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New science & technology center in the pipeline
Vicerector Hugo Thienpont will give the old school building in Oetingen a new meaning by establishing a STEAM academy (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). It will be an experience center for young and old, where science and technology are the common thread.
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Valorisation for the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
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World scoop in robotic surgery at UZ Brussel
In the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases at UZ Brussel, a patient with Dunbar's syndrome had surgery through robotic surgery for the first time.
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Europe invests in research into self-healing robots
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 manufact...
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VUB project SurgeLight wins MedTech Accelerator
This year’s winner is VUB researcher Hans Ingelberts of the Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO).
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Official foundation of the Green Energy Park
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.
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Confo Therapeutics receives €1.7 million grant from VLAIO
VUB-VIB spin-off and emerging drug discovery company Confo Therapeutics has been awarded a €1.7 million grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO).
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Pharrowtech, an imec spin-off with contributions from VUB, raises €6m
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.
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Social robot improves healthcare
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.
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VUB scientists further unravel secrets of proteins with the help of Artificial Intelligence
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.
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