PharmaFluidics launches technology for routine proteomics

Monday 03/05/2021

VUB spin-off PharmaFluidics launches its next generation µPAC™ technology for routine proteomics. PharmaFluidics’ µPAC™ micro-fluidic chips allow to separate and analyze complex biological samples into thousands of components.

amai!

Launch Amai! platform for AI applications

Wednesday 28/04/2021

VUB project brings citizens and experts together to develop AI solutions around climate, health, mobility and work Together with Scivil, the Flemish Knowledge Center for Citizen Science, the imec-SMIT-VUB-Knowledge Center Data & Society is launching the project "amai!". The purpose of amai! is to have experts and citizens develop a number of AI solutions together.

precirix

PRECIRIX partners with Evergreen to develop targeted cancer therapy

Wednesday 28/04/2021

VUB spin-off PRECIRIX and Evergreen Theragnostics, a radiopharmaceutical contract manufacturer, announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Evergreen will provide US-based manufacturing for PRECIRIX’s lead product candidate, CAM-H2. CAM-H2 is being evaluated in a Phase I/II clinical trial targeting breast and gastric cancer.

hydro

Wastewater against drought

Wednesday 28/04/2021

VUB investigates whether treated wastewater via underground infiltration can help agriculture In recent years, Flanders has been confronted with long and intense periods of drought. While natural water resources are under pressure, the demand for water for agriculture is very high at such times.

Niels De Winter

Pioneering research on climate reconstruction

Tuesday 20/04/2021

Geologist Niels de Winter, researcher at the VUB research group AMGC (Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry) and Utrecht University was nominated for the title New Scientist Science Talent 2021. He is also laureate in the EOS Pipette 2021. De Winter on his research: “In my research, I am developing techniques to study climate changes precisely at a seasonal scale.

pain

VUB provides breakthrough in chronic pain management

Wednesday 14/04/2021

Customised medicine offers solution An international team of experts has provided a breakthrough in the study of chronic pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients. “We discovered that hypersensitivity is often the cause for all kinds of chronic pain. Personalised treatment tailored to the patient offers the solution here,” says VUB professor Jo Nijs, who is in charge of the project.

energy transition

RENAISSANCE project shows energy transition can be done locally

Thursday 08/04/2021

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in cooperation with research and consultancy firm Deep Blue conducted a survey on the acceptance of clean technologies and how citizens would feel being both consumer and producer (prosumer) of renewable energy in their own local community.

Confo Therapeutics

Confo Therapeutics awarded €1M VLAIO grant

Wednesday 31/03/2021

VUB spin-off Confo Therapeutics announced that it has been awarded a €1 million grant from VLAIO. The grant will support the pre-clinical development of CFTX-1554, Confo’s lead candidate for neuropathic pain, which was initially discovered under a previous VLAIO research grant.

brain tumor

VIB/VUB-team map immune cells in aggressive brain tumor

Tuesday 30/03/2021

Important new clues for future cancer immunotherapies Human glioblastoma tumors are aggressive hard-to-treat brain cancers that have a high unmet need for new treatment options. A team of researchers led by Prof. Kiavash Movahedi and Prof.

flood

Innovative app warns of pluvial flooding

Friday 26/03/2021

VUB FloodCitiSense project brings breakthrough in systematic mapping of flood problems March winds and April showers herald summers of intense downpours, leading to localised pluvial flooding. Accurately estimating this type of flooding is difficult.

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