VUB-VIB spin-off AgroSavfe raises €35m Wednesday 11/09/2019 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 a Series C financing round. World scoop in robotic surgery at UZ Brussel Thursday 22/08/2019 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 patient, which means that he/she has less pain, recovers faster and has to stay 3 to 4 days less in the hospital. Europe invests in research into self-healing robots Wednesday 07/08/2019 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 for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) will be working together with the Dutch Polymer manufacturer SupraPolix on the next generation of robots: (soft) robots that ‘feel pain’ and heal them… VUB project SurgeLight wins MedTech Accelerator Thursday 18/07/2019 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 simultaneous and real-time visualization of specific tissues of interest such as tumors, nerves and blood vessels. Official foundation of the Green Energy Park Monday 08/07/2019 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, smart cities and smart AI technologies. The research hub will be located on the Researchpark Zellik in brand new state-of-the-art buildings. Discover Green Energy Park's website here. Confo Therapeutics receives €1.7 million grant from VLAIO Tuesday 02/07/2019 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 years and will support one of the company’s proprietary pre-clinical programs, targeting a neurological orphan indication. Pharrowtech, an imec spin-off with contributions from VUB, raises €6m Tuesday 02/07/2019 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. Social robot improves healthcare Wednesday 26/06/2019 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 more personalised care to patients with chronic diseases. VUB scientists further unravel secrets of proteins with the help of Artificial Intelligence Thursday 20/06/2019 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. Daniele Raimoni of the Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels (IB)² developed a new AI-method “ShiftCrypt”. Konligo wins prize at the World Exhibition Stand Awards Wednesday 29/05/2019 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 from two modules of the Ondo (name of the product) and was decorated by the creative Ghent-based agency Big Fish. VUB innovative technologies at knowledge for growth 2019 Thursday 09/05/2019 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 universities demonstrate and pitch applied and strategic research. VUB ranks 59 in Europe's Most Innovative Universities 2019 Thursday 02/05/2019 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 result considering the size of the university. For the fourth consecutive year, KU Leuven tops the list. Also ULB did very well, ranking at n° 40. Read more on De Tijd and BRUZZ. Pages « First ‹ Previous … 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (current) 33 Next › Last »
