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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.

impact

New training programme for postdocs to boost their entrepreneurship skills

Wednesday 24/03/2021

imπACT is a 5-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) COFUND programme, of around 3 million Euro, recently awarded to the VUB to develop a dedicated training programme for international post-doctoral researchers.

Biology

VUB puts in €2.6 million extra for research

Wednesday 24/03/2021

Injection of funds to counteract coronavirus effects The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is providing an extra injection of €2.6 million in research funding to partially offset the negative effects of the coronavirus measures. The past few months have been difficult for scientific research.

New Artificial Intelligence institute in Brussels

Wednesday 17/03/2021

VUB, ULB and the Brussels Capital Region government announce the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence for the Common Good Institute during the Belgian AI Week of AI4Belgium. FARI is a unique structure that aims at gathering over 300 researchers in AI and associated disciplines, around projects that could benefit the general interest.

4D heart

Cardiology prepared for the fourth dimension

Friday 05/03/2021

DIASTOLE prepares heart surgery by computer simulations in 4D What if heart specialists could simulate the fitting of a new heart valve in 4D before an operation? 4D CT scanners add the dimension of time to three-dimensional images and visualise the movement of the heart in detail.

sea

Innovative toolbox to measure metal pollution at Belgian coast

Wednesday 03/03/2021

Camille Gaulier, joint-PhD from the AMGC Research Department at VUB and the University of Lille is the winner of the VLIZ North Sea Award 2020. VLIZ is the Flanders Marine Institute.

thierry vandendriessche

How viruses can help to combat rare diseases

Monday 01/03/2021

For many rare diseases, the genetic defects that cause them are known. There is even better news: the search for ways of repairing these defects is also progressing. Prof. Thierry VandenDriessche (VUB) explains how his research is contributing to this.

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