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light

Invisible light made tangible for the first time

Tuesday 28/07/2020

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 surface, the researchers have now developed a component in which light moves through a waveguide. In this component, the light bounces back and forth.

care

Report on palliative care during COVID-19

Tuesday 28/07/2020

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 implications for policy and practice. The End-of-Life Care Research Group conducts high-quality scientific research in end-of-life care in Belgium and across Europe.

city

15-minute city concept

Thursday 23/07/2020

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 Flemish Association for Space and Planning (VRP).

nanomotion

Nanoscale vibrations pioneering for detection of living organisms

Monday 13/07/2020

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 nanometre-scale cell movement. Professor Ronnie Willaert and his international team characterised this cellular nanomotion pattern using a classic optical microscope equipped with a video camera.

Han Remaut

Nanopore improvement towards DNA sequencing

Friday 10/07/2020

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 way to sequence DNA is to read the nucleotide letters of single DNA strands as they pass through a protein nanopore. A new study by the team of Prof.

Photonics

Flanders leading in photonics innovation

Wednesday 01/07/2020

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 Europe has defined photonics as a key enabling technology and is investing heavily in its further development.

robot

VUB researchers win prestigious BiR&D Award

Tuesday 30/06/2020

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 contribution with potential industrial valorisation and societal relevance. In 2020, BiR&D granted 2 awards to VUB researchers Seppe Terryn and Tomasz Uchanski.

Templates

New spin-off regulation & ethical code

Monday 22/06/2020

A new spin-off regulation and a corresponding Code of Ethics on conflicts of interest have passed through the VUB Innovation and Valorisation Council, the Academic Council and the Board of Directors. The new spin-off regulations contain some adjustments or clarifications in function of the renewed VUB Organic Statute, but also contain adjustments to update the existing spin-off scheme.

AR 2019

Annual Report VUB Innovation 2019

Thursday 18/06/2020

Annual Report of the Vicerectorate Innovation & Industry Relations During times of crisis, as we are are experiencing now in 2020 with the pandemic COVID-19, multidisciplinary research and co-innovation are even more crucial. Invention, prototyping, (clinical) testing and implementation of highly needed equipment and medicines suddenly have to be carried through at high speed.

etherna

eTheRNA collects €34M for mRNA vaccines

Tuesday 16/06/2020

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 against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Read more in De Tijd, Trends and VUB Today

Jan Steyaert

Biotech ideas flourish in Flanders

Monday 08/06/2020

Jan Steyaert is a professor at the VUB and scientific director at VIB. He leads the Jan Steyaert Lab in Structural Biology. His passion lies in scientific research, but at the same time he has a nose for the valorisation of biotech ideas. He has been involved in the start-up of various biotech spin-off companies in Flanders, such as Ablynx and Confo Therapeutics.

climate

New tool helps cities cope with impacts of climate change

Monday 08/06/2020

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 often little undeveloped space where that water can be collected and stored in nature.

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